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14 years ago

Nios II Debugger problem

When I try to debug the simple_socket_server app in Nios II SBT for Eclipse I get the following error: .gdbinit: No such file or directory. Reading symbols from C:/NEEK_Qsys/Ethernet3/neek_et...
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14 years ago

IIRC you can enable a 'misaligned address trap' and also an 'invalid address trap' (these may be on the 'hidden' options menu though).

These should cause an exception (interrupt) be triggered if you access an illegal (enough) address.

Writing an exception handler to save the info and report it to the host is a SMOP. Probably easier if you don't have any 'normal' interrupts.