| Name : cdk-msp-gdb-proxy
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| Version : 5.1.1
| Vendor : Li-Pro_Net
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| Release : 20031106
| Date : 2003-11-09 19:04:07
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| Group : Development/CDK4MSP430/debugger
| Source RPM : cdk-msp-gdb-5.1.1-20031106.src.rpm
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| Size : 6.58 MB
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| Packager : Stephan Linz < linz_li-pro_net>
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| Summary : CDK4MSP430 -- GNU debugger -- gdb remote proxy
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Description :
This is the gdbproxy package for the GNU debugger part of CDK4MSP430.
Have a look at:
* cdk-msp-gdb
!!! !!! !!! in version: 0.7.1 !!! !!! !!!
\"gdbproxy\" is an open source remote proxy program for the GNU debugger,
GDB. Its licence is similar to the BSD licence, so it can be used to
build closed source interfaces between GDB and proprietary target debug
environments.
\"gdbproxy\" is based on the Open Source program rproxy, which can be
found at: http://world.std.com/~qqi/labslave/rproxy.html
One of the nice features of the Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontrollers
are their on-chip emulation facilities. These are usually accessed through
a TI JTAG Flash Emulation Tool (FET) attached to a PC\'s parallel port. To
make the GNU debugger (GDB) work with this, an interface between GDB and
the FET was needed.
TI made their MSP430 debug interface code available to the developers of
the MSP430 port of the GNU toolchain. However, for commercial reasons, TI
would not allow the full version of their interface library to be released
as open source code. It would reveal things about the working of the MSP430,
which they consider commercially confidential. The licencing of the GNU tools
does not permit linking against a closed source library. This is where
gdbproxy fits in.....
A sceleton (open) source base can be found at CVS repository:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/mspgcc
A special binary for MSP430 which includes closed code by TI (even this
binary provided by this package) can be found at file download page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42303
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