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hi, we have purchased wind power ICE emulator and windriver workbench ocd 2.4. Now we have problem with debugging uboot's assembly files. The issue is same problem given below.
TITLE:When debugging some versions of the Linux u-boot application, the debugger cannot do source level debugging of assembly files.
SPR#:112280 DEFECT#:19830 FIX RECORD:19831 FIX RELEASE:Wind River Workbench 2.5 (2006-06-28 00:00:00) STATUS:In Progress PRODUCTS AFFECTED:Wind River Workbench 2.4 DESCRIPTION:When debugging some versions of the Linux u-boot application, the debugger does not perform source level debugging of assembly files. Workbench fails to find the correct assembly source file at the u-boot program entry point. Note that in this scenario, the debugger does not have any problems debugging C source files.
The problem is actually due to incorrect u-boot makefile configuration where assembly files are built with the directive -Wa,-gstabs, whereas the C files are built with -gdwarf-2. This results in mixed STABS debug information for assembly files and DWARF-2 debug information for C files in the object-file. The Workbench debugger has very limited support for STABS on Linux, which is mainly restricted to global information in system libraries (on 2.4.x Linux distributions). The debugger fully supports DWARF-2. STEPS TO REPRODUCE:No Details Available. WORKAROUND:Date Created: 11/17/2005 09:33:45 Visibility: External Created By: rarunkum Type: Workaround
The workaround is to change the config.mk in the root level of the u-boot source. Find the line:
AFLAGS_DEBUG := -Wa,-gstabs
Change it to: AFLAGS_DEBUG := -Wa,-gdwarf2
Then rebuild u-boot and now you will have DWARF-2 debug information for all source files. Workbench will now allow you to do source-level debugging of the assembly file also.
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As you see from windriver's report. They suggest to modify AFLAGS_DEBUG value to -gdwarf2. But when I compile uboot after modifying, compiler gives me these error messages.
opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S: Assembler messages: /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable /opt/WindRiver_Evaluation2.4/workspace/uboot/lib_ppc/ppcstring.S:216: Error: Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable
I'm using uboot 1.0.0 and gcc 2.95 for powerpc. I'm using this combination,because only this combination works properly for our marvell mv64460 development board.
In your opinion, how can I fix this problem?

In message 91f06e390607190541q7dc122berc793d6736b0d6f7@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
we have purchased wind power ICE emulator and windriver workbench ocd 2.4. Now we have problem with debugging uboot's assembly files. The
That's a redundant statement, it seems ;-)
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The workaround is to change the config.mk in the root level of the u-boot source. Find the line:
So you got advice already. What else do you need?
I'm using uboot 1.0.0 and gcc 2.95 for powerpc. I'm using this combination,because only this combination works properly for our marvell mv64460 development board.
Here you mention another reason for having problems: using obsolete code, and obsolete tools.
In your opinion, how can I fix this problem?
Follow the advice you received, and update both your toolchain and U-Boot code.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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