GDBH8 v0502
June 1st, 2005
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited is releasing GDBH8 v0502,
a cross debugger for Renesas H8 series of micro controllers. A simulator is also provided
along with the debugger.
FEATURES:
GDBH8 v0502 is based on May 2nd, 2005 gdb-6.3.50 snapshot.
ABOUT GDBH8 v0502:
| Release version: |
GDBH8 v0502 |
| Release Date: |
June 1st, 2005 |
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| Platforms Supported: |
Red Hat GNU/Linux v8.0 or later (or compatible distribution)
Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP/ME |
| H8 Series: |
H8/300,
H8/300H,
H8/300H Tiny Series,
H8/S 2XXX,
H8/S 26XX,
H8/SX |
| Object File Formats: |
ELF, COFF |
Please register at http://www.kpitgnutools.com for free technical support.
Please contact http://www.kpitgnutools.com/feedback.php for any feedback or suggestions.
Known problems:
We intend to fix the known problems in our future releases.
H8-ELF:
| Windows and GNU/Linux: |
| 1. |
Unable to view global variables in watch
window when C++ code is compiled with h8300-elf-g++ for all variants of H8. |
NOTE:
| 1. |
h8300-elf-gdb can be used to debug COFF objects built by h8300-coff toolchain.
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| 2. |
User should select "/dev/com1" or "/dev/com2" port from the drop down list under
"target settings" instead of default COM1 port for GDB Insight.
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| 3. |
For command line gdb, user should use "target remote /dev/com1" command to specify
COM1 port is used for serial communication between remote target and PC.
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| 4. |
Latest GDB v0502 must be used with v0502 tool chain.
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| 5. |
Insight-6.1 has been used with gdb-6.3.50, since insight has
not been released with gdb-6.3.50.
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