From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:48:29 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] arc: introduce "mdbtrick" target In-Reply-To: <1419589068.3584.10.camel@synopsys.com> References: <1419587516-30541-1-git-send-email-abrodkin@synopsys.com> <20141226100026.5FCFD3800DC@gemini.denx.de> <1419589068.3584.10.camel@synopsys.com> Message-ID: <20141226154829.890953800DC@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Alexey, In message <1419589068.3584.10.camel@synopsys.com> you wrote: > > Then if we now apply the manipulation MDB will happily start and will > load all required sections into the target. > > Indeed there will be no source-level debug info available. And still MDB > will do its work on showing disassembly, registers, accessing low-level > debug facilities etc. > > So as a summary - this is pretty dirty hack but it simplifies life a lot > for us. > > Hope this explanation makes sense. Yes, now I understand. maybe the commit message should be a bit more detailed for the benefit of those who are not familiar with this architecture. Thanks. 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: wd at denx.de "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsgar W. Dijkstra