On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 04:51:07PM -0500, Steven Hein wrote: > Hi, > > My group is starting a new project includes a custom board > with an MPC8258E processor on it. I'm in the process > of evaluating the state of the Linux kernel, toolchains, > etc. for the MPC8258E/MPC8360E, as well as selecting a > JTAG debugger for our project. > > I've been researching the available JTAG debuggers that > support the MPC82xx/MPC83xx family, and I've found these > choices so far: > > * Abatron BDI-2000 > * Green Hills Probe > * Freescale's PowerTAP PRO for PowerPC > * Lauterbach TRACE32-ICD > * WindRiver ICE > * Embedded Toolsmiths Guardian-SE (BUT...this is no longer > being sold, according to an email response I received > from Embedded Toolsmiths) > > We will definitely want one with a network connection, > and will will run the debugger software from a Linux host. > Ideally, we would also like one that provides a library > to allow us to write apps to function the debugger. > > Can anyone comment on what JTAG debugger they are using, > and how have your experiences been? Are there any other > good options besides the ones mentioned above. > I'd appreciate any input.
You will find, by far, more bdi2000 users on the linuxppc-dev/embedded lists than all the others debuggers combined, times 10, etc (at least, they're that much more vocal). Other linux arch's have a lot of bdi users too. There's even some powerpc linux kernel support for the bdi. In general, the bdi works really well and their support is top notch. I do not recieve any kickbacks from abatron, btw. This question has been asked before on this list (or -dev) so you can see other responses in the archives. Mark _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
