Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-23 Thread Grant Likely
On 11/23/07, Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

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

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 ?

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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 have a link to the info? Not at hand, but easy to find from A

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 wh

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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 it specifically for the mpc5200. > > But we want to

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

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 > >>

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 eve

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-14 Thread Gerhard Pircher
gt; An: "Grant Likely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > CC: "Gerhard Pircher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > > > Betreff: Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs > > > > > > Here are the choices: > > > http

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.

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 >

Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs

2007-11-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
ot;Gerhard Pircher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > > Betreff: Re: Hardware debuggers for PPC74xx G4 CPUs > > > On 11/13/07, Grant Likely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 11/13/07, Grant Likely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > &g

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 y

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

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 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 > Bet

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 c

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, 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 thinkin

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 thinkin

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 > reaso

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 in