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19 years ago

How to get a gdb server running?

What's the simplest way to get a gdb server running using a USB Blaster for the target connection to a NIOS2 target? I'd vastly prefer Linux, since that's where I'm doing my dev...
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19 years ago

Unfortunately, you're going to have to get Quartus II, or, at a minimum the Quartus II programmer.... All of the JTAG stuff (including the GDB server shipped with the Nios II EDS) use the code in QII.

You could take a look at the last section in the Flash Programmer User's Guide about "stand alone" installation, as the flash programmer has the same, basic requirements as the GDB server.

Here's a quick look at what the gdb-server-wrapped executable requires on Linux: 

ldd `which nios2-gdb-server-wrapped`
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7f38000)
        libjtag_client.so => not found
        libstdc++.so.5 => /emul/linux/x86/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0xf7e85000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7e60000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf7e55000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7d2f000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7d18000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f8e000)

The "libjtag_client.so" is what's provided by (at least) the stand alone QII programmer. As to what's available freely (on Linux), I don't know....

Cheers and good luck!

- slacker