You may be rite, Agile may not be for those who have been using GDB for some time...and know how to add "some custom-defined buttons" in DDD....;-)
Regards, Muhammad Sarwar Mangrove Systems Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:48 AM To: Muhammad Sarwar Cc: Steven Rothweiler; linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: AgileDB and Abatron BDI 2000 ICE In message <8529B5552D4EAA4DAEDF49650C64B2B437128C at TARPON.mangrovesystems.com> Muhammad Sarwar wrote: > > Main advantage of Agile is that it integrates Abatron's commands and > GDB debugging services. I have not used AgileDB yet. How does this integration work? I mean, how much more do you get than when using GDB's "monitor" command? > Nice GUI for all BDI and GDB features at one place You can use DDD and add some custom-defined buttons. > Ability to move registers, structs etc to same watch window(by click > and drag) Tools to automate some processes like loading of register > init file, playing back command script I suspect this might be just using GDB features? > Ability to set PC, other registers etc Standard GDB features... > Ability to use the same software for debugging of user applications Standard GDB feature. > However there are some problems: > > Program crashes frequently, they are offering new version of SW which > is supposed to be more stable. Problems in setting break points. > Problem in getting stack info display. Bug in display of struct > info > > I think overall it brings good value for boot and kernel debugging. I'm sorry, but from what you listed I don't see any advantages... [But I have to admit that I've been using GDB and CLI's for some time...] Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de "The bad reputation UNIX has gotten is totally undeserved, laid on by people who don't understand, who have not gotten in there and tried anything." -- Jim Joyce, owner of Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
