Is there a DER for the MPC82xx?
Mark Chambers
markc at mail.com
Thu Jan 27 07:33:52 EST 2005
From: "Dan Malek" <dan at embeddededge.com>
>
> On Jan 26, 2005, at 10:53 AM, annamaya wrote:
>
> > Can someone tell me if the BDI will be able to catch
> > all different kinds of exceptions/interrupts on the
> > MPC82xx without requiring any special register
> > programming? I am unable to find anything that that
> > resembles the DER register on the MPC8280.
>
> The BDI2000 works very nicely on 82xx processors.
> The 82xx debug unit is the standard COP interface,
> completely different from the 8xx debug interface.
> Stop looking for a DER on the 82xx, plug in the
> BDI2000 and use it. Make sure you understand all
> of the features of the BDI2000, as even on the 8xx
> you should not be worrying about the DER. Let the
> BDI2000 configure all of that accordingly based upon
> what you are asking it to do.
>
>
Well, the DER lets you look for multiple conditions at
once. Your program is blowing up, the memory is
getting trashed and you don't even know if the hardware
is valid - that's where BDM really shines. I don't see
where COP let's you do the equivalent of setting a
bunch of bits in the DER, so please enlighten us if
we're missing it!
Mark Chambers
P.S. I've read the BDI manual - I don't see it. My manual
says the BDI can only set one hardware breakpoint, and
stuff like VECTOR CATCH assumes valid memory.
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