Re: JTAG debuggers - a couple of questions

>Didn't Grant already say it? :)

It must be a language thing on my part then in that I aparently have
problelms to formulate the questions clear enough in english which is
not my native language. I'm sorry for that.

I knew that the Dongles use JTAG and software on the PC side to drive
them etc. I probably should have (better) asked then if support for a
specific processor in GDB also includes a STANDARDIZED way to access
such Dongle/el cheapo solutions. After reading your reply my
conclusion is that unfortunately this is NOT the case - yet another
good reason to choose one of the more advanced debuggeres.

I currently settle around the Abatron bdi2000 which generally seems to
get real good critcis.

I also got the impression that it's a good idea to take a close look
at the GDB sources available and look at existing support for such
dongles. I'm hope this will give a final answer on the degree of
standartisation.

> Raven, Wiggler etc
[your answer snipped because of newsserver restrictions here...]
> one obvious reason is that
>these vendors want to sell you their own expensive proprietary
>interface dongles, so you won't mistakenly use your own too cheap $5
>interface cable... ;-)

Again, thanks for enlightening me.

Markus
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