Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-23 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/23/07, Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/22/07, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 19:00 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: It seems like AMCC does provide the necessary infos for 4xx processors though. Jon, do you think what they provide is

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-23 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/22/07, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 19:00 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: It seems like AMCC does provide the necessary infos for 4xx processors though. Jon, do you think what they provide is enough to use an open source debugger ? Do you

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-22 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/22/07, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 01:47 +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: * The documentation is only available under NDA, a problem for open source debuggers. This is what we need. I would like

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Denk
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: * The documentation is only available under NDA, a problem for open source debuggers. This is what we need. I would like it specifically for the mpc5200. But we want to use it in OpenOCD so NDA won't work. It doesn't work. Been there a logn

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-14 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht Datum: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:17:09 +1100 Von: Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Gerhard Pircher [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Betreff: Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-14 Thread Jerry Van Baren
Jon Smirl wrote: On 11/13/07, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why Dominic wants to get OpenOCD running on the PowerPC. All we need is the programming documentation for controlling the CPU via the debug hardware. Note that this is basically different for every CPU

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-14 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/14/07, Jerry Van Baren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Smirl wrote: On 11/13/07, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why Dominic wants to get OpenOCD running on the PowerPC. All we need is the programming documentation for controlling the CPU via the debug hardware.

Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Gerhard Pircher
I'm trying to debug a kernel lockup that occurs on my machine with all kernel versions 2.6.16. I don't have a clue what the root cause of this lockup is, thus I'm thinking about using a hardware debugger. Can anybody recommend a reasonably cheap hardware debugger that works with G4 CPUs and can

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Grant Likely
On 11/13/07, Gerhard Pircher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to debug a kernel lockup that occurs on my machine with all kernel versions 2.6.16. I don't have a clue what the root cause of this lockup is, thus I'm thinking about using a hardware debugger. Can anybody recommend a reasonably

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Grant Likely
On 11/13/07, Grant Likely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/07, Gerhard Pircher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to debug a kernel lockup that occurs on my machine with all kernel versions 2.6.16. I don't have a clue what the root cause of this lockup is, thus I'm thinking about using

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/13/07, Grant Likely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/07, Grant Likely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/07, Gerhard Pircher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to debug a kernel lockup that occurs on my machine with all kernel versions 2.6.16. I don't have a clue what the root

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:10:29 -0500 Von: Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Grant Likely [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Gerhard Pircher [EMAIL PROTECTED], linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Betreff: Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs On 11/13/07, Grant Likely

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Dan Malek
On Nov 13, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Grant Likely wrote: Abatron BDI-2000. Oops, but that's not all that cheap. ($2750USD). If you place any value on your time or development schedule, it's a bargain. Just plug it in, and it works. Choose any of your favorite debugger front ends, from none with

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Olof Johansson
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:23:29PM -0800, Dan Malek wrote: On Nov 13, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Grant Likely wrote: Abatron BDI-2000. Oops, but that's not all that cheap. ($2750USD). If you place any value on your time or development schedule, it's a bargain. That only applies for cases

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/13/07, Olof Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:23:29PM -0800, Dan Malek wrote: On Nov 13, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Grant Likely wrote: Abatron BDI-2000. Oops, but that's not all that cheap. ($2750USD). If you place any value on your time or

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs On 11/13/07, Grant Likely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/07, Grant Likely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abatron BDI-2000. Oops, but that's not all that cheap. ($2750USD). You might try looking at the Macraigor Wiggler (http://www.macraigor.com

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
That's why Dominic wants to get OpenOCD running on the PowerPC. All we need is the programming documentation for controlling the CPU via the debug hardware. Note that this is basically different for every CPU around. Obviously this documentation exist, all of the commercial vendors had to

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Jon Smirl
On 11/13/07, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why Dominic wants to get OpenOCD running on the PowerPC. All we need is the programming documentation for controlling the CPU via the debug hardware. Note that this is basically different for every CPU around. I'd like