On May 5, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Bruno Salvador wrote:
> 
> 1) How can I compile just the driver, instead of compiling everything? (very 
> noob question)

http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/aphs01.html

> 2) What do you use to debug the driver?

We like to have debugging support in the drivers, so that users can start 
adding -D flags to the command line to see increasing amounts of messages. The 
output from just "-D" should not be too verbose - for a serial driver, not much 
more than one or two lines per poll interval. Something like "-DDDD" might show 
parsing of individual low-level messages.

Apparently solis.c does not have any upsdebugx() debugging messages, just a few 
syslog messages (via upslogx()). Feel free to add some while you are working 
with the code.

Aside from internal debugging, we also use strace, gdb and valgrind from time 
to time. These are more specialized tools - for instance, valgrind deals with 
memory allocation errors, and gdb can be useful when tracking down crashes. But 
for protocol-level debugging, upsdebugx() is the way to go.

-- 
Charles Lepple
clepple@gmail




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