[coldfire-gnu-discuss] Debug sprite and Windows 7 64 bit

[Sandra Loosemore]

On 01/13/2011 08:47 AM, Paul McConkey wrote:
>
> I am unable to make the debug sprite work with a P&E micro USB Multilink
> BDM module under Windows 7 64 bit. I have installed the
> freescale-coldfire-2010.09-39-m68k-elf build of the tools and asked for
> the P&E drivers to be installed but m68k-elf-sprite –i cannot find the
> USB Multilink device. I have the same Multilink device working with
> Windows XP 32 bit.
>
> Do you expect this configuration to work? If so, can you offer any
> suggestions for trouble shooting?

We are aware that the P&E drivers currently shipped with Sourcery G++ do not 
work on Windows 7 hosts.  The newer Version 10 drivers available for download on 
P&E's web site work with Windows 7 32-bit hosts, but we've had a number of 
reports that the Sprite doesn't work on Windows 7 64-bit even with the new 
drivers.  We're planning to investigate as soon as we can get hardware set up.

For now the only workaround seems to be to use the Sprite on a system running 
some other version of Windows, or inside a VM running an older version of Windows.

-Sandra