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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>2009-12-03 17:27:13 -0500
committerDavid Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>2009-12-03 18:42:01 -0800
commited59dfc80aa6fc48a0894c8e46cee675f38ac949 (patch)
tree2f0e0d1f3efb989f5b43f794536cce04bbd3e622 /NEWS
parentf62c035c5277871193fa9904f430cf57221c0b89 (diff)
basic ARM semihosting support
Semihosting enables code running on an ARM target to use the I/O facilities on the host computer. The target application must be linked against a library that forwards operation requests by using the SVC instruction that is trapped at the Supervisor Call vector by the debugger. The "hosted" library version provided with CodeSourcery's Sourcery G++ Lite for ARM EABI is one example. This is currently available for ARM9 processors, but any ARM variant should be able to support this with little additional work. Tested using binaries compiled with Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q1-161 and ARM RVCT 3.0. [dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: doc tweaks, NEWS] Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Target Layer:
- register names use "sp" not "r13"
- add top-level "mcr" and "mrc" commands, replacing
various core-specific operations
+ - basic semihosting support
ARM11
- Preliminary ETM and ETB hookup
- accelerated "flash erase_check"