Nicolas Eder <nicolas.e...@lauterbach.com> writes: > SUMMARY > ======= > > This patch-set introduces the first version of the mcdstub. > The mcdstub is a debug interface, which enables debugging QEMU > using the MCD (Multi-Core Debug) API. > The mcdstub uses TCP to communicate with the host debug software. However, > because MCD is merely an API, the TCP communication is not part of > the MCD spec but specific to this project. > > To translate between the MCD API and the TCP data stream coming from the > mcdstub, > the host has to use a shared library (.dll/.so). > Such a shared library will be available soon Lauterbach's open source site > and will be linked to from inside this project in a future patch.
Do you have a timeline for this? Its impossible to test without some sort of open implementation of the library. > The MCD API itself can be downloaded here: > https://repo.lauterbach.com/sprint_mcd_api_v1_0.zip > > QUICK START > =========== > > Attention: MCD is currently only supported for qemu-system-arm ! > > Three components are required to Debug QEMU via MCD: > > 1. qemu-system-arm (built with this patch series applied). > 2. MCD shared library (translates between the MCD API and TCP data). > 3. Host debugging software with support for the MCD API (e.g. > Lauterbach TRACE32). We will need some sort of basic implementation to exercise the API as I assume TRACE32 is a paid for binary. -- Alex Bennée Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
