ELDK 4.0 / GDB with mpc85xx

[Steven Blakeslee]

>My real question however is, will this effect the use of the crossGDB >provided with the ELDK? I want to use it with a BDI2000, and the >documentation on the Denx website shows it working, but I have also read >about issues related to the version of GDB, the BDI firmware, and the e500 >c.ore not playing nicely together. Has anybody had good experience getting >this setup fully functional? I really need to be able to step through the >U-boot code and see where it is failing on our platform. Thanks for the >help!
 

When the GDB defaults to powerpc:e500 problems do occur.  All you need to do is set it to powerpc:common and all works swell.  I've used it plenty of times.

(gdb) show architecture
The target architecture is set automatically (currently
powerpc:e500)
(gdb) set architecture powerpc:common