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infinite Break Points

harshan

Greetings,

               sir/Madam the hardware break points use internal FPB comparators so that the address we update there are internally comare with program counter if value == program counter then automatically the core will be halted and ready to debug the internal registers.

coming to the software break point this will use "BKPT" instrruction so that when ever the address match with program counter user has to execute __ASM("BKPT"); which will case the target break and enter into halt so that user can further access the debug registers.

my doubt was how should i continuously check the program counter continuously so that i could break the target when ever address i supplied was match.

Correct me if i was wrong.

Thanks and Regards.

Harshan.

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  • 0 in reply to Duberly Mazuelos

    Thanks for reply,

                             if i understand clearly above, let say if i want to break the perticular address location on the target then i have to redirect that address to BKPT assembly instruction, The point is how could i redirect that address to BKPT assembly Instruction let say my target is stm32f4xx and i want to break at address 0x08000228. where my customized debugger  follows serial wire debug protocol now what are the steps i should have to be follow in order to break the stm32f4xx at address 0x08000228, i hope the question is very clear??

    Thanks and Regards.

    Harshan

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  • 0 in reply to Duberly Mazuelos

    Thanks for reply,

                             if i understand clearly above, let say if i want to break the perticular address location on the target then i have to redirect that address to BKPT assembly instruction, The point is how could i redirect that address to BKPT assembly Instruction let say my target is stm32f4xx and i want to break at address 0x08000228. where my customized debugger  follows serial wire debug protocol now what are the steps i should have to be follow in order to break the stm32f4xx at address 0x08000228, i hope the question is very clear??

    Thanks and Regards.

    Harshan

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  • 0 in reply to harshan

    Greetings,,

    Let me first explain some essential points

    • the address 0x08000228 falls in rom region (normally a flash memory is used to store your code and read only data there)
      • normally you would only read from that region.. and in order to write to it you would need to program it (usually done in blocks not in bytes)
      • that is why there is a feature called FPB (flash patch and breakpoint unit) (which allows you to compare PC address and halt the processor but it has a limited number of breakpoint coparators + you don't want to use this solution )
    • Now what you could do.. is run the code from SRAM region.. (of course requires (custom linker script, using bootloader or copying code from flash to SRAM, ajusting VTOR *vector table offset register* .. etc)
      • now this way you can you save the instruction in the adress you want to break at.. then replace it with bkpt and after the processor halts replace the original instruction back
      • I guess there is already made plugins for eclipse which allow you to choose to run your code from Flash or ram (not sure though don't take my words) ( Features | GNU ARM Eclipse ) ,, I'v not used other toolchains and IDEs but I guess you can choose to run the code from SRAM or flash there as well
    • of course you need to refer to (Chapter 14 of jyiu book for more details if you are doing it using a customized debugger for more information about the steps and registers involved)

    hope this helped..

    Regards..

    Mustafa S.

  • 0 in reply to Mustafa S.

    Thanks for Reply,

                              In Hardware Break Point after setting the first break point the core was halted successfully but when i tried to run the target it won't hit the second break point until i clear the first break point. what might be the issue??

    Thanks and Regards.

    Harshan_Behra