Creating a launch configuration

1. In the Images directory in the System Builder Projects view, right-click on the .elf file and select Debug As > Debug Configurations… .
2. Create a new instance of the GDB Hardware Debugging debug configuration.
3. On the Main tab, specify the name of your project, and select the .elf file as the C/C++ Application. You want to select the .srec or .elf image file that will be uploaded straight to the target board's RAM through the JTAG pins.
4. Click the Debugger tab.

   

5. Change the GDB Command field to the path of a gdb debugger appropriate for your target architecture (e.g. ntoppc-gdb.exe).
6. In the Remote Target area, select the Use remote target checkbox, ensure that the JTAG Device combo box is set to Abatron BDI2000. From this list, you can select which of the supported types of JTAG devices you want to use.
7. Verify that the Host name or IP address field is the IP address assigned to the BDI2000 Debugger device. Unless otherwise specified on the Debugger tab, the port number to use is 2001.
8. Click the Startup tab.

   

9. Select the Reset and Delay (seconds) checkbox, and type an integer representing the number of seconds to wait between resetting the target board and halting it to send the image. You should allow enough time to bring up all the hardware. Since just about every board loaded with a U-Boot, IPL, or a ROM Monitor needs to wait a few seconds for the prompt before halting the processor to send the image, a delay of 3 seconds is sufficient for waiting between resetting the board and starting to load the image.
10. Select the Halt checkbox to stop the target in order to start sending the image.
11. If there are any monitor commands you would like to execute before sending the image to the target, type those commands in the Halt field, separated those commands by newlines, making sure to prefix them with the keyword monitor and a space. You don't need to add commands to restart or halt the board here, as that is done automatically.
12. Check the Load image checkbox, and browse to the location of the image file (i.e..elf). You want to select the .srec or .elf image file that will be uploaded straight to the target board's RAM through the JTAG pins.
13. In the Image Offset (hex) field, type the number previously noted in the Properties view of the System Builder project.
14. Select the Load symbols checkbox, and browse to the location of the Symbols file name .sym file in the textbox below.

    The symbols file provides symbols for source-level debugging. For most BSPs, the symbol file has the same filename as the image file, except for the file extension (.sym). Note that the IDE would issue a warning message if you didn't build the image with debug symbols. Leaving this textbox blank would result in no debug symbols being loaded, resulting in assembly-level debugging only.

    Each of these two textboxes (the Symbols file name and the Symbols offset (hex))is paired with a Symbol offset field. In the case of .elf files, the offset for the image can be parsed from the binary itself; you'll need to manually specify the offset by looking at the BSP-provided value.

15. In the Symbol offset (hex) field, type the value in the first column in the console output, noted earlier.
16. Select the Set program counter at (hex) checkbox and type the value in the third column of the console output noted earlier.
17. Select the Set breakpoint at checkbox and type the name of the function you want to set the initial break point, for example _main.
18. Select the Resume checkbox.
19. In the Run Commands field, type any GDB commands that you would like to have automatically executed after the image and symbols have been successfully uploaded to the target. For example, you can type the si command at the end of this box in order to start stepping.
20. Click Apply.
21. Click Debug and begin debugging.

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