Quad core programming problem

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Quad core programming problem

by Jonathan Masters :: Rate this Message:

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Hi all.

I am experimenting with moving my PE+METROWERKS setup to a quad core
Intel machine. Metroworks can be made to work and compile my project.

I can then connect to the target with a USB-ML-12 and it appears to
program the device. Any attempt to actually run the target yields in
either:

i) The programming works, but the HIWAVE debugger showing the program
running off the rails.
ii) The programming doesn't work with messages about an inability to
program the target at specific locations.

I have all the latest USB drivers and firmware from P&E. The same target
hardware and software works (reasonably) well on a 2.4GHz P4 machine
without these problems.

Has anyone else had these sorts of problems and is there a solution?

Is there anything better than P&E+METROWERKS? I have been loyal to P&E
pods for a long time, but I am beginning to think this has been to my
detriment. I have never been able to debug a system with the PLL on.

(Should've moved to ARM ages ago)

Jonathan Masters

Re: Quad core programming problem

by Petrescu :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,
I am running CW for HCS12(X) V4.7 and USB-ML-12 on Vista,
dual - core machine (Intel) without any problems, for both compile
and debug ( and with PLL on).
Do you use this new CW version or an older one? This new version
has new drivers for USB and Vista.
Regards,
Yoan

Jonathan Masters wrote:

>
> Hi all.
>
> I am experimenting with moving my PE+METROWERKS setup to a quad core
> Intel machine. Metroworks can be made to work and compile my project.
>
> I can then connect to the target with a USB-ML-12 and it appears to
> program the device. Any attempt to actually run the target yields in
> either:
>
> i) The programming works, but the HIWAVE debugger showing the program
> running off the rails.
> ii) The programming doesn't work with messages about an inability to
> program the target at specific locations.
>
> I have all the latest USB drivers and firmware from P&E. The same target
> hardware and software works (reasonably) well on a 2.4GHz P4 machine
> without these problems.
>
> Has anyone else had these sorts of problems and is there a solution?
>
> Is there anything better than P&E+METROWERKS? I have been loyal to P&E
> pods for a long time, but I am beginning to think this has been to my
> detriment. I have never been able to debug a system with the PLL on.
>
> (Should've moved to ARM ages ago)
>
> Jonathan Masters
>
>

Re: Quad core programming problem

by Rob Milne :: Rate this Message:

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> I have never been able to debug a system with the PLL on.
>

Me neither.  My system is so interrupt intensive that it was useless to
use the bdm anyway and so I had to resort to print statements and log
buffers.

-rob