RealView Debugger RTOS Guide

Chapter 1 OS Support in RealView Debugger

1.1 About OS support in RealView Debugger ............................................................... 1-2
1.2 Hardware for OS support ......................................................................................... 1-4
1.3 OS debugging features available in RealView Debugger ........................................ 1-5
1.4 Halted System Debug and Running System Debug ................................................ 1-6
1.5 Debug Agent ............................................................................................................ 1-7
1.6 OS-aware CLI commands ....................................................................................... 1-9

Chapter 2 Configuring OS-aware Connections

2.1 Enabling OS support ................................................................................................ 2-2
2.2 Creating a new OS-aware Debug Configuration ..................................................... 2-3
2.3 Customizing an OS-aware Debug Configuration ..................................................... 2-6
2.4 Managing configuration settings ............................................................................ 2-12

Chapter 3 Connecting to a Target and Loading an Image

3.1 Before connecting .................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2 Connecting from the Code window .......................................................................... 3-3
3.3 Connecting to a running target ................................................................................ 3-4
3.4 Loading the symbols for an image on a running target ............................................ 3-6
3.5 Loading a multi-image application on an OS-aware connection .............................. 3-7
3.6 OS Exit Options ....................................................................................................... 3-9
3.7 Interrupts when loading an image .......................................................................... 3-10
3.8 Resetting OS state ................................................................................................. 3-11

Chapter 4 Associating Threads with Views

4.1 Attaching and unattaching windows ........................................................................ 4-2
4.2 The current thread ................................................................................................... 4-3
4.3 Using the Cycle Threads button .............................................................................. 4-4
4.4 Working with the thread list ...................................................................................... 4-5

Chapter 5 Working with OS-aware Connections in the Process Control view

5.1 The Process Control view and OS-aware connections ........................................... 5-2
5.2 OS marker in the Process tab .................................................................................. 5-3
5.3 Examining thread details in the Thread tab ............................................................. 5-8
5.4 Changing the current thread and attachment ........................................................ 5-10
5.5 Updating the system snapshot .............................................................................. 5-11

Chapter 6 Viewing OS Resources

6.1 About viewing OS resources ................................................................................... 6-2
6.2 Viewing details in the Output view ........................................................................... 6-3
6.3 Viewing details in a Properties dialog box ............................................................... 6-4
6.4 Viewing the active connections ................................................................................ 6-6
6.5 Updating the Resource Viewer ................................................................................ 6-7
6.6 Performing OS-specific actions on an OS-aware connection ................................ 6-10
6.7 Interaction of OS resources and RealView Debugger ........................................... 6-12

Chapter 7 Debugging Your OS Application

7.1 About breakpoints .................................................................................................... 7-2
7.2 Setting breakpoints .................................................................................................. 7-4
7.3 Using the Create Breakpoint dialog box .................................................................. 7-7
7.4 Using the Break/Tracepoints view ........................................................................... 7-8
7.5 Stepping threads ...................................................................................................... 7-9
7.6 Adding object search paths and mappings ............................................................ 7-11
7.7 Manipulating registers and variables ..................................................................... 7-14
7.8 Updating your debug view ..................................................................................... 7-15
7.9 Synchronization behavior when using OS-awareness in RSD mode .................... 7-16