[coldfire-gnu-discuss] Problem with P&E ParallelPortCable - Sourcery g++ Lite 4.2-8

[Christof Frey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christof Frey 
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:50 AM
> To: 'Nathan Sidwell'
> Cc: coldfire-gnu-discuss at codesourcery.com
> Subject: RE: [coldfire-gnu-discuss] Problem with P&E 
> ParallelPortCable - Sourcery g++ Lite 4.2-8
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan Sidwell [mailto:nathan at codesourcery.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:18 AM
> > To: Christof Frey
> > Cc: coldfire-gnu-discuss at codesourcery.com
> > Subject: Re: [coldfire-gnu-discuss] Problem with P&E 
> ParallelPortCable 
> > - Sourcery g++ Lite 4.2-8
> > 
> > Christof Frey wrote:
> > > I am working with the P&E parallel cable and have installed the 
> > > supplied drivers from CodeSourcery.
> > > Unable to debug.
> > > Getting the following:
> > >  
> > > C:\Projects\helloworld_mcf523x\src>m68k-elf-sprite -i 
> CodeSourcery 
> > > ColdFire Debug Sprite (Sourcery G++ Lite 4.2-8)
> > > pe: [speed=<n:0-31>&memory-timeout=<n:0-99>] P&E Adaptor
> > >   pe://CycloneProMaxSerial:1 - COM1 : Serial Port 1
> > >   pe://ParallelPortCable:1 - LPT1 : Parallel Port 1 
> (Address $0378)
> > 
> > This shows that the pe library has detected two P&E devices.  
> > You can use the URLs it lists to select devices unabiguously.
> > 
> > > (gdb) target remote | m68k-elf-sprite pe: m5235evb Remote 
> debugging 
> > > using | m68k-elf-sprite pe: m5235evb m68k-elf-sprite:Opening P&E 
> > > CycloneProMaxSerial port 1 (COM1 : Serial Port 1) Ignoring packet 
> > > error, continuing...
> > > warning: unrecognized item "timeout" in "qSupported" 
> > response Ignoring
> > > packet error, continuing...
> > >  
> > > Why is the sprite trying to open the P&E
> > CycloneProMaxSerial port 1 ? 
> > > (instead of the known ParallelPort on address $0378)
> > 
> > You've given the URL 'pe:', therefore the first reported p&e device 
> > that matches will be selected.  As you can see from the above -i 
> > output, that will be the cyclonepromaxserial.
> > Use 'pe://ParallelPortCable:1' to explicitly select your 
> parallel port 
> > device.
> > 
> > > Additionally I get a dialog box indicating that there is a driver 
> > > update for the CycloneProMaxSerial  going on (and finally fails)!!
> > 
> > Do you have a cyclonepromaxserial connected?
> No, there is no connection at all on my COM1 port
> 
> I have a Edgeport USB to 4x serial converter on a USB port 
> connected for getting terminal output from the board. May 
> this cause the trouble ?
> > 
> > >  
> > > so, trying to configure the correct adapter with the whole
> > descriptor
> > > instead of just pe:
> > >  
> > > (gdb) target remote | m68k-elf-sprite
> > pe://ParallelPortCable m5235evb
> > > Remote debugging using | m68k-elf-sprite pe://ParallelPortCable 
> > > m5235evb Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> > > warning: unrecognized item "timeout" in "qSupported" 
> > response Ignoring
> > > packet error, continuing...
> > > Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> > > Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> > 
> > Can you try with
> >    target remote | m68k-elf-sprite -v 
> pe://ParallelPortCable m5235evb 
> > That will provide more logging information.
> > 
> Did not get more logging information (as before):
> 
> (gdb) target remote | m68k-elf-sprite -v 
> pe://ParallelPortCable m5235evb Remote debugging using | 
> m68k-elf-spm68k-elf-sprite:CodeSourcery ColdFire Debug Sprite 
> (Sourcery G++ Lite 4.2-8) rite -v pe://ParallelPortCable 
> m5235evb Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> warning: unrecognized item "timeout" in "qSupported" response 
> Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> Ignoring packet error, continuing...
> 
Full log is actually:

(gdb) target remote | m68k-elf-sprite -v pe://ParallelPortCable m5235evb
Remote debugging using | m68k-elf-spm68k-elf-sprite:CodeSourcery
ColdFire Debug
Sprite (Sourcery G++ Lite 4.2-8)
rite -v pe://ParallelPortCable m5235evb
Ignoring packet error, continuing...
warning: unrecognized item "timeout" in "qSupported" response
Ignoring packet error, continuing...
Ignoring packet error, continuing...
Ignoring packet error, continuing...
Malformed response to offset query, timeout
(gdb)

> Get additionally a windows dialog box from application 
> m68k-elf-sprite.exe:
> 
> "The instruction at "0x004037c5" referenced memory at 
> "0x00000000", the memory could not be "read".
> 
> 
> > nathan
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> >   CodeSourcery
> > 
> >