Re: [PATCH v3 00/20] first version of mcdstub

[Alex Bennée]

Nicolas Eder <nicolas.eder@lauterbach.com> writes:

> SUMMARY
> =======
>
> This patch-set introduces the first version of the mcdstub.
> The mcdstub is a debug interface, which enables debugging QEMU
> using the MCD (Multi-Core Debug) API.
> The mcdstub uses TCP to communicate with the host debug software. However,
> because MCD is merely an API, the TCP communication is not part of
> the MCD spec but specific to this project.
>
> To translate between the MCD API and the TCP data stream coming from the 
> mcdstub,
> the host has to use a shared library (.dll/.so).
> Such a shared library will be available soon Lauterbach's open source site
> and will be linked to from inside this project in a future patch.

Do you have a timeline for this? Its impossible to test without some
sort of open implementation of the library.

> The MCD API itself can be downloaded here: 
> https://repo.lauterbach.com/sprint_mcd_api_v1_0.zip
>
> QUICK START
> ===========
>
> Attention: MCD is currently only supported for qemu-system-arm !
>
> Three components are required to Debug QEMU via MCD:
>
> 1. qemu-system-arm (built with this patch series applied).
> 2. MCD shared library (translates between the MCD API and TCP data).
> 3. Host debugging software with support for the MCD API (e.g.
> Lauterbach TRACE32).

We will need some sort of basic implementation to exercise the API as I
assume TRACE32 is a paid for binary.

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro