From e9b919fbc67a12f8825732f028b33c66e8321e11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: oharboe Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:46:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add "dummy" interface trick to the BUGS reporting suggestions git-svn-id: svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd/trunk@2569 b42882b7-edfa-0310-969c-e2dbd0fdcd60 --- BUGS | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS index ceb0356d..abf8f7ae 100644 --- a/BUGS +++ b/BUGS @@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ in total. @section bugscrashdump Obtaining Crash Backtraces -If OpenOCD is crashing, you can use GDB to get a trace:@par +If OpenOCD is crashing, there are two very effective things you can do to +improve your chances of getting help on the development mailing list. + +Try to reproduce the problem using the dummy JTAG interface to allow other developers to replicate +your problem robustly and use GDB to get a trace:@par @code +% OPENOCDSRC/configure --enable-dummy ... +% openocd -f interface/dummy.cfg -f target/xxx.cfg +=> SEGFAULT % gdb --args openocd .... (gdb) run (gdb) bt -- 2.39.5