From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.192.83]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0CC767B72 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:05:11 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <44B7CEB6.6040806@dlasys.net> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:04:54 -0400 From: "David H. Lynch Jr." MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bennett78@digis.net, linuxppc-embedded Subject: Re: JTAG PPC info ? References: <1152782030.3534.27.camel@petra.pixel> <44B6DD86.5080804@dlasys.net> <1152888198.44b7ad86a50ed@webmail.digis.net> In-Reply-To: <1152888198.44b7ad86a50ed@webmail.digis.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050307030006030800090408" Reply-To: dhlii@comcast.net List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050307030006030800090408 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit bennett78@digis.net wrote: > Quoting "David H. Lynch Jr." : > > >> Has anyone not covered by non-disclosure deciphered the JTAG codes >> for the PowerPC ? >> > > Is this a big secret or just skimpy Freescale documentation? > Try emailing: > Ed.Nuckolls@freescale.com > This effort could help expand projects such as: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtager/ > for us embedded powerpc users! > > For myself, right now I can't get much help from Abatron turning > on a new MPC5200 design. My approach: debugging modified u-boot code > running out of RAM....lots of machine checks! > It is my understanding that certain aspects of JTAG are specific to the target (chip) for most devices that information is documented. Some processors treat the JTAG communications to the processor as proprietary. Some make the information readily available. It is my understanding that the interface to the PPC is only available under NDA from IBM. My client is building a wholely OpenSource SDK to support developing for their target. They have their own pseudo JTAG interface - on the host side it emulates a JTAG Parallel port in software. On the target side it is a full hardware JTAG. They are trying to get a gdbserver working and there is no OpenSource GdbServer that includes PPC support. Right now they have a back burner project decyphering the the PPC interface and are working through it slowly. > Frank Bennett > President > Mathegraphics,LLC > Fort Collins,CO > www.mathegraphics.com > bennett78@digis.net > > > >> >> I have a situation using a custom JTAG interface that is looking to >> impliment host side PPC debugging. JTAG access and manipulation of most >> all other JTAG devices on the target is working. >> Right now the problem is deciphering the JTAG commands etc to the >> PPC itself. >> >> >> >> Ria Roy wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Does anyone know if Macriagor's mpDemon is capable of debugging the >>> linux kernel via the JTAG interface. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Ria >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linuxppc-embedded mailing list >>> Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org >>> https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >>> >>> >> -- >> Dave Lynch DLA Systems >> Software Development: Embedded Linux >> 717.627.3770 dhlii@dlasys.net http://www.dlasys.net >> fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 >> Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too >> numerous to list. >> >> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a >> touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." >> Albert Einstein >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linuxppc-embedded mailing list >> Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org >> https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Email sent through Digis Networks http://www.digis.net/ > > -- Dave Lynch DLA Systems Software Development: Embedded Linux 717.627.3770 dhlii@dlasys.net http://www.dlasys.net fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein --------------050307030006030800090408 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit bennett78@digis.net wrote: 
Quoting "David H. Lynch Jr." <dhlii@dlasys.net>:

  
    Has anyone not covered by non-disclosure deciphered the JTAG codes
for the PowerPC ?
    

Is this a big secret or just skimpy Freescale documentation?
Try emailing:
     Ed.Nuckolls@freescale.com
This effort could help expand projects such as:
      http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtager/
for us embedded powerpc users!

For myself, right now I can't get much help from Abatron turning
on a new MPC5200 design. My approach: debugging modified u-boot code 
running out of RAM....lots of machine checks!

    It is my understanding that certain aspects of JTAG are specific to the target (chip) for most devices that information is documented.
    Some processors treat the JTAG communications to the processor as proprietary.
     Some make the information readily available.

    It is my understanding that the interface to the PPC is only available under NDA from IBM.

    My client is building a wholely OpenSource SDK to support developing for their target.
    They have their own pseudo JTAG interface - on the host side it emulates a JTAG Parallel port in software.
    On the target side it is a full hardware JTAG.
    They are trying to get a gdbserver working and there is no OpenSource GdbServer that includes PPC support.

    Right now they have a back burner project decyphering the the PPC interface and are working through it slowly.


Frank Bennett
President
Mathegraphics,LLC
Fort Collins,CO 
www.mathegraphics.com
bennett78@digis.net


  
   
    I have a situation using a custom JTAG interface that is looking to
impliment host side PPC debugging. JTAG access and manipulation of most
all other JTAG devices on the target is working.
    Right now the problem is deciphering the JTAG commands etc to the
PPC itself.



Ria Roy wrote:
    
Hi, 

Does anyone know if Macriagor's mpDemon is capable of debugging the
linux kernel via the JTAG interface. 

Thanks in advance, 
Ria

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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
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