Hi Eric, I have used Arium kit before and can vouch for the hardware, software and their support staff. Never had cause to use it for UEFI development though.
As others have mentioned it really depends on what you are trying to debug. ITP kit is pretty pricey if you don't really need it. I tend to make use of liberal DEBUG() macros Ben Lewis DESlock Ltd. On 22/05/2013 17:07, "Brian J. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 05/22/2013 08:34 AM, Eric Kler wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> What do you use for debugging your code on real world systems? Is >>special hardware really necessary, I'm curious what professionals use in >>this field and what is the most recommended product. >> >> So far I have found following options: >> - http://www.windriver.com/products/simics/ (software)-- but I have no >>idea how much does it cost or if it will be enough for debugging the >>firmware (product promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYAukMyek9A ) >> - DQ57TM (hardware) > >On hardware I use the DEBUG() macro mostly. Not terribly fancy, but >reasonably effective. We have a proprietary simulator (similar to >simics) which is invaluable for testing. If I were in the open source >world, I'd use qemu. (If qemu didn't simulate the h/w pieces I needed, >I'd seriously consider adding them to qemu myself; it's not that hard to >extend. A simulator is way, way easier to debug on than real h/w.) >Simics has an impressive data sheet, but I haven't used it personally. >I know others use it for firmware development. > >Intel sells an ITP (in-target probe), which is useful for figuring out >what's happening on hardware using their CPUs. You can set breakpoints, >view/set memory and registers, even do source-level debugging if you're >using Microsoft's compilers. It isn't always very stable, though, and >is expensive. > >American Arium sells an ITP as well, but I have no experience with it. > >A plugin to GDB and WinDBG (depending on which compiler you're using) is >available, which debugs a target system over a serial or USB connection; >see SourceLevelDebugPkg. I haven't had a lot of luck with it in >practice; does anyone else use it? >-- > > Brian Johnson > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Remember that ignorance is expensive." > -- From LLIB > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt >New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring >service >that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your >browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic >and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may >_______________________________________________ >edk2-devel mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
