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JonathanCarlson
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1 year ago

JTAG UART connection fails after running load in gdb

I'm using Quartus 23.4 (I can't upgrade to a later version) and wanted to run GDB. I followed the NIOS V processor example and was able to get the Ashling GDB Server and GDB running. I'm running gd...
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tehjingy_Altera
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1 year ago

Hi


Apologize for the late reply, as I was OOO.


While using the JTAG UART, you could not access the console from the JTAG.

Because it is only one JTAG connection, either it is used to output a console or being used as debug.

Adding additional JTAG UART would not help this situation.


Regards

Jingyang, Teh


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    JonathanCarlson
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    1 year ago

    Hi,

    No worries about the OOO.

    Are there other available channels (other than JTAG) which a console interface could connect to?

    Is there a recommended way to have a console connection and GDB (over JTAG) running at the same time?