Dear Paul Gortmaker, In message <CAP=VYLqd4kn7iQwwjDN3PMh3osBY4SsP+XXkzx2FBW=-xfy...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > ... or you can just snap in a JTAG debugger, connect GDB and throw some > > break/watch points here and there ;-) > > And how exactly is a JTAG going to help him resolve compile time > issues he's currently having? Sure, JTAG is nice for things, and
Obviously it does not help for compile time errors. > some are lucky enough to have access to one. But $ means it is not > something everyone has, and it is not a substitute for thinking your > way through a problem. I'm more apt to use one to restore a bad > flash image than anything else more complicated. Indeed there are people who rarely ever use a debugger; instead they use printf() or even plain LEDs (or other GPIOs) for debugging. feel free to chose any method you feel comfortable with. Fact is, that a good debugger like GDB is a powerful tool for the experienced user that can save _lots_ of time. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. - Sir Winston Churchill _My Early Life_ ch. 9 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot