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Change History
Date Issue Change
October 1999 ARM DUI 0066A ADS 1.0 Release
March 2000 ARM DUI 0066B ADS 1.0.1 Release
November 2000 ARM DUI 0066C ADS 1.1 Release
November 2001 ARM DUI 0066D ADS 1.2 Release
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Contents
ARM Developer Suite AXD and armsd
Debuggers Guide
Preface
About this book ............................................................................................ viii
Feedback ...................................................................................................... xii
Part A AXD
Chapter 1 About AXD
1.1 Debugger concepts ..................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Interfacing with targets ................................................................................ 1-5
1.3 Debugging systems .................................................................................... 1-8
1.4 Availability and compatibility ..................................................................... 1-11
1.5 Online help ................................................................................................ 1-12
Chapter 2 Getting Started in AXD
2.1 License-managed software ......................................................................... 2-2
2.2 Starting and closing AXD ............................................................................ 2-3
2.3 Debugger target .......................................................................................... 2-6
2.4 AXD displays ............................................................................................... 2-9
2.5 AXD menus ............................................................................................... 2-12
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2.6 Tool icons, status bar, keys, and commands ........................................... 2-14
Chapter 3 Working with AXD
3.1 Running a demonstration program ............................................................. 3-2
3.2 Setting a breakpoint .................................................................................... 3-4
3.3 Setting a watchpoint ................................................................................... 3-6
3.4 Examining the contents of variables ........................................................... 3-8
3.5 Examining the contents of registers ......................................................... 3-12
3.6 Examining the contents of memory .......................................................... 3-14
3.7 Locating and changing values and verifying changes .............................. 3-16
3.8 Creating a revised version of the program ............................................... 3-18
Chapter 4 AXD Facilities
4.1 Stopping and stepping ................................................................................ 4-2
4.2 Expressions ................................................................................................ 4-4
4.3 Viewing and editing .................................................................................... 4-6
4.4 Entering addresses ................................................................................... 4-12
4.5 Persistence ............................................................................................... 4-13
4.6 RealMonitor support ................................................................................. 4-14
4.7 Data formatting ......................................................................................... 4-16
4.8 Profiling ..................................................................................................... 4-27
Chapter 5 AXD Desktop
5.1 Menus, toolbars, and status bar ................................................................. 5-2
5.2 File menu .................................................................................................... 5-6
5.3 Search menu ............................................................................................ 5-16
5.4 Processor Views menu ............................................................................. 5-18
5.5 System Views menu ................................................................................. 5-48
5.6 Execute menu ........................................................................................... 5-76
5.7 Options menu ........................................................................................... 5-80
5.8 Window menu ........................................................................................... 5-99
5.9 Help menu .............................................................................................. 5-102
Chapter 6 AXD Command-line Interface
6.1 Command Line Window ............................................................................. 6-2
6.2 Parameters and prefixes ............................................................................ 6-4
6.3 Commands with list support ....................................................................... 6-5
6.4 Predefined command parameters .............................................................. 6-6
6.5 Definitions ................................................................................................... 6-9
6.6 Commands ............................................................................................... 6-13
Part B armsd
Chapter 7 About armsd
7.1 About armsd ............................................................................................... 7-2
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7.2 Command syntax ........................................................................................ 7-3
Chapter 8 Getting Started in armsd
8.1 Specifying source-level objects ................................................................... 8-2
8.2 armsd variables ........................................................................................... 8-7
8.3 Low-level debugging ................................................................................. 8-13
Chapter 9 Working with armsd
9.1 Groups of armsd commands ....................................................................... 9-2
9.2 Alphabetical list of armsd commands .......................................................... 9-7
9.3 Accessing the debug communications channel ........................................ 9-46
9.4 armsd commands for EmbeddedICE ........................................................ 9-47
Appendix A AXD and armsd Commands
A.1 Comparison of commands .......................................................................... A-2
A.2 Useful internal variables .............................................................................. A-8
Appendix B Coprocessor Registers
B.1 ARM710T processor ................................................................................... B-2
B.2 ARM720T processor ................................................................................... B-3
B.3 ARM740T processor ................................................................................... B-4
B.4 ARM920T Rev 0 processor ......................................................................... B-5
B.5 ARM920T Rev 1 processor ......................................................................... B-7
B.6 ARM940T Rev 0 processor ......................................................................... B-9
B.7 ARM940T Rev 1 processor ....................................................................... B-11
B.8 ARM946E-S processor ............................................................................. B-13
B.9 ARM966E-S processor ............................................................................. B-15
B.10 ARM10200E processor ............................................................................. B-16
B.11 ARM1020E processor ............................................................................... B-20
B.12 ARM10E processor ................................................................................... B-22
B.13 XScale processor ...................................................................................... B-24
Appendix C Supplementary Display Module Formats
C.1 Predefined formats ..................................................................................... C-2
C.2 User-defined formats ................................................................................. C-5
Appendix D Using the Flash Downloader
D.1 About the Flash downloader ...................................................................... D-2
D.2 Using the Flash downloader from AXD ...................................................... D-4
D.3 Using the Flash downloader from armsd ................................................... D-5
D.4 Setting the IP address of a PID board ....................................................... D-6
Glossary
