VisualGDB STM32 Toolchain

[Anonymous]

I saw that you have a toolchain for the MSP430, is anything planned for the ARM STM32 family?
We currently use uVision and uLink2 JTAG debugger. Is it possible to use the uLink2 to program and debug the STM32 via VisualGDB, probably using OpenOCD?

[support]

Hi,

Yes, using OpenOCD is possible, however we currently do not provide a step-by-step tutorial. Please refer to community-hosted instructions on setting up GDB with OpenOCD to get the OpenOCD arguments and GDB starup commands.
Please use the VisualGDB project wizard or the VisualGDB Project Properties window to provide those commands to VisualGDB.

[Anonymous]

I am also trying to debug a stm32f4 discovery board.
at least could get the st-link gdbserver to run via DEBUG.
But there is still a problem with the read socket, which ends up in closing the st-link gdb server.

iam using the tooolchain from sourcery and the st-link gdb server from attolic.

Here is my logwith the error at 0.509ms:
[0.229] STM32_AppReset(): NVIC_DFSR_REG = 0x00000009
[0.231] STM32_AppReset(): NVIC_CFGFSR_REG = 0x00000000
[0.233] STM32_AppReset(): XPSR = 0x41000000
[0.233] STM32_InitDevice(): ST_LINK Major version =2 Jtag version =17
[0.233] STM32_InitDevice(): ST_LINK VID=1155 PID=14152
[0.234] STM32_InitDevice(): ST_LINK device status: HALT_MODE
[0.240] stm32_reset_hw_wtchpt_module(): Hardware watchpoint supported by the target
[0.248] create_stm32_flash_device(): FuncEntry
[0.249] create_stm32_flash_device(): STM32 device: id =10016413
[0.250] create_stm32_flash_device(): STM32 device: Flash size =1024
[0.250] create_stm32_flash_device(): FuncExit
[0.250] read_f2_option_bytes(): FuncEntry
[0.255] read_f2_option_bytes(): FuncExit
[0.255] main(): Start Logging
[0.260] Socket_WaitForTrueStudioConnection(): Waiting for TrueSTUDIO client to connect on port 61234 …
[0.509] Socket_WaitForTrueStudioConnection(): TrueSTUDIO client connected.
[0.509] Socket_WaitForTrueStudioConnection(): Receive buffer size set to 65536 bytes.
[0.509] Socket_Write(): Tx: #724b$

[0.509] Socket_Read(): Rx: +$qSupported:qRelocInsn+#9a
[0.609] main(): Error while waiting for debugger connection.

[support]

As discussed per email, this is the limitation of the TrueSTUDIO GDB server. Using a GDB server that is not restricted to TrueSTUDIO is the solution.

[Anonymous]

@bazis wrote:

As discussed per email, this is the limitation of the TrueSTUDIO GDB server. Using a GDB server that is not restricted to TrueSTUDIO is the solution.

Yep, as i told you, you either can use the gsb-server from atollic in version 1.3.0 or the texane/stlink uitl.
However it works fine now

[support]

BTW, we have improved our STM32 support in VisualGDB 4.0. A tutorial is available here: http://visualgdb.com/tutorials/arm/stm32

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