if (attempts++==1000)
                        {
                                ERROR("Failed to receiving data from debug handler after 1000 attempts");
-                               retval=ERROR_JTAG_QUEUE_FAILED;
+                               retval=ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT;
                                break;
                        }
                }
        gettimeofday(&timeout, NULL);
        timeval_add_time(&timeout, 5, 0);
 
-       do
+       for (;;)
        {
                /* if we want to consume the register content (i.e. clear TX_READY),
                 * we have to go straight from Capture-DR to Shift-DR
                        ERROR("time out reading TX register");
                        return ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT;
                }
-       } while ((!(field0_in & 1)) && consume);
+               if (!((!(field0_in & 1)) && consume))
+               {
+                       break;
+               }
+               usleep(500*1000); /* avoid flooding the logs */
+       } 
 
        if (!(field0_in & 1))
                return ERROR_TARGET_RESOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE;
 
        /* poll until rx_read is low */
        DEBUG("polling RX");
-       do
+       for (;;)
        {
                jtag_add_dr_scan(3, fields, TAP_RTI);
 
                        ERROR("time out writing RX register");
                        return ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT;
                }
-       } while (field0_in & 1);
+               if (!(field0_in & 1))
+                       break;
+               usleep(500*1000); /* wait 500ms to avoid flooding the logs */
+       }
 
        /* set rx_valid */
        field2 = 0x1;
        armv4_5_common_t *armv4_5 = target->arch_info;
        xscale_common_t *xscale = armv4_5->arch_info;
        int i;
+       int retval;
 
        u32 low_reset_branch, high_reset_branch;
 
                }
                else
                {
-                       if (target_read_u32(target, 0xffff0000 + 4*i, &xscale->high_vectors[i]) != ERROR_OK)
+                       retval=target_read_u32(target, 0xffff0000 + 4*i, &xscale->high_vectors[i]);
+                       if (retval == ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT)
+                               return retval;
+                       if (retval!=ERROR_OK)
                        {
+                               /* Some of these reads will fail as part of normal execution */
                                xscale->high_vectors[i] = ARMV4_5_B(0xfffffe, 0);
                        }
                }
                }
                else
                {
-                       if (target_read_u32(target, 0x0 + 4*i, &xscale->low_vectors[i]) != ERROR_OK)
+                       retval=target_read_u32(target, 0x0 + 4*i, &xscale->low_vectors[i]);
+                       if (retval == ERROR_TARGET_TIMEOUT)
+                               return retval;
+                       if (retval!=ERROR_OK)
                        {
+                               /* Some of these reads will fail as part of normal execution */
                                xscale->low_vectors[i] = ARMV4_5_B(0xfffffe, 0);
                        }
                }
        u32 pc;
        u32 buffer[10];
        int i;
+       int retval;
 
        u32 moe;
 
        /* clear external dbg break (will be written on next DCSR read) */
        xscale->external_debug_break = 0;
-       xscale_read_dcsr(target);
-
+       if ((retval=xscale_read_dcsr(target))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
+       
        /* get r0, pc, r1 to r7 and cpsr */
-       xscale_receive(target, buffer, 10);
+       if ((retval=xscale_receive(target, buffer, 10))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* move r0 from buffer to register cache */
        buf_set_u32(armv4_5->core_cache->reg_list[0].value, 0, 32, buffer[0]);
        }
 
        /* update vector tables */
-       xscale_update_vectors(target);
+       if ((retval=xscale_update_vectors(target))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* current = 1: continue on current pc, otherwise continue at <address> */
        if (!current)
        xscale_common_t *xscale = armv4_5->arch_info;
        u32 *buf32;
        int i;
+       int retval;
 
        DEBUG("address: 0x%8.8x, size: 0x%8.8x, count: 0x%8.8x", address, size, count);
 
                return ERROR_TARGET_UNALIGNED_ACCESS;
 
        /* send memory read request (command 0x1n, n: access size) */
-       xscale_send_u32(target, 0x10 | size);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, 0x10 | size))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* send base address for read request */
-       xscale_send_u32(target, address);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, address))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* send number of requested data words */
-       xscale_send_u32(target, count);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, count))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* receive data from target (count times 32-bit words in host endianness) */
        buf32 = malloc(4 * count);
-       xscale_receive(target, buf32, count);
+       if ((retval=xscale_receive(target, buf32, count))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* extract data from host-endian buffer into byte stream */
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
        free(buf32);
 
        /* examine DCSR, to see if Sticky Abort (SA) got set */
-       xscale_read_dcsr(target);
+       if ((retval=xscale_read_dcsr(target))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
        if (buf_get_u32(xscale->reg_cache->reg_list[XSCALE_DCSR].value, 5, 1) == 1)
        {
                /* clear SA bit */
-               xscale_send_u32(target, 0x60);
+               if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, 0x60))!=ERROR_OK)
+                       return retval;
 
                return ERROR_TARGET_DATA_ABORT;
        }
 {
        armv4_5_common_t *armv4_5 = target->arch_info;
        xscale_common_t *xscale = armv4_5->arch_info;
+       int retval;
 
        DEBUG("address: 0x%8.8x, size: 0x%8.8x, count: 0x%8.8x", address, size, count);
 
                return ERROR_TARGET_UNALIGNED_ACCESS;
 
        /* send memory write request (command 0x2n, n: access size) */
-       xscale_send_u32(target, 0x20 | size);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, 0x20 | size))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* send base address for read request */
-       xscale_send_u32(target, address);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, address))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* send number of requested data words to be written*/
-       xscale_send_u32(target, count);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, count))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* extract data from host-endian buffer into byte stream */
 #if 0
                }
        }
 #endif
-       xscale_send(target, buffer, count, size);
+       if ((retval=xscale_send(target, buffer, count, size))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
 
        /* examine DCSR, to see if Sticky Abort (SA) got set */
-       xscale_read_dcsr(target);
+       if ((retval=xscale_read_dcsr(target))!=ERROR_OK)
+               return retval;
        if (buf_get_u32(xscale->reg_cache->reg_list[XSCALE_DCSR].value, 5, 1) == 1)
        {
                /* clear SA bit */
-               xscale_send_u32(target, 0x60);
+               if ((retval=xscale_send_u32(target, 0x60))!=ERROR_OK)
+                       return retval;
 
                return ERROR_TARGET_DATA_ABORT;
        }