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4 @settitle OpenOCD User's Guide
5 @dircategory Development
6 @direntry
7 * OpenOCD: (openocd). OpenOCD User's Guide
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16 This User's Guide documents
17 release @value{VERSION},
18 dated @value{UPDATED},
19 of the Open On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD).
20
21 @itemize @bullet
22 @item Copyright @copyright{} 2008 The OpenOCD Project
23 @item Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2008 Spencer Oliver @email{spen@@spen-soft.co.uk}
24 @item Copyright @copyright{} 2008 Oyvind Harboe @email{oyvind.harboe@@zylin.com}
25 @item Copyright @copyright{} 2008 Duane Ellis @email{openocd@@duaneellis.com}
26 @item Copyright @copyright{} 2009 David Brownell
27 @end itemize
28
29 @quotation
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32 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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34 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
35 Free Documentation License''.
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38
39 @titlepage
40 @titlefont{@emph{Open On-Chip Debugger:}}
41 @sp 1
42 @title OpenOCD User's Guide
43 @subtitle for release @value{VERSION}
44 @subtitle @value{UPDATED}
45
46 @page
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50
51 @summarycontents
52 @contents
53
54 @ifnottex
55 @node Top
56 @top OpenOCD User's Guide
57
58 @insertcopying
59 @end ifnottex
60
61 @menu
62 * About:: About OpenOCD
63 * Developers:: OpenOCD Developers
64 * JTAG Hardware Dongles:: JTAG Hardware Dongles
65 * About JIM-Tcl:: About JIM-Tcl
66 * Running:: Running OpenOCD
67 * OpenOCD Project Setup:: OpenOCD Project Setup
68 * Config File Guidelines:: Config File Guidelines
69 * Daemon Configuration:: Daemon Configuration
70 * Interface - Dongle Configuration:: Interface - Dongle Configuration
71 * Reset Configuration:: Reset Configuration
72 * TAP Declaration:: TAP Declaration
73 * CPU Configuration:: CPU Configuration
74 * Flash Commands:: Flash Commands
75 * NAND Flash Commands:: NAND Flash Commands
76 * PLD/FPGA Commands:: PLD/FPGA Commands
77 * General Commands:: General Commands
78 * Architecture and Core Commands:: Architecture and Core Commands
79 * JTAG Commands:: JTAG Commands
80 * Boundary Scan Commands:: Boundary Scan Commands
81 * TFTP:: TFTP
82 * GDB and OpenOCD:: Using GDB and OpenOCD
83 * Tcl Scripting API:: Tcl Scripting API
84 * Upgrading:: Deprecated/Removed Commands
85 * Target Library:: Target Library
86 * FAQ:: Frequently Asked Questions
87 * Tcl Crash Course:: Tcl Crash Course
88 * License:: GNU Free Documentation License
89
90 @comment DO NOT use the plain word ``Index'', reason: CYGWIN filename
91 @comment case issue with ``Index.html'' and ``index.html''
92 @comment Occurs when creating ``--html --no-split'' output
93 @comment This fix is based on: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-05/msg00215.html
94 * OpenOCD Concept Index:: Concept Index
95 * Command and Driver Index:: Command and Driver Index
96 @end menu
97
98 @node About
99 @unnumbered About
100 @cindex about
101
102 OpenOCD was created by Dominic Rath as part of a diploma thesis written at the
103 University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (@uref{http://www.fh-augsburg.de}).
104 Since that time, the project has grown into an active open-source project,
105 supported by a diverse community of software and hardware developers from
106 around the world.
107
108 @section What is OpenOCD?
109 @cindex TAP
110 @cindex JTAG
111
112 The Open On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD) aims to provide debugging,
113 in-system programming and boundary-scan testing for embedded target
114 devices.
115
116 @b{JTAG:} OpenOCD uses a ``hardware interface dongle'' to communicate
117 with the JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) compliant TAPs on your target board.
118 A @dfn{TAP} is a ``Test Access Port'', a module which processes
119 special instructions and data. TAPs are daisy-chained within and
120 between chips and boards.
121
122 @b{Dongles:} OpenOCD currently supports many types of hardware dongles: USB
123 based, parallel port based, and other standalone boxes that run
124 OpenOCD internally. @xref{JTAG Hardware Dongles}.
125
126 @b{GDB Debug:} It allows ARM7 (ARM7TDMI and ARM720t), ARM9 (ARM920T,
127 ARM922T, ARM926EJ--S, ARM966E--S), XScale (PXA25x, IXP42x) and
128 Cortex-M3 (Stellaris LM3 and ST STM32) based cores to be
129 debugged via the GDB protocol.
130
131 @b{Flash Programing:} Flash writing is supported for external CFI
132 compatible NOR flashes (Intel and AMD/Spansion command set) and several
133 internal flashes (LPC1700, LPC2000, AT91SAM7, AT91SAM3U, STR7x, STR9x, LM3, and
134 STM32x). Preliminary support for various NAND flash controllers
135 (LPC3180, Orion, S3C24xx, more) controller is included.
136
137 @section OpenOCD Web Site
138
139 The OpenOCD web site provides the latest public news from the community:
140
141 @uref{http://openocd.berlios.de/web/}
142
143 @section Latest User's Guide:
144
145 The user's guide you are now reading may not be the latest one
146 available. A version for more recent code may be available.
147 Its HTML form is published irregularly at:
148
149 @uref{http://openocd.berlios.de/doc/html/index.html}
150
151 PDF form is likewise published at:
152
153 @uref{http://openocd.berlios.de/doc/pdf/openocd.pdf}
154
155 @section OpenOCD User's Forum
156
157 There is an OpenOCD forum (phpBB) hosted by SparkFun:
158
159 @uref{http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewforum.php?f=18}
160
161
162 @node Developers
163 @chapter OpenOCD Developer Resources
164 @cindex developers
165
166 If you are interested in improving the state of OpenOCD's debugging and
167 testing support, new contributions will be welcome. Motivated developers
168 can produce new target, flash or interface drivers, improve the
169 documentation, as well as more conventional bug fixes and enhancements.
170
171 The resources in this chapter are available for developers wishing to explore
172 or expand the OpenOCD source code.
173
174 @section OpenOCD Subversion Repository
175
176 You can download the current SVN version with an SVN client of your
177 choice from the following repositories:
178
179 @uref{svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd/trunk}
180
181 or
182
183 @uref{http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/openocd/trunk}
184
185 Using the SVN command line client, you can use the following command to
186 fetch the latest version (make sure there is no (non-svn) directory
187 called "openocd" in the current directory):
188
189 svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd/trunk openocd
190
191 If you prefer GIT based tools, the @command{git-svn} package works too:
192
193 git svn clone -s svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd
194
195 The ``README'' file contains the instructions for building the project
196 from the repository.
197
198 Developers that want to contribute patches to the OpenOCD system are
199 @b{strongly} encouraged to base their work off of the most recent trunk
200 revision. Patches created against older versions may require additional
201 work from their submitter in order to be updated for newer releases.
202
203 @section Doxygen Developer Manual
204
205 During the development of the 0.2.0 release, the OpenOCD project began
206 providing a Doxygen reference manual. This document contains more
207 technical information about the software internals, development
208 processes, and similar documentation:
209
210 @uref{http://openocd.berlios.de/doc/doxygen/index.html}
211
212 This document is a work-in-progress, but contributions would be welcome
213 to fill in the gaps. All of the source files are provided in-tree,
214 listed in the Doxyfile configuration in the top of the repository trunk.
215
216 @section OpenOCD Developer Mailing List
217
218 The OpenOCD Developer Mailing List provides the primary means of
219 communication between developers:
220
221 @uref{https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development}
222
223 All drivers developers are enouraged to also subscribe to the list of
224 SVN commits to keep pace with the ongoing changes:
225
226 @uref{https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-svn}
227
228
229 @node JTAG Hardware Dongles
230 @chapter JTAG Hardware Dongles
231 @cindex dongles
232 @cindex FTDI
233 @cindex wiggler
234 @cindex zy1000
235 @cindex printer port
236 @cindex USB Adapter
237 @cindex RTCK
238
239 Defined: @b{dongle}: A small device that plugins into a computer and serves as
240 an adapter .... [snip]
241
242 In the OpenOCD case, this generally refers to @b{a small adapater} one
243 attaches to your computer via USB or the Parallel Printer Port. The
244 execption being the Zylin ZY1000 which is a small box you attach via
245 an ethernet cable. The Zylin ZY1000 has the advantage that it does not
246 require any drivers to be installed on the developer PC. It also has
247 a built in web interface. It supports RTCK/RCLK or adaptive clocking
248 and has a built in relay to power cycle targets remotely.
249
250
251 @section Choosing a Dongle
252
253 There are several things you should keep in mind when choosing a dongle.
254
255 @enumerate
256 @item @b{Voltage} What voltage is your target - 1.8, 2.8, 3.3, or 5V?
257 Does your dongle support it? You might need a level converter.
258 @item @b{Pinout} What pinout does your target board use?
259 Does your dongle support it? You may be able to use jumper
260 wires, or an "octopus" connector, to convert pinouts.
261 @item @b{Connection} Does your computer have the USB, printer, or
262 Ethernet port needed?
263 @item @b{RTCK} Do you require RTCK? Also known as ``adaptive clocking''
264 @end enumerate
265
266 @section Stand alone Systems
267
268 @b{ZY1000} See: @url{http://www.zylin.com/zy1000.html} Technically, not a
269 dongle, but a standalone box. The ZY1000 has the advantage that it does
270 not require any drivers installed on the developer PC. It also has
271 a built in web interface. It supports RTCK/RCLK or adaptive clocking
272 and has a built in relay to power cycle targets remotely.
273
274 @section USB FT2232 Based
275
276 There are many USB JTAG dongles on the market, many of them are based
277 on a chip from ``Future Technology Devices International'' (FTDI)
278 known as the FTDI FT2232; this is a USB full speed (12 Mbps) chip.
279 See: @url{http://www.ftdichip.com} for more information.
280 In summer 2009, USB high speed (480 Mbps) versions of these FTDI
281 chips are starting to become available in JTAG adapters.
282
283 @itemize @bullet
284 @item @b{usbjtag}
285 @* Link @url{http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~hhoegl/proj/usbjtag/usbjtag.html}
286 @item @b{jtagkey}
287 @* See: @url{http://www.amontec.com/jtagkey.shtml}
288 @item @b{jtagkey2}
289 @* See: @url{http://www.amontec.com/jtagkey2.shtml}
290 @item @b{oocdlink}
291 @* See: @url{http://www.oocdlink.com} By Joern Kaipf
292 @item @b{signalyzer}
293 @* See: @url{http://www.signalyzer.com}
294 @item @b{evb_lm3s811}
295 @* See: @url{http://www.luminarymicro.com} - The Stellaris LM3S811 eval board has an FTD2232C chip built in.
296 @item @b{luminary_icdi}
297 @* See: @url{http://www.luminarymicro.com} - Luminary In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) Board, included in the Stellaris LM3S9B90 and LM3S9B92 Evaluation Kits.
298 @item @b{olimex-jtag}
299 @* See: @url{http://www.olimex.com}
300 @item @b{flyswatter}
301 @* See: @url{http://www.tincantools.com}
302 @item @b{turtelizer2}
303 @* See:
304 @uref{http://www.ethernut.de/en/hardware/turtelizer/index.html, Turtelizer 2}, or
305 @url{http://www.ethernut.de}
306 @item @b{comstick}
307 @* Link: @url{http://www.hitex.com/index.php?id=383}
308 @item @b{stm32stick}
309 @* Link @url{http://www.hitex.com/stm32-stick}
310 @item @b{axm0432_jtag}
311 @* Axiom AXM-0432 Link @url{http://www.axman.com}
312 @item @b{cortino}
313 @* Link @url{http://www.hitex.com/index.php?id=cortino}
314 @end itemize
315
316 @section USB JLINK based
317 There are several OEM versions of the Segger @b{JLINK} adapter. It is
318 an example of a micro controller based JTAG adapter, it uses an
319 AT91SAM764 internally.
320
321 @itemize @bullet
322 @item @b{ATMEL SAMICE} Only works with ATMEL chips!
323 @* Link: @url{http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3892}
324 @item @b{SEGGER JLINK}
325 @* Link: @url{http://www.segger.com/jlink.html}
326 @item @b{IAR J-Link}
327 @* Link: @url{http://www.iar.com/website1/1.0.1.0/369/1/index.php}
328 @end itemize
329
330 @section USB RLINK based
331 Raisonance has an adapter called @b{RLink}. It exists in a stripped-down form on the STM32 Primer, permanently attached to the JTAG lines. It also exists on the STM32 Primer2, but that is wired for SWD and not JTAG, thus not supported.
332
333 @itemize @bullet
334 @item @b{Raisonance RLink}
335 @* Link: @url{http://www.raisonance.com/products/RLink.php}
336 @item @b{STM32 Primer}
337 @* Link: @url{http://www.stm32circle.com/resources/stm32primer.php}
338 @item @b{STM32 Primer2}
339 @* Link: @url{http://www.stm32circle.com/resources/stm32primer2.php}
340 @end itemize
341
342 @section USB Other
343 @itemize @bullet
344 @item @b{USBprog}
345 @* Link: @url{http://www.embedded-projects.net/usbprog} - which uses an Atmel MEGA32 and a UBN9604
346
347 @item @b{USB - Presto}
348 @* Link: @url{http://tools.asix.net/prg_presto.htm}
349
350 @item @b{Versaloon-Link}
351 @* Link: @url{http://www.simonqian.com/en/Versaloon}
352
353 @item @b{ARM-JTAG-EW}
354 @* Link: @url{http://www.olimex.com/dev/arm-jtag-ew.html}
355 @end itemize
356
357 @section IBM PC Parallel Printer Port Based
358
359 The two well known ``JTAG Parallel Ports'' cables are the Xilnx DLC5
360 and the MacGraigor Wiggler. There are many clones and variations of
361 these on the market.
362
363 Note that parallel ports are becoming much less common, so if you
364 have the choice you should probably avoid these adapters in favor
365 of USB-based ones.
366
367 @itemize @bullet
368
369 @item @b{Wiggler} - There are many clones of this.
370 @* Link: @url{http://www.macraigor.com/wiggler.htm}
371
372 @item @b{DLC5} - From XILINX - There are many clones of this
373 @* Link: Search the web for: ``XILINX DLC5'' - it is no longer
374 produced, PDF schematics are easily found and it is easy to make.
375
376 @item @b{Amontec - JTAG Accelerator}
377 @* Link: @url{http://www.amontec.com/jtag_accelerator.shtml}
378
379 @item @b{GW16402}
380 @* Link: @url{http://www.gateworks.com/products/avila_accessories/gw16042.php}
381
382 @item @b{Wiggler2}
383 @*@uref{http://www.ccac.rwth-aachen.de/@/~michaels/@/index.php/hardware/@/armjtag,
384 Improved parallel-port wiggler-style JTAG adapter}
385
386 @item @b{Wiggler_ntrst_inverted}
387 @* Yet another variation - See the source code, src/jtag/parport.c
388
389 @item @b{old_amt_wiggler}
390 @* Unknown - probably not on the market today
391
392 @item @b{arm-jtag}
393 @* Link: Most likely @url{http://www.olimex.com/dev/arm-jtag.html} [another wiggler clone]
394
395 @item @b{chameleon}
396 @* Link: @url{http://www.amontec.com/chameleon.shtml}
397
398 @item @b{Triton}
399 @* Unknown.
400
401 @item @b{Lattice}
402 @* ispDownload from Lattice Semiconductor
403 @url{http://www.latticesemi.com/lit/docs/@/devtools/dlcable.pdf}
404
405 @item @b{flashlink}
406 @* From ST Microsystems;
407 @uref{http://www.st.com/stonline/@/products/literature/um/7889.pdf,
408 FlashLINK JTAG programing cable for PSD and uPSD}
409
410 @end itemize
411
412 @section Other...
413 @itemize @bullet
414
415 @item @b{ep93xx}
416 @* An EP93xx based Linux machine using the GPIO pins directly.
417
418 @item @b{at91rm9200}
419 @* Like the EP93xx - but an ATMEL AT91RM9200 based solution using the GPIO pins on the chip.
420
421 @end itemize
422
423 @node About JIM-Tcl
424 @chapter About JIM-Tcl
425 @cindex JIM Tcl
426 @cindex tcl
427
428 OpenOCD includes a small ``Tcl Interpreter'' known as JIM-Tcl.
429 This programming language provides a simple and extensible
430 command interpreter.
431
432 All commands presented in this Guide are extensions to JIM-Tcl.
433 You can use them as simple commands, without needing to learn
434 much of anything about Tcl.
435 Alternatively, can write Tcl programs with them.
436
437 You can learn more about JIM at its website, @url{http://jim.berlios.de}.
438
439 @itemize @bullet
440 @item @b{JIM vs. Tcl}
441 @* JIM-TCL is a stripped down version of the well known Tcl language,
442 which can be found here: @url{http://www.tcl.tk}. JIM-Tcl has far
443 fewer features. JIM-Tcl is a single .C file and a single .H file and
444 implements the basic Tcl command set. In contrast: Tcl 8.6 is a
445 4.2 MB .zip file containing 1540 files.
446
447 @item @b{Missing Features}
448 @* Our practice has been: Add/clone the real Tcl feature if/when
449 needed. We welcome JIM Tcl improvements, not bloat.
450
451 @item @b{Scripts}
452 @* OpenOCD configuration scripts are JIM Tcl Scripts. OpenOCD's
453 command interpreter today is a mixture of (newer)
454 JIM-Tcl commands, and (older) the orginal command interpreter.
455
456 @item @b{Commands}
457 @* At the OpenOCD telnet command line (or via the GDB mon command) one
458 can type a Tcl for() loop, set variables, etc.
459 Some of the commands documented in this guide are implemented
460 as Tcl scripts, from a @file{startup.tcl} file internal to the server.
461
462 @item @b{Historical Note}
463 @* JIM-Tcl was introduced to OpenOCD in spring 2008.
464
465 @item @b{Need a crash course in Tcl?}
466 @*@xref{Tcl Crash Course}.
467 @end itemize
468
469 @node Running
470 @chapter Running
471 @cindex command line options
472 @cindex logfile
473 @cindex directory search
474
475 The @option{--help} option shows:
476 @verbatim
477 bash$ openocd --help
478
479 --help | -h display this help
480 --version | -v display OpenOCD version
481 --file | -f use configuration file <name>
482 --search | -s dir to search for config files and scripts
483 --debug | -d set debug level <0-3>
484 --log_output | -l redirect log output to file <name>
485 --command | -c run <command>
486 --pipe | -p use pipes when talking to gdb
487 @end verbatim
488
489 By default OpenOCD reads the file configuration file @file{openocd.cfg}
490 in the current directory. To specify a different (or multiple)
491 configuration file, you can use the ``-f'' option. For example:
492
493 @example
494 openocd -f config1.cfg -f config2.cfg -f config3.cfg
495 @end example
496
497 OpenOCD starts by processing the configuration commands provided
498 on the command line or in @file{openocd.cfg}.
499 @xref{Configuration Stage}.
500 At the end of the configuration stage it verifies the JTAG scan
501 chain defined using those commands; your configuration should
502 ensure that this always succeeds.
503 Normally, OpenOCD then starts running as a daemon.
504 Alternatively, commands may be used to terminate the configuration
505 stage early, perform work (such as updating some flash memory),
506 and then shut down without acting as a daemon.
507
508 Once OpenOCD starts running as a daemon, it waits for connections from
509 clients (Telnet, GDB, Other) and processes the commands issued through
510 those channels.
511
512 If you are having problems, you can enable internal debug messages via
513 the ``-d'' option.
514
515 Also it is possible to interleave JIM-Tcl commands w/config scripts using the
516 @option{-c} command line switch.
517
518 To enable debug output (when reporting problems or working on OpenOCD
519 itself), use the @option{-d} command line switch. This sets the
520 @option{debug_level} to "3", outputting the most information,
521 including debug messages. The default setting is "2", outputting only
522 informational messages, warnings and errors. You can also change this
523 setting from within a telnet or gdb session using @command{debug_level
524 <n>} (@pxref{debug_level}).
525
526 You can redirect all output from the daemon to a file using the
527 @option{-l <logfile>} switch.
528
529 Search paths for config/script files can be added to OpenOCD by using
530 the @option{-s <search>} switch. The current directory and the OpenOCD
531 target library is in the search path by default.
532
533 For details on the @option{-p} option. @xref{Connecting to GDB}.
534
535 Note! OpenOCD will launch the GDB & telnet server even if it can not
536 establish a connection with the target. In general, it is possible for
537 the JTAG controller to be unresponsive until the target is set up
538 correctly via e.g. GDB monitor commands in a GDB init script.
539
540 @node OpenOCD Project Setup
541 @chapter OpenOCD Project Setup
542
543 To use OpenOCD with your development projects, you need to do more than
544 just connecting the JTAG adapter hardware (dongle) to your development board
545 and then starting the OpenOCD server.
546 You also need to configure that server so that it knows
547 about that adapter and board, and helps your work.
548
549 @section Hooking up the JTAG Adapter
550
551 Today's most common case is a dongle with a JTAG cable on one side
552 (such as a ribbon cable with a 10-pin or 20-pin IDC connector)
553 and a USB cable on the other.
554 Instead of USB, some cables use Ethernet;
555 older ones may use a PC parallel port, or even a serial port.
556
557 @enumerate
558 @item @emph{Start with power to your target board turned off},
559 and nothing connected to your JTAG adapter.
560 If you're particularly paranoid, unplug power to the board.
561 It's important to have the ground signal properly set up,
562 unless you are using a JTAG adapter which provides
563 galvanic isolation between the target board and the
564 debugging host.
565
566 @item @emph{Be sure it's the right kind of JTAG connector.}
567 If your dongle has a 20-pin ARM connector, you need some kind
568 of adapter (or octopus, see below) to hook it up to
569 boards using 14-pin or 10-pin connectors ... or to 20-pin
570 connectors which don't use ARM's pinout.
571
572 In the same vein, make sure the voltage levels are compatible.
573 Not all JTAG adapters have the level shifters needed to work
574 with 1.2 Volt boards.
575
576 @item @emph{Be certain the cable is properly oriented} or you might
577 damage your board. In most cases there are only two possible
578 ways to connect the cable.
579 Connect the JTAG cable from your adapter to the board.
580 Be sure it's firmly connected.
581
582 In the best case, the connector is keyed to physically
583 prevent you from inserting it wrong.
584 This is most often done using a slot on the board's male connector
585 housing, which must match a key on the JTAG cable's female connector.
586 If there's no housing, then you must look carefully and
587 make sure pin 1 on the cable hooks up to pin 1 on the board.
588 Ribbon cables are frequently all grey except for a wire on one
589 edge, which is red. The red wire is pin 1.
590
591 Sometimes dongles provide cables where one end is an ``octopus'' of
592 color coded single-wire connectors, instead of a connector block.
593 These are great when converting from one JTAG pinout to another,
594 but are tedious to set up.
595 Use these with connector pinout diagrams to help you match up the
596 adapter signals to the right board pins.
597
598 @item @emph{Connect the adapter's other end} once the JTAG cable is connected.
599 A USB, parallel, or serial port connector will go to the host which
600 you are using to run OpenOCD.
601 For Ethernet, consult the documentation and your network administrator.
602
603 For USB based JTAG adapters you have an easy sanity check at this point:
604 does the host operating system see the JTAG adapter?
605
606 @item @emph{Connect the adapter's power supply, if needed.}
607 This step is primarily for non-USB adapters,
608 but sometimes USB adapters need extra power.
609
610 @item @emph{Power up the target board.}
611 Unless you just let the magic smoke escape,
612 you're now ready to set up the OpenOCD server
613 so you can use JTAG to work with that board.
614
615 @end enumerate
616
617 Talk with the OpenOCD server using
618 telnet (@code{telnet localhost 4444} on many systems) or GDB.
619 @xref{GDB and OpenOCD}.
620
621 @section Project Directory
622
623 There are many ways you can configure OpenOCD and start it up.
624
625 A simple way to organize them all involves keeping a
626 single directory for your work with a given board.
627 When you start OpenOCD from that directory,
628 it searches there first for configuration files, scripts,
629 and for code you upload to the target board.
630 It is also the natural place to write files,
631 such as log files and data you download from the board.
632
633 @section Configuration Basics
634
635 There are two basic ways of configuring OpenOCD, and
636 a variety of ways you can mix them.
637 Think of the difference as just being how you start the server:
638
639 @itemize
640 @item Many @option{-f file} or @option{-c command} options on the command line
641 @item No options, but a @dfn{user config file}
642 in the current directory named @file{openocd.cfg}
643 @end itemize
644
645 Here is an example @file{openocd.cfg} file for a setup
646 using a Signalyzer FT2232-based JTAG adapter to talk to
647 a board with an Atmel AT91SAM7X256 microcontroller:
648
649 @example
650 source [find interface/signalyzer.cfg]
651
652 # GDB can also flash my flash!
653 gdb_memory_map enable
654 gdb_flash_program enable
655
656 source [find target/sam7x256.cfg]
657 @end example
658
659 Here is the command line equivalent of that configuration:
660
661 @example
662 openocd -f interface/signalyzer.cfg \
663 -c "gdb_memory_map enable" \
664 -c "gdb_flash_program enable" \
665 -f target/sam7x256.cfg
666 @end example
667
668 You could wrap such long command lines in shell scripts,
669 each supporting a different development task.
670 One might re-flash the board with a specific firmware version.
671 Another might set up a particular debugging or run-time environment.
672
673 Here we will focus on the simpler solution: one user config
674 file, including basic configuration plus any TCL procedures
675 to simplify your work.
676
677 @section User Config Files
678 @cindex config file, user
679 @cindex user config file
680 @cindex config file, overview
681
682 A user configuration file ties together all the parts of a project
683 in one place.
684 One of the following will match your situation best:
685
686 @itemize
687 @item Ideally almost everything comes from configuration files
688 provided by someone else.
689 For example, OpenOCD distributes a @file{scripts} directory
690 (probably in @file{/usr/share/openocd/scripts} on Linux).
691 Board and tool vendors can provide these too, as can individual
692 user sites; the @option{-s} command line option lets you say
693 where to find these files. (@xref{Running}.)
694 The AT91SAM7X256 example above works this way.
695
696 Three main types of non-user configuration file each have their
697 own subdirectory in the @file{scripts} directory:
698
699 @enumerate
700 @item @b{interface} -- one for each kind of JTAG adapter/dongle
701 @item @b{board} -- one for each different board
702 @item @b{target} -- the chips which integrate CPUs and other JTAG TAPs
703 @end enumerate
704
705 Best case: include just two files, and they handle everything else.
706 The first is an interface config file.
707 The second is board-specific, and it sets up the JTAG TAPs and
708 their GDB targets (by deferring to some @file{target.cfg} file),
709 declares all flash memory, and leaves you nothing to do except
710 meet your deadline:
711
712 @example
713 source [find interface/olimex-jtag-tiny.cfg]
714 source [find board/csb337.cfg]
715 @end example
716
717 Boards with a single microcontroller often won't need more
718 than the target config file, as in the AT91SAM7X256 example.
719 That's because there is no external memory (flash, DDR RAM), and
720 the board differences are encapsulated by application code.
721
722 @item You can often reuse some standard config files but
723 need to write a few new ones, probably a @file{board.cfg} file.
724 You will be using commands described later in this User's Guide,
725 and working with the guidelines in the next chapter.
726
727 For example, there may be configuration files for your JTAG adapter
728 and target chip, but you need a new board-specific config file
729 giving access to your particular flash chips.
730 Or you might need to write another target chip configuration file
731 for a new chip built around the Cortex M3 core.
732
733 @quotation Note
734 When you write new configuration files, please submit
735 them for inclusion in the next OpenOCD release.
736 For example, a @file{board/newboard.cfg} file will help the
737 next users of that board, and a @file{target/newcpu.cfg}
738 will help support users of any board using that chip.
739 @end quotation
740
741 @item
742 You may may need to write some C code.
743 It may be as simple as a supporting a new ft2232 or parport
744 based dongle; a bit more involved, like a NAND or NOR flash
745 controller driver; or a big piece of work like supporting
746 a new chip architecture.
747 @end itemize
748
749 Reuse the existing config files when you can.
750 Look first in the @file{scripts/boards} area, then @file{scripts/targets}.
751 You may find a board configuration that's a good example to follow.
752
753 When you write config files, separate the reusable parts
754 (things every user of that interface, chip, or board needs)
755 from ones specific to your environment and debugging approach.
756 @itemize
757
758 @item
759 For example, a @code{gdb-attach} event handler that invokes
760 the @command{reset init} command will interfere with debugging
761 early boot code, which performs some of the same actions
762 that the @code{reset-init} event handler does.
763
764 @item
765 Likewise, the @command{arm9tdmi vector_catch} command (or
766 @cindex vector_catch
767 its siblings @command{xscale vector_catch}
768 and @command{cortex_m3 vector_catch}) can be a timesaver
769 during some debug sessions, but don't make everyone use that either.
770 Keep those kinds of debugging aids in your user config file,
771 along with messaging and tracing setup.
772 (@xref{Software Debug Messages and Tracing}.)
773
774 @item
775 You might need to override some defaults.
776 For example, you might need to move, shrink, or back up the target's
777 work area if your application needs much SRAM.
778
779 @item
780 TCP/IP port configuration is another example of something which
781 is environment-specific, and should only appear in
782 a user config file. @xref{TCP/IP Ports}.
783 @end itemize
784
785 @section Project-Specific Utilities
786
787 A few project-specific utility
788 routines may well speed up your work.
789 Write them, and keep them in your project's user config file.
790
791 For example, if you are making a boot loader work on a
792 board, it's nice to be able to debug the ``after it's
793 loaded to RAM'' parts separately from the finicky early
794 code which sets up the DDR RAM controller and clocks.
795 A script like this one, or a more GDB-aware sibling,
796 may help:
797
798 @example
799 proc ramboot @{ @} @{
800 # Reset, running the target's "reset-init" scripts
801 # to initialize clocks and the DDR RAM controller.
802 # Leave the CPU halted.
803 reset init
804
805 # Load CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT version into DDR RAM.
806 load_image u-boot.bin 0x20000000
807
808 # Start running.
809 resume 0x20000000
810 @}
811 @end example
812
813 Then once that code is working you will need to make it
814 boot from NOR flash; a different utility would help.
815 Alternatively, some developers write to flash using GDB.
816 (You might use a similar script if you're working with a flash
817 based microcontroller application instead of a boot loader.)
818
819 @example
820 proc newboot @{ @} @{
821 # Reset, leaving the CPU halted. The "reset-init" event
822 # proc gives faster access to the CPU and to NOR flash;
823 # "reset halt" would be slower.
824 reset init
825
826 # Write standard version of U-Boot into the first two
827 # sectors of NOR flash ... the standard version should
828 # do the same lowlevel init as "reset-init".
829 flash protect 0 0 1 off
830 flash erase_sector 0 0 1
831 flash write_bank 0 u-boot.bin 0x0
832 flash protect 0 0 1 on
833
834 # Reboot from scratch using that new boot loader.
835 reset run
836 @}
837 @end example
838
839 You may need more complicated utility procedures when booting
840 from NAND.
841 That often involves an extra bootloader stage,
842 running from on-chip SRAM to perform DDR RAM setup so it can load
843 the main bootloader code (which won't fit into that SRAM).
844
845 Other helper scripts might be used to write production system images,
846 involving considerably more than just a three stage bootloader.
847
848
849 @node Config File Guidelines
850 @chapter Config File Guidelines
851
852 This chapter is aimed at any user who needs to write a config file,
853 including developers and integrators of OpenOCD and any user who
854 needs to get a new board working smoothly.
855 It provides guidelines for creating those files.
856
857 You should find the following directories under @t{$(INSTALLDIR)/scripts}:
858
859 @itemize @bullet
860 @item @file{interface} ...
861 think JTAG Dongle. Files that configure JTAG adapters go here.
862 @item @file{board} ...
863 think Circuit Board, PWA, PCB, they go by many names. Board files
864 contain initialization items that are specific to a board. For
865 example, the SDRAM initialization sequence for the board, or the type
866 of external flash and what address it uses. Any initialization
867 sequence to enable that external flash or SDRAM should be found in the
868 board file. Boards may also contain multiple targets: two CPUs; or
869 a CPU and an FPGA or CPLD.
870 @item @file{target} ...
871 think chip. The ``target'' directory represents the JTAG TAPs
872 on a chip
873 which OpenOCD should control, not a board. Two common types of targets
874 are ARM chips and FPGA or CPLD chips.
875 When a chip has multiple TAPs (maybe it has both ARM and DSP cores),
876 the target config file defines all of them.
877 @end itemize
878
879 The @file{openocd.cfg} user config
880 file may override features in any of the above files by
881 setting variables before sourcing the target file, or by adding
882 commands specific to their situation.
883
884 @section Interface Config Files
885
886 The user config file
887 should be able to source one of these files with a command like this:
888
889 @example
890 source [find interface/FOOBAR.cfg]
891 @end example
892
893 A preconfigured interface file should exist for every interface in use
894 today, that said, perhaps some interfaces have only been used by the
895 sole developer who created it.
896
897 A separate chapter gives information about how to set these up.
898 @xref{Interface - Dongle Configuration}.
899 Read the OpenOCD source code if you have a new kind of hardware interface
900 and need to provide a driver for it.
901
902 @section Board Config Files
903 @cindex config file, board
904 @cindex board config file
905
906 The user config file
907 should be able to source one of these files with a command like this:
908
909 @example
910 source [find board/FOOBAR.cfg]
911 @end example
912
913 The point of a board config file is to package everything
914 about a given board that user config files need to know.
915 In summary the board files should contain (if present)
916
917 @enumerate
918 @item One or more @command{source [target/...cfg]} statements
919 @item NOR flash configuration (@pxref{NOR Configuration})
920 @item NAND flash configuration (@pxref{NAND Configuration})
921 @item Target @code{reset} handlers for SDRAM and I/O configuration
922 @item JTAG adapter reset configuration (@pxref{Reset Configuration})
923 @item All things that are not ``inside a chip''
924 @end enumerate
925
926 Generic things inside target chips belong in target config files,
927 not board config files. So for example a @code{reset-init} event
928 handler should know board-specific oscillator and PLL parameters,
929 which it passes to target-specific utility code.
930
931 The most complex task of a board config file is creating such a
932 @code{reset-init} event handler.
933 Define those handlers last, after you verify the rest of the board
934 configuration works.
935
936 @subsection Communication Between Config files
937
938 In addition to target-specific utility code, another way that
939 board and target config files communicate is by following a
940 convention on how to use certain variables.
941
942 The full Tcl/Tk language supports ``namespaces'', but JIM-Tcl does not.
943 Thus the rule we follow in OpenOCD is this: Variables that begin with
944 a leading underscore are temporary in nature, and can be modified and
945 used at will within a target configuration file.
946
947 Complex board config files can do the things like this,
948 for a board with three chips:
949
950 @example
951 # Chip #1: PXA270 for network side, big endian
952 set CHIPNAME network
953 set ENDIAN big
954 source [find target/pxa270.cfg]
955 # on return: _TARGETNAME = network.cpu
956 # other commands can refer to the "network.cpu" target.
957 $_TARGETNAME configure .... events for this CPU..
958
959 # Chip #2: PXA270 for video side, little endian
960 set CHIPNAME video
961 set ENDIAN little
962 source [find target/pxa270.cfg]
963 # on return: _TARGETNAME = video.cpu
964 # other commands can refer to the "video.cpu" target.
965 $_TARGETNAME configure .... events for this CPU..
966
967 # Chip #3: Xilinx FPGA for glue logic
968 set CHIPNAME xilinx
969 unset ENDIAN
970 source [find target/spartan3.cfg]
971 @end example
972
973 That example is oversimplified because it doesn't show any flash memory,
974 or the @code{reset-init} event handlers to initialize external DRAM
975 or (assuming it needs it) load a configuration into the FPGA.
976 Such features are usually needed for low-level work with many boards,
977 where ``low level'' implies that the board initialization software may
978 not be working. (That's a common reason to need JTAG tools. Another
979 is to enable working with microcontroller-based systems, which often
980 have no debugging support except a JTAG connector.)
981
982 Target config files may also export utility functions to board and user
983 config files. Such functions should use name prefixes, to help avoid
984 naming collisions.
985
986 Board files could also accept input variables from user config files.
987 For example, there might be a @code{J4_JUMPER} setting used to identify
988 what kind of flash memory a development board is using, or how to set
989 up other clocks and peripherals.
990
991 @subsection Variable Naming Convention
992 @cindex variable names
993
994 Most boards have only one instance of a chip.
995 However, it should be easy to create a board with more than
996 one such chip (as shown above).
997 Accordingly, we encourage these conventions for naming
998 variables associated with different @file{target.cfg} files,
999 to promote consistency and
1000 so that board files can override target defaults.
1001
1002 Inputs to target config files include:
1003
1004 @itemize @bullet
1005 @item @code{CHIPNAME} ...
1006 This gives a name to the overall chip, and is used as part of
1007 tap identifier dotted names.
1008 While the default is normally provided by the chip manufacturer,
1009 board files may need to distinguish between instances of a chip.
1010 @item @code{ENDIAN} ...
1011 By default @option{little} - although chips may hard-wire @option{big}.
1012 Chips that can't change endianness don't need to use this variable.
1013 @item @code{CPUTAPID} ...
1014 When OpenOCD examines the JTAG chain, it can be told verify the
1015 chips against the JTAG IDCODE register.
1016 The target file will hold one or more defaults, but sometimes the
1017 chip in a board will use a different ID (perhaps a newer revision).
1018 @end itemize
1019
1020 Outputs from target config files include:
1021
1022 @itemize @bullet
1023 @item @code{_TARGETNAME} ...
1024 By convention, this variable is created by the target configuration
1025 script. The board configuration file may make use of this variable to
1026 configure things like a ``reset init'' script, or other things
1027 specific to that board and that target.
1028 If the chip has 2 targets, the names are @code{_TARGETNAME0},
1029 @code{_TARGETNAME1}, ... etc.
1030 @end itemize
1031
1032 @subsection The reset-init Event Handler
1033 @cindex event, reset-init
1034 @cindex reset-init handler
1035
1036 Board config files run in the OpenOCD configuration stage;
1037 they can't use TAPs or targets, since they haven't been
1038 fully set up yet.
1039 This means you can't write memory or access chip registers;
1040 you can't even verify that a flash chip is present.
1041 That's done later in event handlers, of which the target @code{reset-init}
1042 handler is one of the most important.
1043
1044 Except on microcontrollers, the basic job of @code{reset-init} event
1045 handlers is setting up flash and DRAM, as normally handled by boot loaders.
1046 Microcontrollers rarely use boot loaders; they run right out of their
1047 on-chip flash and SRAM memory. But they may want to use one of these
1048 handlers too, if just for developer convenience.
1049
1050 @quotation Note
1051 Because this is so very board-specific, and chip-specific, no examples
1052 are included here.
1053 Instead, look at the board config files distributed with OpenOCD.
1054 If you have a boot loader, its source code may also be useful.
1055 @end quotation
1056
1057 Some of this code could probably be shared between different boards.
1058 For example, setting up a DRAM controller often doesn't differ by
1059 much except the bus width (16 bits or 32?) and memory timings, so a
1060 reusable TCL procedure loaded by the @file{target.cfg} file might take
1061 those as parameters.
1062 Similarly with oscillator, PLL, and clock setup;
1063 and disabling the watchdog.
1064 Structure the code cleanly, and provide comments to help
1065 the next developer doing such work.
1066 (@emph{You might be that next person} trying to reuse init code!)
1067
1068 The last thing normally done in a @code{reset-init} handler is probing
1069 whatever flash memory was configured. For most chips that needs to be
1070 done while the associated target is halted, either because JTAG memory
1071 access uses the CPU or to prevent conflicting CPU access.
1072
1073 @subsection JTAG Clock Rate
1074
1075 Before your @code{reset-init} handler has set up
1076 the PLLs and clocking, you may need to run with
1077 a low JTAG clock rate.
1078 @xref{JTAG Speed}.
1079 Then you'd increase that rate after your handler has
1080 made it possible to use the faster JTAG clock.
1081 When the initial low speed is board-specific, for example
1082 because it depends on a board-specific oscillator speed, then
1083 you should probably set it up in the board config file;
1084 if it's target-specific, it belongs in the target config file.
1085
1086 For most ARM-based processors the fastest JTAG clock@footnote{A FAQ
1087 @uref{http://www.arm.com/support/faqdev/4170.html} gives details.}
1088 is one sixth of the CPU clock; or one eighth for ARM11 cores.
1089 Consult chip documentation to determine the peak JTAG clock rate,
1090 which might be less than that.
1091
1092 @quotation Warning
1093 On most ARMs, JTAG clock detection is coupled to the core clock, so
1094 software using a @option{wait for interrupt} operation blocks JTAG access.
1095 Adaptive clocking provides a partial workaround, but a more complete
1096 solution just avoids using that instruction with JTAG debuggers.
1097 @end quotation
1098
1099 If the board supports adaptive clocking, use the @command{jtag_rclk}
1100 command, in case your board is used with JTAG adapter which
1101 also supports it. Otherwise use @command{jtag_khz}.
1102 Set the slow rate at the beginning of the reset sequence,
1103 and the faster rate as soon as the clocks are at full speed.
1104
1105 @section Target Config Files
1106 @cindex config file, target
1107 @cindex target config file
1108
1109 Board config files communicate with target config files using
1110 naming conventions as described above, and may source one or
1111 more target config files like this:
1112
1113 @example
1114 source [find target/FOOBAR.cfg]
1115 @end example
1116
1117 The point of a target config file is to package everything
1118 about a given chip that board config files need to know.
1119 In summary the target files should contain
1120
1121 @enumerate
1122 @item Set defaults
1123 @item Add TAPs to the scan chain
1124 @item Add CPU targets (includes GDB support)
1125 @item CPU/Chip/CPU-Core specific features
1126 @item On-Chip flash
1127 @end enumerate
1128
1129 As a rule of thumb, a target file sets up only one chip.
1130 For a microcontroller, that will often include a single TAP,
1131 which is a CPU needing a GDB target, and its on-chip flash.
1132
1133 More complex chips may include multiple TAPs, and the target
1134 config file may need to define them all before OpenOCD
1135 can talk to the chip.
1136 For example, some phone chips have JTAG scan chains that include
1137 an ARM core for operating system use, a DSP,
1138 another ARM core embedded in an image processing engine,
1139 and other processing engines.
1140
1141 @subsection Default Value Boiler Plate Code
1142
1143 All target configuration files should start with code like this,
1144 letting board config files express environment-specific
1145 differences in how things should be set up.
1146
1147 @example
1148 # Boards may override chip names, perhaps based on role,
1149 # but the default should match what the vendor uses
1150 if @{ [info exists CHIPNAME] @} @{
1151 set _CHIPNAME $CHIPNAME
1152 @} else @{
1153 set _CHIPNAME sam7x256
1154 @}
1155
1156 # ONLY use ENDIAN with targets that can change it.
1157 if @{ [info exists ENDIAN] @} @{
1158 set _ENDIAN $ENDIAN
1159 @} else @{
1160 set _ENDIAN little
1161 @}
1162
1163 # TAP identifiers may change as chips mature, for example with
1164 # new revision fields (the "3" here). Pick a good default; you
1165 # can pass several such identifiers to the "jtag newtap" command.
1166 if @{ [info exists CPUTAPID ] @} @{
1167 set _CPUTAPID $CPUTAPID
1168 @} else @{
1169 set _CPUTAPID 0x3f0f0f0f
1170 @}
1171 @end example
1172 @c but 0x3f0f0f0f is for an str73x part ...
1173
1174 @emph{Remember:} Board config files may include multiple target
1175 config files, or the same target file multiple times
1176 (changing at least @code{CHIPNAME}).
1177
1178 Likewise, the target configuration file should define
1179 @code{_TARGETNAME} (or @code{_TARGETNAME0} etc) and
1180 use it later on when defining debug targets:
1181
1182 @example
1183 set _TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.cpu
1184 target create $_TARGETNAME arm7tdmi -chain-position $_TARGETNAME
1185 @end example
1186
1187 @subsection Adding TAPs to the Scan Chain
1188 After the ``defaults'' are set up,
1189 add the TAPs on each chip to the JTAG scan chain.
1190 @xref{TAP Declaration}, and the naming convention
1191 for taps.
1192
1193 In the simplest case the chip has only one TAP,
1194 probably for a CPU or FPGA.
1195 The config file for the Atmel AT91SAM7X256
1196 looks (in part) like this:
1197
1198 @example
1199 jtag newtap $_CHIPNAME cpu -irlen 4 -ircapture 0x1 -irmask 0xf \
1200 -expected-id $_CPUTAPID
1201 @end example
1202
1203 A board with two such at91sam7 chips would be able
1204 to source such a config file twice, with different
1205 values for @code{CHIPNAME}, so
1206 it adds a different TAP each time.
1207
1208 If there are one or more nonzero @option{-expected-id} values,
1209 OpenOCD attempts to verify the actual tap id against those values.
1210 It will issue error messages if there is mismatch, which
1211 can help to pinpoint problems in OpenOCD configurations.
1212
1213 @example
1214 JTAG tap: sam7x256.cpu tap/device found: 0x3f0f0f0f
1215 (Manufacturer: 0x787, Part: 0xf0f0, Version: 0x3)
1216 ERROR: Tap: sam7x256.cpu - Expected id: 0x12345678, Got: 0x3f0f0f0f
1217 ERROR: expected: mfg: 0x33c, part: 0x2345, ver: 0x1
1218 ERROR: got: mfg: 0x787, part: 0xf0f0, ver: 0x3
1219 @end example
1220
1221 There are more complex examples too, with chips that have
1222 multiple TAPs. Ones worth looking at include:
1223
1224 @itemize
1225 @item @file{target/omap3530.cfg} -- with disabled ARM and DSP,
1226 plus a JRC to enable them
1227 @item @file{target/str912.cfg} -- with flash, CPU, and boundary scan
1228 @item @file{target/ti_dm355.cfg} -- with ETM, ARM, and JRC (this JRC
1229 is not currently used)
1230 @end itemize
1231
1232 @subsection Add CPU targets
1233
1234 After adding a TAP for a CPU, you should set it up so that
1235 GDB and other commands can use it.
1236 @xref{CPU Configuration}.
1237 For the at91sam7 example above, the command can look like this;
1238 note that @code{$_ENDIAN} is not needed, since OpenOCD defaults
1239 to little endian, and this chip doesn't support changing that.
1240
1241 @example
1242 set _TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.cpu
1243 target create $_TARGETNAME arm7tdmi -chain-position $_TARGETNAME
1244 @end example
1245
1246 Work areas are small RAM areas associated with CPU targets.
1247 They are used by OpenOCD to speed up downloads,
1248 and to download small snippets of code to program flash chips.
1249 If the chip includes a form of ``on-chip-ram'' - and many do - define
1250 a work area if you can.
1251 Again using the at91sam7 as an example, this can look like:
1252
1253 @example
1254 $_TARGETNAME configure -work-area-phys 0x00200000 \
1255 -work-area-size 0x4000 -work-area-backup 0
1256 @end example
1257
1258 @subsection Chip Reset Setup
1259
1260 As a rule, you should put the @command{reset_config} command
1261 into the board file. Most things you think you know about a
1262 chip can be tweaked by the board.
1263
1264 Some chips have specific ways the TRST and SRST signals are
1265 managed. In the unusual case that these are @emph{chip specific}
1266 and can never be changed by board wiring, they could go here.
1267
1268 Some chips need special attention during reset handling if
1269 they're going to be used with JTAG.
1270 An example might be needing to send some commands right
1271 after the target's TAP has been reset, providing a
1272 @code{reset-deassert-post} event handler that writes a chip
1273 register to report that JTAG debugging is being done.
1274
1275 JTAG clocking constraints often change during reset, and in
1276 some cases target config files (rather than board config files)
1277 are the right places to handle some of those issues.
1278 For example, immediately after reset most chips run using a
1279 slower clock than they will use later.
1280 That means that after reset (and potentially, as OpenOCD
1281 first starts up) they must use a slower JTAG clock rate
1282 than they will use later.
1283 @xref{JTAG Speed}.
1284
1285 @quotation Important
1286 When you are debugging code that runs right after chip
1287 reset, getting these issues right is critical.
1288 In particular, if you see intermittent failures when
1289 OpenOCD verifies the scan chain after reset,
1290 look at how you are setting up JTAG clocking.
1291 @end quotation
1292
1293 @subsection ARM Core Specific Hacks
1294
1295 If the chip has a DCC, enable it. If the chip is an ARM9 with some
1296 special high speed download features - enable it.
1297
1298 If present, the MMU, the MPU and the CACHE should be disabled.
1299
1300 Some ARM cores are equipped with trace support, which permits
1301 examination of the instruction and data bus activity. Trace
1302 activity is controlled through an ``Embedded Trace Module'' (ETM)
1303 on one of the core's scan chains. The ETM emits voluminous data
1304 through a ``trace port''. (@xref{ARM Hardware Tracing}.)
1305 If you are using an external trace port,
1306 configure it in your board config file.
1307 If you are using an on-chip ``Embedded Trace Buffer'' (ETB),
1308 configure it in your target config file.
1309
1310 @example
1311 etm config $_TARGETNAME 16 normal full etb
1312 etb config $_TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.etb
1313 @end example
1314
1315 @subsection Internal Flash Configuration
1316
1317 This applies @b{ONLY TO MICROCONTROLLERS} that have flash built in.
1318
1319 @b{Never ever} in the ``target configuration file'' define any type of
1320 flash that is external to the chip. (For example a BOOT flash on
1321 Chip Select 0.) Such flash information goes in a board file - not
1322 the TARGET (chip) file.
1323
1324 Examples:
1325 @itemize @bullet
1326 @item at91sam7x256 - has 256K flash YES enable it.
1327 @item str912 - has flash internal YES enable it.
1328 @item imx27 - uses boot flash on CS0 - it goes in the board file.
1329 @item pxa270 - again - CS0 flash - it goes in the board file.
1330 @end itemize
1331
1332 @node Daemon Configuration
1333 @chapter Daemon Configuration
1334 @cindex initialization
1335 The commands here are commonly found in the openocd.cfg file and are
1336 used to specify what TCP/IP ports are used, and how GDB should be
1337 supported.
1338
1339 @anchor{Configuration Stage}
1340 @section Configuration Stage
1341 @cindex configuration stage
1342 @cindex config command
1343
1344 When the OpenOCD server process starts up, it enters a
1345 @emph{configuration stage} which is the only time that
1346 certain commands, @emph{configuration commands}, may be issued.
1347 In this manual, the definition of a configuration command is
1348 presented as a @emph{Config Command}, not as a @emph{Command}
1349 which may be issued interactively.
1350
1351 Those configuration commands include declaration of TAPs,
1352 flash banks,
1353 the interface used for JTAG communication,
1354 and other basic setup.
1355 The server must leave the configuration stage before it
1356 may access or activate TAPs.
1357 After it leaves this stage, configuration commands may no
1358 longer be issued.
1359
1360 The first thing OpenOCD does after leaving the configuration
1361 stage is to verify that it can talk to the scan chain
1362 (list of TAPs) which has been configured.
1363 It will warn if it doesn't find TAPs it expects to find,
1364 or finds TAPs that aren't supposed to be there.
1365 You should see no errors at this point.
1366 If you see errors, resolve them by correcting the
1367 commands you used to configure the server.
1368 Common errors include using an initial JTAG speed that's too
1369 fast, and not providing the right IDCODE values for the TAPs
1370 on the scan chain.
1371
1372 @deffn {Config Command} init
1373 This command terminates the configuration stage and
1374 enters the normal command mode. This can be useful to add commands to
1375 the startup scripts and commands such as resetting the target,
1376 programming flash, etc. To reset the CPU upon startup, add "init" and
1377 "reset" at the end of the config script or at the end of the OpenOCD
1378 command line using the @option{-c} command line switch.
1379
1380 If this command does not appear in any startup/configuration file
1381 OpenOCD executes the command for you after processing all
1382 configuration files and/or command line options.
1383
1384 @b{NOTE:} This command normally occurs at or near the end of your
1385 openocd.cfg file to force OpenOCD to ``initialize'' and make the
1386 targets ready. For example: If your openocd.cfg file needs to
1387 read/write memory on your target, @command{init} must occur before
1388 the memory read/write commands. This includes @command{nand probe}.
1389 @end deffn
1390
1391 @anchor{TCP/IP Ports}
1392 @section TCP/IP Ports
1393 @cindex TCP port
1394 @cindex server
1395 @cindex port
1396 @cindex security
1397 The OpenOCD server accepts remote commands in several syntaxes.
1398 Each syntax uses a different TCP/IP port, which you may specify
1399 only during configuration (before those ports are opened).
1400
1401 For reasons including security, you may wish to prevent remote
1402 access using one or more of these ports.
1403 In such cases, just specify the relevant port number as zero.
1404 If you disable all access through TCP/IP, you will need to
1405 use the command line @option{-pipe} option.
1406
1407 @deffn {Command} gdb_port (number)
1408 @cindex GDB server
1409 Specify or query the first port used for incoming GDB connections.
1410 The GDB port for the
1411 first target will be gdb_port, the second target will listen on gdb_port + 1, and so on.
1412 When not specified during the configuration stage,
1413 the port @var{number} defaults to 3333.
1414 When specified as zero, this port is not activated.
1415 @end deffn
1416
1417 @deffn {Command} tcl_port (number)
1418 Specify or query the port used for a simplified RPC
1419 connection that can be used by clients to issue TCL commands and get the
1420 output from the Tcl engine.
1421 Intended as a machine interface.
1422 When not specified during the configuration stage,
1423 the port @var{number} defaults to 6666.
1424 When specified as zero, this port is not activated.
1425 @end deffn
1426
1427 @deffn {Command} telnet_port (number)
1428 Specify or query the
1429 port on which to listen for incoming telnet connections.
1430 This port is intended for interaction with one human through TCL commands.
1431 When not specified during the configuration stage,
1432 the port @var{number} defaults to 4444.
1433 When specified as zero, this port is not activated.
1434 @end deffn
1435
1436 @anchor{GDB Configuration}
1437 @section GDB Configuration
1438 @cindex GDB
1439 @cindex GDB configuration
1440 You can reconfigure some GDB behaviors if needed.
1441 The ones listed here are static and global.
1442 @xref{Target Configuration}, about configuring individual targets.
1443 @xref{Target Events}, about configuring target-specific event handling.
1444
1445 @anchor{gdb_breakpoint_override}
1446 @deffn {Command} gdb_breakpoint_override [@option{hard}|@option{soft}|@option{disable}]
1447 Force breakpoint type for gdb @command{break} commands.
1448 This option supports GDB GUIs which don't
1449 distinguish hard versus soft breakpoints, if the default OpenOCD and
1450 GDB behaviour is not sufficient. GDB normally uses hardware
1451 breakpoints if the memory map has been set up for flash regions.
1452 @end deffn
1453
1454 @deffn {Config Command} gdb_detach (@option{resume}|@option{reset}|@option{halt}|@option{nothing})
1455 Configures what OpenOCD will do when GDB detaches from the daemon.
1456 Default behaviour is @option{resume}.
1457 @end deffn
1458
1459 @anchor{gdb_flash_program}
1460 @deffn {Config Command} gdb_flash_program (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
1461 Set to @option{enable} to cause OpenOCD to program the flash memory when a
1462 vFlash packet is received.
1463 The default behaviour is @option{enable}.
1464 @end deffn
1465
1466 @deffn {Config Command} gdb_memory_map (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
1467 Set to @option{enable} to cause OpenOCD to send the memory configuration to GDB when
1468 requested. GDB will then know when to set hardware breakpoints, and program flash
1469 using the GDB load command. @command{gdb_flash_program enable} must also be enabled
1470 for flash programming to work.
1471 Default behaviour is @option{enable}.
1472 @xref{gdb_flash_program}.
1473 @end deffn
1474
1475 @deffn {Config Command} gdb_report_data_abort (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
1476 Specifies whether data aborts cause an error to be reported
1477 by GDB memory read packets.
1478 The default behaviour is @option{disable};
1479 use @option{enable} see these errors reported.
1480 @end deffn
1481
1482 @anchor{Event Polling}
1483 @section Event Polling
1484
1485 Hardware debuggers are parts of asynchronous systems,
1486 where significant events can happen at any time.
1487 The OpenOCD server needs to detect some of these events,
1488 so it can report them to through TCL command line
1489 or to GDB.
1490
1491 Examples of such events include:
1492
1493 @itemize
1494 @item One of the targets can stop running ... maybe it triggers
1495 a code breakpoint or data watchpoint, or halts itself.
1496 @item Messages may be sent over ``debug message'' channels ... many
1497 targets support such messages sent over JTAG,
1498 for receipt by the person debugging or tools.
1499 @item Loss of power ... some adapters can detect these events.
1500 @item Resets not issued through JTAG ... such reset sources
1501 can include button presses or other system hardware, sometimes
1502 including the target itself (perhaps through a watchdog).
1503 @item Debug instrumentation sometimes supports event triggering
1504 such as ``trace buffer full'' (so it can quickly be emptied)
1505 or other signals (to correlate with code behavior).
1506 @end itemize
1507
1508 None of those events are signaled through standard JTAG signals.
1509 However, most conventions for JTAG connectors include voltage
1510 level and system reset (SRST) signal detection.
1511 Some connectors also include instrumentation signals, which
1512 can imply events when those signals are inputs.
1513
1514 In general, OpenOCD needs to periodically check for those events,
1515 either by looking at the status of signals on the JTAG connector
1516 or by sending synchronous ``tell me your status'' JTAG requests
1517 to the various active targets.
1518 There is a command to manage and monitor that polling,
1519 which is normally done in the background.
1520
1521 @deffn Command poll [@option{on}|@option{off}]
1522 Poll the current target for its current state.
1523 (Also, @pxref{target curstate}.)
1524 If that target is in debug mode, architecture
1525 specific information about the current state is printed.
1526 An optional parameter
1527 allows background polling to be enabled and disabled.
1528
1529 You could use this from the TCL command shell, or
1530 from GDB using @command{monitor poll} command.
1531 @example
1532 > poll
1533 background polling: on
1534 target state: halted
1535 target halted in ARM state due to debug-request, \
1536 current mode: Supervisor
1537 cpsr: 0x800000d3 pc: 0x11081bfc
1538 MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: enabled
1539 >
1540 @end example
1541 @end deffn
1542
1543 @node Interface - Dongle Configuration
1544 @chapter Interface - Dongle Configuration
1545 @cindex config file, interface
1546 @cindex interface config file
1547
1548 JTAG Adapters/Interfaces/Dongles are normally configured
1549 through commands in an interface configuration
1550 file which is sourced by your @file{openocd.cfg} file, or
1551 through a command line @option{-f interface/....cfg} option.
1552
1553 @example
1554 source [find interface/olimex-jtag-tiny.cfg]
1555 @end example
1556
1557 These commands tell
1558 OpenOCD what type of JTAG adapter you have, and how to talk to it.
1559 A few cases are so simple that you only need to say what driver to use:
1560
1561 @example
1562 # jlink interface
1563 interface jlink
1564 @end example
1565
1566 Most adapters need a bit more configuration than that.
1567
1568
1569 @section Interface Configuration
1570
1571 The interface command tells OpenOCD what type of JTAG dongle you are
1572 using. Depending on the type of dongle, you may need to have one or
1573 more additional commands.
1574
1575 @deffn {Config Command} {interface} name
1576 Use the interface driver @var{name} to connect to the
1577 target.
1578 @end deffn
1579
1580 @deffn Command {interface_list}
1581 List the interface drivers that have been built into
1582 the running copy of OpenOCD.
1583 @end deffn
1584
1585 @deffn Command {jtag interface}
1586 Returns the name of the interface driver being used.
1587 @end deffn
1588
1589 @section Interface Drivers
1590
1591 Each of the interface drivers listed here must be explicitly
1592 enabled when OpenOCD is configured, in order to be made
1593 available at run time.
1594
1595 @deffn {Interface Driver} {amt_jtagaccel}
1596 Amontec Chameleon in its JTAG Accelerator configuration,
1597 connected to a PC's EPP mode parallel port.
1598 This defines some driver-specific commands:
1599
1600 @deffn {Config Command} {parport_port} number
1601 Specifies either the address of the I/O port (default: 0x378 for LPT1) or
1602 the number of the @file{/dev/parport} device.
1603 @end deffn
1604
1605 @deffn {Config Command} rtck [@option{enable}|@option{disable}]
1606 Displays status of RTCK option.
1607 Optionally sets that option first.
1608 @end deffn
1609 @end deffn
1610
1611 @deffn {Interface Driver} {arm-jtag-ew}
1612 Olimex ARM-JTAG-EW USB adapter
1613 This has one driver-specific command:
1614
1615 @deffn Command {armjtagew_info}
1616 Logs some status
1617 @end deffn
1618 @end deffn
1619
1620 @deffn {Interface Driver} {at91rm9200}
1621 Supports bitbanged JTAG from the local system,
1622 presuming that system is an Atmel AT91rm9200
1623 and a specific set of GPIOs is used.
1624 @c command: at91rm9200_device NAME
1625 @c chooses among list of bit configs ... only one option
1626 @end deffn
1627
1628 @deffn {Interface Driver} {dummy}
1629 A dummy software-only driver for debugging.
1630 @end deffn
1631
1632 @deffn {Interface Driver} {ep93xx}
1633 Cirrus Logic EP93xx based single-board computer bit-banging (in development)
1634 @end deffn
1635
1636 @deffn {Interface Driver} {ft2232}
1637 FTDI FT2232 (USB) based devices over one of the userspace libraries.
1638 These interfaces have several commands, used to configure the driver
1639 before initializing the JTAG scan chain:
1640
1641 @deffn {Config Command} {ft2232_device_desc} description
1642 Provides the USB device description (the @emph{iProduct string})
1643 of the FTDI FT2232 device. If not
1644 specified, the FTDI default value is used. This setting is only valid
1645 if compiled with FTD2XX support.
1646 @end deffn
1647
1648 @deffn {Config Command} {ft2232_serial} serial-number
1649 Specifies the @var{serial-number} of the FTDI FT2232 device to use,
1650 in case the vendor provides unique IDs and more than one FT2232 device
1651 is connected to the host.
1652 If not specified, serial numbers are not considered.
1653 (Note that USB serial numbers can be arbitrary Unicode strings,
1654 and are not restricted to containing only decimal digits.)
1655 @end deffn
1656
1657 @deffn {Config Command} {ft2232_layout} name
1658 Each vendor's FT2232 device can use different GPIO signals
1659 to control output-enables, reset signals, and LEDs.
1660 Currently valid layout @var{name} values include:
1661 @itemize @minus
1662 @item @b{axm0432_jtag} Axiom AXM-0432
1663 @item @b{comstick} Hitex STR9 comstick
1664 @item @b{cortino} Hitex Cortino JTAG interface
1665 @item @b{evb_lm3s811} Luminary Micro EVB_LM3S811 as a JTAG interface,
1666 either for the local Cortex-M3 (SRST only)
1667 or in a passthrough mode (neither SRST nor TRST)
1668 @item @b{luminary_icdi} Luminary In-Circuit Debug Interface (ICDI) Board
1669 @item @b{flyswatter} Tin Can Tools Flyswatter
1670 @item @b{icebear} ICEbear JTAG adapter from Section 5
1671 @item @b{jtagkey} Amontec JTAGkey and JTAGkey-Tiny (and compatibles)
1672 @item @b{jtagkey2} Amontec JTAGkey2 (and compatibles)
1673 @item @b{m5960} American Microsystems M5960
1674 @item @b{olimex-jtag} Olimex ARM-USB-OCD and ARM-USB-Tiny
1675 @item @b{oocdlink} OOCDLink
1676 @c oocdlink ~= jtagkey_prototype_v1
1677 @item @b{sheevaplug} Marvell Sheevaplug development kit
1678 @item @b{signalyzer} Xverve Signalyzer
1679 @item @b{stm32stick} Hitex STM32 Performance Stick
1680 @item @b{turtelizer2} egnite Software turtelizer2
1681 @item @b{usbjtag} "USBJTAG-1" layout described in the OpenOCD diploma thesis
1682 @end itemize
1683 @end deffn
1684
1685 @deffn {Config Command} {ft2232_vid_pid} [vid pid]+
1686 The vendor ID and product ID of the FTDI FT2232 device. If not specified, the FTDI
1687 default values are used.
1688 Currently, up to eight [@var{vid}, @var{pid}] pairs may be given, e.g.
1689 @example
1690 ft2232_vid_pid 0x0403 0xcff8 0x15ba 0x0003
1691 @end example
1692 @end deffn
1693
1694 @deffn {Config Command} {ft2232_latency} ms
1695 On some systems using FT2232 based JTAG interfaces the FT_Read function call in
1696 ft2232_read() fails to return the expected number of bytes. This can be caused by
1697 USB communication delays and has proved hard to reproduce and debug. Setting the
1698 FT2232 latency timer to a larger value increases delays for short USB packets but it
1699 also reduces the risk of timeouts before receiving the expected number of bytes.
1700 The OpenOCD default value is 2 and for some systems a value of 10 has proved useful.
1701 @end deffn
1702
1703 For example, the interface config file for a
1704 Turtelizer JTAG Adapter looks something like this:
1705
1706 @example
1707 interface ft2232
1708 ft2232_device_desc "Turtelizer JTAG/RS232 Adapter"
1709 ft2232_layout turtelizer2
1710 ft2232_vid_pid 0x0403 0xbdc8
1711 @end example
1712 @end deffn
1713
1714 @deffn {Interface Driver} {gw16012}
1715 Gateworks GW16012 JTAG programmer.
1716 This has one driver-specific command:
1717
1718 @deffn {Config Command} {parport_port} number
1719 Specifies either the address of the I/O port (default: 0x378 for LPT1) or
1720 the number of the @file{/dev/parport} device.
1721 @end deffn
1722 @end deffn
1723
1724 @deffn {Interface Driver} {jlink}
1725 Segger jlink USB adapter
1726 @c command: jlink_info
1727 @c dumps status
1728 @c command: jlink_hw_jtag (2|3)
1729 @c sets version 2 or 3
1730 @end deffn
1731
1732 @deffn {Interface Driver} {parport}
1733 Supports PC parallel port bit-banging cables:
1734 Wigglers, PLD download cable, and more.
1735 These interfaces have several commands, used to configure the driver
1736 before initializing the JTAG scan chain:
1737
1738 @deffn {Config Command} {parport_cable} name
1739 The layout of the parallel port cable used to connect to the target.
1740 Currently valid cable @var{name} values include:
1741
1742 @itemize @minus
1743 @item @b{altium} Altium Universal JTAG cable.
1744 @item @b{arm-jtag} Same as original wiggler except SRST and
1745 TRST connections reversed and TRST is also inverted.
1746 @item @b{chameleon} The Amontec Chameleon's CPLD when operated
1747 in configuration mode. This is only used to
1748 program the Chameleon itself, not a connected target.
1749 @item @b{dlc5} The Xilinx Parallel cable III.
1750 @item @b{flashlink} The ST Parallel cable.
1751 @item @b{lattice} Lattice ispDOWNLOAD Cable
1752 @item @b{old_amt_wiggler} The Wiggler configuration that comes with
1753 some versions of
1754 Amontec's Chameleon Programmer. The new version available from
1755 the website uses the original Wiggler layout ('@var{wiggler}')
1756 @item @b{triton} The parallel port adapter found on the
1757 ``Karo Triton 1 Development Board''.
1758 This is also the layout used by the HollyGates design
1759 (see @uref{http://www.lartmaker.nl/projects/jtag/}).
1760 @item @b{wiggler} The original Wiggler layout, also supported by
1761 several clones, such as the Olimex ARM-JTAG
1762 @item @b{wiggler2} Same as original wiggler except an led is fitted on D5.
1763 @item @b{wiggler_ntrst_inverted} Same as original wiggler except TRST is inverted.
1764 @end itemize
1765 @end deffn
1766
1767 @deffn {Config Command} {parport_port} number
1768 Either the address of the I/O port (default: 0x378 for LPT1) or the number of
1769 the @file{/dev/parport} device
1770
1771 When using PPDEV to access the parallel port, use the number of the parallel port:
1772 @option{parport_port 0} (the default). If @option{parport_port 0x378} is specified
1773 you may encounter a problem.
1774 @end deffn
1775
1776 @deffn {Config Command} {parport_write_on_exit} (on|off)
1777 This will configure the parallel driver to write a known
1778 cable-specific value to the parallel interface on exiting OpenOCD
1779 @end deffn
1780
1781 For example, the interface configuration file for a
1782 classic ``Wiggler'' cable might look something like this:
1783
1784 @example
1785 interface parport
1786 parport_port 0xc8b8
1787 parport_cable wiggler
1788 @end example
1789 @end deffn
1790
1791 @deffn {Interface Driver} {presto}
1792 ASIX PRESTO USB JTAG programmer.
1793 @c command: presto_serial str
1794 @c sets serial number
1795 @end deffn
1796
1797 @deffn {Interface Driver} {rlink}
1798 Raisonance RLink USB adapter
1799 @end deffn
1800
1801 @deffn {Interface Driver} {usbprog}
1802 usbprog is a freely programmable USB adapter.
1803 @end deffn
1804
1805 @deffn {Interface Driver} {vsllink}
1806 vsllink is part of Versaloon which is a versatile USB programmer.
1807
1808 @quotation Note
1809 This defines quite a few driver-specific commands,
1810 which are not currently documented here.
1811 @end quotation
1812 @end deffn
1813
1814 @deffn {Interface Driver} {ZY1000}
1815 This is the Zylin ZY1000 JTAG debugger.
1816
1817 @quotation Note
1818 This defines some driver-specific commands,
1819 which are not currently documented here.
1820 @end quotation
1821
1822 @deffn Command power [@option{on}|@option{off}]
1823 Turn power switch to target on/off.
1824 No arguments: print status.
1825 @end deffn
1826
1827 @end deffn
1828
1829 @anchor{JTAG Speed}
1830 @section JTAG Speed
1831 JTAG clock setup is part of system setup.
1832 It @emph{does not belong with interface setup} since any interface
1833 only knows a few of the constraints for the JTAG clock speed.
1834 Sometimes the JTAG speed is
1835 changed during the target initialization process: (1) slow at
1836 reset, (2) program the CPU clocks, (3) run fast.
1837 Both the "slow" and "fast" clock rates are functions of the
1838 oscillators used, the chip, the board design, and sometimes
1839 power management software that may be active.
1840
1841 The speed used during reset, and the scan chain verification which
1842 follows reset, can be adjusted using a @code{reset-start}
1843 target event handler.
1844 It can then be reconfigured to a faster speed by a
1845 @code{reset-init} target event handler after it reprograms those
1846 CPU clocks, or manually (if something else, such as a boot loader,
1847 sets up those clocks).
1848 @xref{Target Events}.
1849 When the initial low JTAG speed is a chip characteristic, perhaps
1850 because of a required oscillator speed, provide such a handler
1851 in the target config file.
1852 When that speed is a function of a board-specific characteristic
1853 such as which speed oscillator is used, it belongs in the board
1854 config file instead.
1855 In both cases it's safest to also set the initial JTAG clock rate
1856 to that same slow speed, so that OpenOCD never starts up using a
1857 clock speed that's faster than the scan chain can support.
1858
1859 @example
1860 jtag_rclk 3000
1861 $_TARGET.cpu configure -event reset-start @{ jtag_rclk 3000 @}
1862 @end example
1863
1864 If your system supports adaptive clocking (RTCK), configuring
1865 JTAG to use that is probably the most robust approach.
1866 However, it introduces delays to synchronize clocks; so it
1867 may not be the fastest solution.
1868
1869 @b{NOTE:} Script writers should consider using @command{jtag_rclk}
1870 instead of @command{jtag_khz}.
1871
1872 @deffn {Command} jtag_khz max_speed_kHz
1873 A non-zero speed is in KHZ. Hence: 3000 is 3mhz.
1874 JTAG interfaces usually support a limited number of
1875 speeds. The speed actually used won't be faster
1876 than the speed specified.
1877
1878 Chip data sheets generally include a top JTAG clock rate.
1879 The actual rate is often a function of a CPU core clock,
1880 and is normally less than that peak rate.
1881 For example, most ARM cores accept at most one sixth of the CPU clock.
1882
1883 Speed 0 (khz) selects RTCK method.
1884 @xref{FAQ RTCK}.
1885 If your system uses RTCK, you won't need to change the
1886 JTAG clocking after setup.
1887 Not all interfaces, boards, or targets support ``rtck''.
1888 If the interface device can not
1889 support it, an error is returned when you try to use RTCK.
1890 @end deffn
1891
1892 @defun jtag_rclk fallback_speed_kHz
1893 @cindex adaptive clocking
1894 @cindex RTCK
1895 This Tcl proc (defined in @file{startup.tcl}) attempts to enable RTCK/RCLK.
1896 If that fails (maybe the interface, board, or target doesn't
1897 support it), falls back to the specified frequency.
1898 @example
1899 # Fall back to 3mhz if RTCK is not supported
1900 jtag_rclk 3000
1901 @end example
1902 @end defun
1903
1904 @node Reset Configuration
1905 @chapter Reset Configuration
1906 @cindex Reset Configuration
1907
1908 Every system configuration may require a different reset
1909 configuration. This can also be quite confusing.
1910 Resets also interact with @var{reset-init} event handlers,
1911 which do things like setting up clocks and DRAM, and
1912 JTAG clock rates. (@xref{JTAG Speed}.)
1913 They can also interact with JTAG routers.
1914 Please see the various board files for examples.
1915
1916 @quotation Note
1917 To maintainers and integrators:
1918 Reset configuration touches several things at once.
1919 Normally the board configuration file
1920 should define it and assume that the JTAG adapter supports
1921 everything that's wired up to the board's JTAG connector.
1922
1923 However, the target configuration file could also make note
1924 of something the silicon vendor has done inside the chip,
1925 which will be true for most (or all) boards using that chip.
1926 And when the JTAG adapter doesn't support everything, the
1927 user configuration file will need to override parts of
1928 the reset configuration provided by other files.
1929 @end quotation
1930
1931 @section Types of Reset
1932
1933 There are many kinds of reset possible through JTAG, but
1934 they may not all work with a given board and adapter.
1935 That's part of why reset configuration can be error prone.
1936
1937 @itemize @bullet
1938 @item
1939 @emph{System Reset} ... the @emph{SRST} hardware signal
1940 resets all chips connected to the JTAG adapter, such as processors,
1941 power management chips, and I/O controllers. Normally resets triggered
1942 with this signal behave exactly like pressing a RESET button.
1943 @item
1944 @emph{JTAG TAP Reset} ... the @emph{TRST} hardware signal resets
1945 just the TAP controllers connected to the JTAG adapter.
1946 Such resets should not be visible to the rest of the system; resetting a
1947 device's the TAP controller just puts that controller into a known state.
1948 @item
1949 @emph{Emulation Reset} ... many devices can be reset through JTAG
1950 commands. These resets are often distinguishable from system
1951 resets, either explicitly (a "reset reason" register says so)
1952 or implicitly (not all parts of the chip get reset).
1953 @item
1954 @emph{Other Resets} ... system-on-chip devices often support
1955 several other types of reset.
1956 You may need to arrange that a watchdog timer stops
1957 while debugging, preventing a watchdog reset.
1958 There may be individual module resets.
1959 @end itemize
1960
1961 In the best case, OpenOCD can hold SRST, then reset
1962 the TAPs via TRST and send commands through JTAG to halt the
1963 CPU at the reset vector before the 1st instruction is executed.
1964 Then when it finally releases the SRST signal, the system is
1965 halted under debugger control before any code has executed.
1966 This is the behavior required to support the @command{reset halt}
1967 and @command{reset init} commands; after @command{reset init} a
1968 board-specific script might do things like setting up DRAM.
1969 (@xref{Reset Command}.)
1970
1971 @anchor{SRST and TRST Issues}
1972 @section SRST and TRST Issues
1973
1974 Because SRST and TRST are hardware signals, they can have a
1975 variety of system-specific constraints. Some of the most
1976 common issues are:
1977
1978 @itemize @bullet
1979
1980 @item @emph{Signal not available} ... Some boards don't wire
1981 SRST or TRST to the JTAG connector. Some JTAG adapters don't
1982 support such signals even if they are wired up.
1983 Use the @command{reset_config} @var{signals} options to say
1984 when either of those signals is not connected.
1985 When SRST is not available, your code might not be able to rely
1986 on controllers having been fully reset during code startup.
1987 Missing TRST is not a problem, since JTAG level resets can
1988 be triggered using with TMS signaling.
1989
1990 @item @emph{Signals shorted} ... Sometimes a chip, board, or
1991 adapter will connect SRST to TRST, instead of keeping them separate.
1992 Use the @command{reset_config} @var{combination} options to say
1993 when those signals aren't properly independent.
1994
1995 @item @emph{Timing} ... Reset circuitry like a resistor/capacitor
1996 delay circuit, reset supervisor, or on-chip features can extend
1997 the effect of a JTAG adapter's reset for some time after the adapter
1998 stops issuing the reset. For example, there may be chip or board
1999 requirements that all reset pulses last for at least a
2000 certain amount of time; and reset buttons commonly have
2001 hardware debouncing.
2002 Use the @command{jtag_nsrst_delay} and @command{jtag_ntrst_delay}
2003 commands to say when extra delays are needed.
2004
2005 @item @emph{Drive type} ... Reset lines often have a pullup
2006 resistor, letting the JTAG interface treat them as open-drain
2007 signals. But that's not a requirement, so the adapter may need
2008 to use push/pull output drivers.
2009 Also, with weak pullups it may be advisable to drive
2010 signals to both levels (push/pull) to minimize rise times.
2011 Use the @command{reset_config} @var{trst_type} and
2012 @var{srst_type} parameters to say how to drive reset signals.
2013
2014 @item @emph{Special initialization} ... Targets sometimes need
2015 special JTAG initialization sequences to handle chip-specific
2016 issues (not limited to errata).
2017 For example, certain JTAG commands might need to be issued while
2018 the system as a whole is in a reset state (SRST active)
2019 but the JTAG scan chain is usable (TRST inactive).
2020 (@xref{JTAG Commands}, where the @command{jtag_reset}
2021 command is presented.)
2022 @end itemize
2023
2024 There can also be other issues.
2025 Some devices don't fully conform to the JTAG specifications.
2026 Trivial system-specific differences are common, such as
2027 SRST and TRST using slightly different names.
2028 There are also vendors who distribute key JTAG documentation for
2029 their chips only to developers who have signed a Non-Disclosure
2030 Agreement (NDA).
2031
2032 Sometimes there are chip-specific extensions like a requirement to use
2033 the normally-optional TRST signal (precluding use of JTAG adapters which
2034 don't pass TRST through), or needing extra steps to complete a TAP reset.
2035
2036 In short, SRST and especially TRST handling may be very finicky,
2037 needing to cope with both architecture and board specific constraints.
2038
2039 @section Commands for Handling Resets
2040
2041 @deffn {Command} jtag_nsrst_delay milliseconds
2042 How long (in milliseconds) OpenOCD should wait after deasserting
2043 nSRST (active-low system reset) before starting new JTAG operations.
2044 When a board has a reset button connected to SRST line it will
2045 probably have hardware debouncing, implying you should use this.
2046 @end deffn
2047
2048 @deffn {Command} jtag_ntrst_delay milliseconds
2049 How long (in milliseconds) OpenOCD should wait after deasserting
2050 nTRST (active-low JTAG TAP reset) before starting new JTAG operations.
2051 @end deffn
2052
2053 @deffn {Command} reset_config mode_flag ...
2054 This command tells OpenOCD the reset configuration
2055 of your combination of JTAG board and target in target
2056 configuration scripts.
2057
2058 Information earlier in this section describes the kind of problems
2059 the command is intended to address (@pxref{SRST and TRST Issues}).
2060 As a rule this command belongs only in board config files,
2061 describing issues like @emph{board doesn't connect TRST};
2062 or in user config files, addressing limitations derived
2063 from a particular combination of interface and board.
2064 (An unlikely example would be using a TRST-only adapter
2065 with a board that only wires up SRST.)
2066
2067 The @var{mode_flag} options can be specified in any order, but only one
2068 of each type -- @var{signals}, @var{combination}, @var{trst_type},
2069 and @var{srst_type} -- may be specified at a time.
2070 If you don't provide a new value for a given type, its previous
2071 value (perhaps the default) is unchanged.
2072 For example, this means that you don't need to say anything at all about
2073 TRST just to declare that if the JTAG adapter should want to drive SRST,
2074 it must explicitly be driven high (@option{srst_push_pull}).
2075
2076 @var{signals} can specify which of the reset signals are connected.
2077 For example, If the JTAG interface provides SRST, but the board doesn't
2078 connect that signal properly, then OpenOCD can't use it.
2079 Possible values are @option{none} (the default), @option{trst_only},
2080 @option{srst_only} and @option{trst_and_srst}.
2081
2082 @quotation Tip
2083 If your board provides SRST or TRST through the JTAG connector,
2084 you must declare that or else those signals will not be used.
2085 @end quotation
2086
2087 The @var{combination} is an optional value specifying broken reset
2088 signal implementations.
2089 The default behaviour if no option given is @option{separate},
2090 indicating everything behaves normally.
2091 @option{srst_pulls_trst} states that the
2092 test logic is reset together with the reset of the system (e.g. Philips
2093 LPC2000, "broken" board layout), @option{trst_pulls_srst} says that
2094 the system is reset together with the test logic (only hypothetical, I
2095 haven't seen hardware with such a bug, and can be worked around).
2096 @option{combined} implies both @option{srst_pulls_trst} and
2097 @option{trst_pulls_srst}.
2098
2099 @option{srst_gates_jtag} indicates that asserting SRST gates the
2100 JTAG clock. This means that no communication can happen on JTAG
2101 while SRST is asserted.
2102
2103 The optional @var{trst_type} and @var{srst_type} parameters allow the
2104 driver mode of each reset line to be specified. These values only affect
2105 JTAG interfaces with support for different driver modes, like the Amontec
2106 JTAGkey and JTAGAccelerator. Also, they are necessarily ignored if the
2107 relevant signal (TRST or SRST) is not connected.
2108
2109 Possible @var{trst_type} driver modes for the test reset signal (TRST)
2110 are @option{trst_push_pull} (default) and @option{trst_open_drain}.
2111 Most boards connect this signal to a pulldown, so the JTAG TAPs
2112 never leave reset unless they are hooked up to a JTAG adapter.
2113
2114 Possible @var{srst_type} driver modes for the system reset signal (SRST)
2115 are the default @option{srst_open_drain}, and @option{srst_push_pull}.
2116 Most boards connect this signal to a pullup, and allow the
2117 signal to be pulled low by various events including system
2118 powerup and pressing a reset button.
2119 @end deffn
2120
2121
2122 @node TAP Declaration
2123 @chapter TAP Declaration
2124 @cindex TAP declaration
2125 @cindex TAP configuration
2126
2127 @emph{Test Access Ports} (TAPs) are the core of JTAG.
2128 TAPs serve many roles, including:
2129
2130 @itemize @bullet
2131 @item @b{Debug Target} A CPU TAP can be used as a GDB debug target
2132 @item @b{Flash Programing} Some chips program the flash directly via JTAG.
2133 Others do it indirectly, making a CPU do it.
2134 @item @b{Program Download} Using the same CPU support GDB uses,
2135 you can initialize a DRAM controller, download code to DRAM, and then
2136 start running that code.
2137 @item @b{Boundary Scan} Most chips support boundary scan, which
2138 helps test for board assembly problems like solder bridges
2139 and missing connections
2140 @end itemize
2141
2142 OpenOCD must know about the active TAPs on your board(s).
2143 Setting up the TAPs is the core task of your configuration files.
2144 Once those TAPs are set up, you can pass their names to code
2145 which sets up CPUs and exports them as GDB targets,
2146 probes flash memory, performs low-level JTAG operations, and more.
2147
2148 @section Scan Chains
2149 @cindex scan chain
2150
2151 TAPs are part of a hardware @dfn{scan chain},
2152 which is daisy chain of TAPs.
2153 They also need to be added to
2154 OpenOCD's software mirror of that hardware list,
2155 giving each member a name and associating other data with it.
2156 Simple scan chains, with a single TAP, are common in
2157 systems with a single microcontroller or microprocessor.
2158 More complex chips may have several TAPs internally.
2159 Very complex scan chains might have a dozen or more TAPs:
2160 several in one chip, more in the next, and connecting
2161 to other boards with their own chips and TAPs.
2162
2163 You can display the list with the @command{scan_chain} command.
2164 (Don't confuse this with the list displayed by the @command{targets}
2165 command, presented in the next chapter.
2166 That only displays TAPs for CPUs which are configured as
2167 debugging targets.)
2168 Here's what the scan chain might look like for a chip more than one TAP:
2169
2170 @verbatim
2171 TapName Enabled IdCode Expected IrLen IrCap IrMask Instr
2172 -- ------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- ----- ----- ------ -----
2173 0 omap5912.dsp Y 0x03df1d81 0x03df1d81 38 0 0 0x...
2174 1 omap5912.arm Y 0x0692602f 0x0692602f 4 0x1 0 0xc
2175 2 omap5912.unknown Y 0x00000000 0x00000000 8 0 0 0xff
2176 @end verbatim
2177
2178 Unfortunately those TAPs can't always be autoconfigured,
2179 because not all devices provide good support for that.
2180 JTAG doesn't require supporting IDCODE instructions, and
2181 chips with JTAG routers may not link TAPs into the chain
2182 until they are told to do so.
2183
2184 The configuration mechanism currently supported by OpenOCD
2185 requires explicit configuration of all TAP devices using
2186 @command{jtag newtap} commands, as detailed later in this chapter.
2187 A command like this would declare one tap and name it @code{chip1.cpu}:
2188
2189 @example
2190 jtag newtap chip1 cpu -irlen 7 -ircapture 0x01 -irmask 0x55
2191 @end example
2192
2193 Each target configuration file lists the TAPs provided
2194 by a given chip.
2195 Board configuration files combine all the targets on a board,
2196 and so forth.
2197 Note that @emph{the order in which TAPs are declared is very important.}
2198 It must match the order in the JTAG scan chain, both inside
2199 a single chip and between them.
2200 @xref{FAQ TAP Order}.
2201
2202 For example, the ST Microsystems STR912 chip has
2203 three separate TAPs@footnote{See the ST
2204 document titled: @emph{STR91xFAxxx, Section 3.15 Jtag Interface, Page:
2205 28/102, Figure 3: JTAG chaining inside the STR91xFA}.
2206 @url{http://eu.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/13495.pdf}}.
2207 To configure those taps, @file{target/str912.cfg}
2208 includes commands something like this:
2209
2210 @example
2211 jtag newtap str912 flash ... params ...
2212 jtag newtap str912 cpu ... params ...
2213 jtag newtap str912 bs ... params ...
2214 @end example
2215
2216 Actual config files use a variable instead of literals like
2217 @option{str912}, to support more than one chip of each type.
2218 @xref{Config File Guidelines}.
2219
2220 @deffn Command {jtag names}
2221 Returns the names of all current TAPs in the scan chain.
2222 Use @command{jtag cget} or @command{jtag tapisenabled}
2223 to examine attributes and state of each TAP.
2224 @example
2225 foreach t [jtag names] @{
2226 puts [format "TAP: %s\n" $t]
2227 @}
2228 @end example
2229 @end deffn
2230
2231 @deffn Command {scan_chain}
2232 Displays the TAPs in the scan chain configuration,
2233 and their status.
2234 The set of TAPs listed by this command is fixed by
2235 exiting the OpenOCD configuration stage,
2236 but systems with a JTAG router can
2237 enable or disable TAPs dynamically.
2238 In addition to the enable/disable status, the contents of
2239 each TAP's instruction register can also change.
2240 @end deffn
2241
2242 @c FIXME! "jtag cget" should be able to return all TAP
2243 @c attributes, like "$target_name cget" does for targets.
2244
2245 @c Probably want "jtag eventlist", and a "tap-reset" event
2246 @c (on entry to RESET state).
2247
2248 @section TAP Names
2249 @cindex dotted name
2250
2251 When TAP objects are declared with @command{jtag newtap},
2252 a @dfn{dotted.name} is created for the TAP, combining the
2253 name of a module (usually a chip) and a label for the TAP.
2254 For example: @code{xilinx.tap}, @code{str912.flash},
2255 @code{omap3530.jrc}, @code{dm6446.dsp}, or @code{stm32.cpu}.
2256 Many other commands use that dotted.name to manipulate or
2257 refer to the TAP. For example, CPU configuration uses the
2258 name, as does declaration of NAND or NOR flash banks.
2259
2260 The components of a dotted name should follow ``C'' symbol
2261 name rules: start with an alphabetic character, then numbers
2262 and underscores are OK; while others (including dots!) are not.
2263
2264 @quotation Tip
2265 In older code, JTAG TAPs were numbered from 0..N.
2266 This feature is still present.
2267 However its use is highly discouraged, and
2268 should not be relied on; it will be removed by mid-2010.
2269 Update all of your scripts to use TAP names rather than numbers,
2270 by paying attention to the runtime warnings they trigger.
2271 Using TAP numbers in target configuration scripts prevents
2272 reusing those scripts on boards with multiple targets.
2273 @end quotation
2274
2275 @section TAP Declaration Commands
2276
2277 @c shouldn't this be(come) a {Config Command}?
2278 @anchor{jtag newtap}
2279 @deffn Command {jtag newtap} chipname tapname configparams...
2280 Declares a new TAP with the dotted name @var{chipname}.@var{tapname},
2281 and configured according to the various @var{configparams}.
2282
2283 The @var{chipname} is a symbolic name for the chip.
2284 Conventionally target config files use @code{$_CHIPNAME},
2285 defaulting to the model name given by the chip vendor but
2286 overridable.
2287
2288 @cindex TAP naming convention
2289 The @var{tapname} reflects the role of that TAP,
2290 and should follow this convention:
2291
2292 @itemize @bullet
2293 @item @code{bs} -- For boundary scan if this is a seperate TAP;
2294 @item @code{cpu} -- The main CPU of the chip, alternatively
2295 @code{arm} and @code{dsp} on chips with both ARM and DSP CPUs,
2296 @code{arm1} and @code{arm2} on chips two ARMs, and so forth;
2297 @item @code{etb} -- For an embedded trace buffer (example: an ARM ETB11);
2298 @item @code{flash} -- If the chip has a flash TAP, like the str912;
2299 @item @code{jrc} -- For JTAG route controller (example: the ICEpick modules
2300 on many Texas Instruments chips, like the OMAP3530 on Beagleboards);
2301 @item @code{tap} -- Should be used only FPGA or CPLD like devices
2302 with a single TAP;
2303 @item @code{unknownN} -- If you have no idea what the TAP is for (N is a number);
2304 @item @emph{when in doubt} -- Use the chip maker's name in their data sheet.
2305 For example, the Freescale IMX31 has a SDMA (Smart DMA) with
2306 a JTAG TAP; that TAP should be named @code{sdma}.
2307 @end itemize
2308
2309 Every TAP requires at least the following @var{configparams}:
2310
2311 @itemize @bullet
2312 @item @code{-ircapture} @var{NUMBER}
2313 @*The bit pattern loaded by the TAP into the JTAG shift register
2314 on entry to the @sc{ircapture} state, such as 0x01.
2315 JTAG requires the two LSBs of this value to be 01.
2316 The value is used to verify that instruction scans work correctly.
2317 @item @code{-irlen} @var{NUMBER}
2318 @*The length in bits of the
2319 instruction register, such as 4 or 5 bits.
2320 @item @code{-irmask} @var{NUMBER}
2321 @*A mask for the IR register.
2322 For some devices, there are bits in the IR that aren't used.
2323 This lets OpenOCD mask them off when doing IDCODE comparisons.
2324 In general, this should just be all ones for the size of the IR.
2325 @end itemize
2326
2327 A TAP may also provide optional @var{configparams}:
2328
2329 @itemize @bullet
2330 @item @code{-disable} (or @code{-enable})
2331 @*Use the @code{-disable} parameter to flag a TAP which is not
2332 linked in to the scan chain after a reset using either TRST
2333 or the JTAG state machine's @sc{reset} state.
2334 You may use @code{-enable} to highlight the default state
2335 (the TAP is linked in).
2336 @xref{Enabling and Disabling TAPs}.
2337 @item @code{-expected-id} @var{number}
2338 @*A non-zero value represents the expected 32-bit IDCODE
2339 found when the JTAG chain is examined.
2340 These codes are not required by all JTAG devices.
2341 @emph{Repeat the option} as many times as required if more than one
2342 ID code could appear (for example, multiple versions).
2343 @end itemize
2344 @end deffn
2345
2346 @section Other TAP commands
2347
2348 @c @deffn Command {jtag arp_init-reset}
2349 @c ... more or less "toggle TRST ... and SRST too, what the heck"
2350
2351 @deffn Command {jtag cget} dotted.name @option{-event} name
2352 @deffnx Command {jtag configure} dotted.name @option{-event} name string
2353 At this writing this TAP attribute
2354 mechanism is used only for event handling.
2355 (It is not a direct analogue of the @code{cget}/@code{configure}
2356 mechanism for debugger targets.)
2357 See the next section for information about the available events.
2358
2359 The @code{configure} subcommand assigns an event handler,
2360 a TCL string which is evaluated when the event is triggered.
2361 The @code{cget} subcommand returns that handler.
2362 @end deffn
2363
2364 @anchor{TAP Events}
2365 @section TAP Events
2366 @cindex events
2367 @cindex TAP events
2368
2369 OpenOCD includes two event mechanisms.
2370 The one presented here applies to all JTAG TAPs.
2371 The other applies to debugger targets,
2372 which are associated with certain TAPs.
2373
2374 The TAP events currently defined are:
2375
2376 @itemize @bullet
2377 @item @b{post-reset}
2378 @* The TAP has just completed a JTAG reset.
2379 For the first such handler called, the tap is still
2380 in the JTAG @sc{reset} state.
2381 Because the scan chain has not yet been verified, handlers for these events
2382 @emph{should not issue commands which scan the JTAG IR or DR registers}
2383 of any particular target.
2384 @b{NOTE:} As this is written (September 2009), nothing prevents such access.
2385 @item @b{tap-disable}
2386 @* The TAP needs to be disabled. This handler should
2387 implement @command{jtag tapdisable}
2388 by issuing the relevant JTAG commands.
2389 @item @b{tap-enable}
2390 @* The TAP needs to be enabled. This handler should
2391 implement @command{jtag tapenable}
2392 by issuing the relevant JTAG commands.
2393 @end itemize
2394
2395 If you need some action after each JTAG reset, which isn't actually
2396 specific to any TAP (since you can't yet trust the scan chain's
2397 contents to be accurate), you might:
2398
2399 @example
2400 jtag configure CHIP.jrc -event post-reset @{
2401 echo "Reset done"
2402 ... non-scan jtag operations to be done after reset
2403 @}
2404 @end example
2405
2406
2407 @anchor{Enabling and Disabling TAPs}
2408 @section Enabling and Disabling TAPs
2409 @cindex JTAG Route Controller
2410 @cindex jrc
2411
2412 In some systems, a @dfn{JTAG Route Controller} (JRC)
2413 is used to enable and/or disable specific JTAG TAPs.
2414 Many ARM based chips from Texas Instruments include
2415 an ``ICEpick'' module, which is a JRC.
2416 Such chips include DaVinci and OMAP3 processors.
2417
2418 A given TAP may not be visible until the JRC has been
2419 told to link it into the scan chain; and if the JRC
2420 has been told to unlink that TAP, it will no longer
2421 be visible.
2422 Such routers address problems that JTAG ``bypass mode''
2423 ignores, such as:
2424
2425 @itemize
2426 @item The scan chain can only go as fast as its slowest TAP.
2427 @item Having many TAPs slows instruction scans, since all
2428 TAPs receive new instructions.
2429 @item TAPs in the scan chain must be powered up, which wastes
2430 power and prevents debugging some power management mechanisms.
2431 @end itemize
2432
2433 The IEEE 1149.1 JTAG standard has no concept of a ``disabled'' tap,
2434 as implied by the existence of JTAG routers.
2435 However, the upcoming IEEE 1149.7 framework (layered on top of JTAG)
2436 does include a kind of JTAG router functionality.
2437
2438 @c (a) currently the event handlers don't seem to be able to
2439 @c fail in a way that could lead to no-change-of-state.
2440
2441 In OpenOCD, tap enabling/disabling is invoked by the Tcl commands
2442 shown below, and is implemented using TAP event handlers.
2443 So for example, when defining a TAP for a CPU connected to
2444 a JTAG router, you should define TAP event handlers using
2445 code that looks something like this:
2446
2447 @example
2448 jtag configure CHIP.cpu -event tap-enable @{
2449 echo "Enabling CPU TAP"
2450 ... jtag operations using CHIP.jrc
2451 @}
2452 jtag configure CHIP.cpu -event tap-disable @{
2453 echo "Disabling CPU TAP"
2454 ... jtag operations using CHIP.jrc
2455 @}
2456 @end example
2457
2458 @deffn Command {jtag tapdisable} dotted.name
2459 If necessary, disables the tap
2460 by sending it a @option{tap-disable} event.
2461 Returns the string "1" if the tap
2462 specified by @var{dotted.name} is enabled,
2463 and "0" if it is disbabled.
2464 @end deffn
2465
2466 @deffn Command {jtag tapenable} dotted.name
2467 If necessary, enables the tap
2468 by sending it a @option{tap-enable} event.
2469 Returns the string "1" if the tap
2470 specified by @var{dotted.name} is enabled,
2471 and "0" if it is disbabled.
2472 @end deffn
2473
2474 @deffn Command {jtag tapisenabled} dotted.name
2475 Returns the string "1" if the tap
2476 specified by @var{dotted.name} is enabled,
2477 and "0" if it is disbabled.
2478
2479 @quotation Note
2480 Humans will find the @command{scan_chain} command more helpful
2481 for querying the state of the JTAG taps.
2482 @end quotation
2483 @end deffn
2484
2485 @node CPU Configuration
2486 @chapter CPU Configuration
2487 @cindex GDB target
2488
2489 This chapter discusses how to set up GDB debug targets for CPUs.
2490 You can also access these targets without GDB
2491 (@pxref{Architecture and Core Commands},
2492 and @ref{Target State handling}) and
2493 through various kinds of NAND and NOR flash commands.
2494 If you have multiple CPUs you can have multiple such targets.
2495
2496 We'll start by looking at how to examine the targets you have,
2497 then look at how to add one more target and how to configure it.
2498
2499 @section Target List
2500 @cindex target, current
2501 @cindex target, list
2502
2503 All targets that have been set up are part of a list,
2504 where each member has a name.
2505 That name should normally be the same as the TAP name.
2506 You can display the list with the @command{targets}
2507 (plural!) command.
2508 This display often has only one CPU; here's what it might
2509 look like with more than one:
2510 @verbatim
2511 TargetName Type Endian TapName State
2512 -- ------------------ ---------- ------ ------------------ ------------
2513 0* at91rm9200.cpu arm920t little at91rm9200.cpu running
2514 1 MyTarget cortex_m3 little mychip.foo tap-disabled
2515 @end verbatim
2516
2517 One member of that list is the @dfn{current target}, which
2518 is implicitly referenced by many commands.
2519 It's the one marked with a @code{*} near the target name.
2520 In particular, memory addresses often refer to the address
2521 space seen by that current target.
2522 Commands like @command{mdw} (memory display words)
2523 and @command{flash erase_address} (erase NOR flash blocks)
2524 are examples; and there are many more.
2525
2526 Several commands let you examine the list of targets:
2527
2528 @deffn Command {target count}
2529 @emph{Note: target numbers are deprecated; don't use them.
2530 They will be removed shortly after August 2010, including this command.
2531 Iterate target using @command{target names}, not by counting.}
2532
2533 Returns the number of targets, @math{N}.
2534 The highest numbered target is @math{N - 1}.
2535 @example
2536 set c [target count]
2537 for @{ set x 0 @} @{ $x < $c @} @{ incr x @} @{
2538 # Assuming you have created this function
2539 print_target_details $x
2540 @}
2541 @end example
2542 @end deffn
2543
2544 @deffn Command {target current}
2545 Returns the name of the current target.
2546 @end deffn
2547
2548 @deffn Command {target names}
2549 Lists the names of all current targets in the list.
2550 @example
2551 foreach t [target names] @{
2552 puts [format "Target: %s\n" $t]
2553 @}
2554 @end example
2555 @end deffn
2556
2557 @deffn Command {target number} number
2558 @emph{Note: target numbers are deprecated; don't use them.
2559 They will be removed shortly after August 2010, including this command.}
2560
2561 The list of targets is numbered starting at zero.
2562 This command returns the name of the target at index @var{number}.
2563 @example
2564 set thename [target number $x]
2565 puts [format "Target %d is: %s\n" $x $thename]
2566 @end example
2567 @end deffn
2568
2569 @c yep, "target list" would have been better.
2570 @c plus maybe "target setdefault".
2571
2572 @deffn Command targets [name]
2573 @emph{Note: the name of this command is plural. Other target
2574 command names are singular.}
2575
2576 With no parameter, this command displays a table of all known
2577 targets in a user friendly form.
2578
2579 With a parameter, this command sets the current target to
2580 the given target with the given @var{name}; this is
2581 only relevant on boards which have more than one target.
2582 @end deffn
2583
2584 @section Target CPU Types and Variants
2585 @cindex target type
2586 @cindex CPU type
2587 @cindex CPU variant
2588
2589 Each target has a @dfn{CPU type}, as shown in the output of
2590 the @command{targets} command. You need to specify that type
2591 when calling @command{target create}.
2592 The CPU type indicates more than just the instruction set.
2593 It also indicates how that instruction set is implemented,
2594 what kind of debug support it integrates,
2595 whether it has an MMU (and if so, what kind),
2596 what core-specific commands may be available
2597 (@pxref{Architecture and Core Commands}),
2598 and more.
2599
2600 For some CPU types, OpenOCD also defines @dfn{variants} which
2601 indicate differences that affect their handling.
2602 For example, a particular implementation bug might need to be
2603 worked around in some chip versions.
2604
2605 It's easy to see what target types are supported,
2606 since there's a command to list them.
2607 However, there is currently no way to list what target variants
2608 are supported (other than by reading the OpenOCD source code).
2609
2610 @anchor{target types}
2611 @deffn Command {target types}
2612 Lists all supported target types.
2613 At this writing, the supported CPU types and variants are:
2614
2615 @itemize @bullet
2616 @item @code{arm11} -- this is a generation of ARMv6 cores
2617 @item @code{arm720t} -- this is an ARMv4 core
2618 @item @code{arm7tdmi} -- this is an ARMv4 core
2619 @item @code{arm920t} -- this is an ARMv5 core
2620 @item @code{arm926ejs} -- this is an ARMv5 core
2621 @item @code{arm966e} -- this is an ARMv5 core
2622 @item @code{arm9tdmi} -- this is an ARMv4 core
2623 @item @code{avr} -- implements Atmel's 8-bit AVR instruction set.
2624 (Support for this is preliminary and incomplete.)
2625 @item @code{cortex_a8} -- this is an ARMv7 core
2626 @item @code{cortex_m3} -- this is an ARMv7 core, supporting only the
2627 compact Thumb2 instruction set. It supports one variant:
2628 @itemize @minus
2629 @item @code{lm3s} ... Use this when debugging older Stellaris LM3S targets.
2630 This will cause OpenOCD to use a software reset rather than asserting
2631 SRST, to avoid a issue with clearing the debug registers.
2632 This is fixed in Fury Rev B, DustDevil Rev B, Tempest; these revisions will
2633 be detected and the normal reset behaviour used.
2634 @end itemize
2635 @item @code{fa526} -- resembles arm920 (w/o Thumb)
2636 @item @code{feroceon} -- resembles arm926
2637 @item @code{mips_m4k} -- a MIPS core. This supports one variant:
2638 @itemize @minus
2639 @item @code{ejtag_srst} ... Use this when debugging targets that do not
2640 provide a functional SRST line on the EJTAG connector. This causes
2641 OpenOCD to instead use an EJTAG software reset command to reset the
2642 processor.
2643 You still need to enable @option{srst} on the @command{reset_config}
2644 command to enable OpenOCD hardware reset functionality.
2645 @end itemize
2646 @item @code{xscale} -- this is actually an architecture,
2647 not a CPU type. It is based on the ARMv5 architecture.
2648 There are several variants defined:
2649 @itemize @minus
2650 @item @code{ixp42x}, @code{ixp45x}, @code{ixp46x},
2651 @code{pxa27x} ... instruction register length is 7 bits
2652 @item @code{pxa250}, @code{pxa255},
2653 @code{pxa26x} ... instruction register length is 5 bits
2654 @end itemize
2655 @end itemize
2656 @end deffn
2657
2658 To avoid being confused by the variety of ARM based cores, remember
2659 this key point: @emph{ARM is a technology licencing company}.
2660 (See: @url{http://www.arm.com}.)
2661 The CPU name used by OpenOCD will reflect the CPU design that was
2662 licenced, not a vendor brand which incorporates that design.
2663 Name prefixes like arm7, arm9, arm11, and cortex
2664 reflect design generations;
2665 while names like ARMv4, ARMv5, ARMv6, and ARMv7
2666 reflect an architecture version implemented by a CPU design.
2667
2668 @anchor{Target Configuration}
2669 @section Target Configuration
2670
2671 Before creating a ``target'', you must have added its TAP to the scan chain.
2672 When you've added that TAP, you will have a @code{dotted.name}
2673 which is used to set up the CPU support.
2674 The chip-specific configuration file will normally configure its CPU(s)
2675 right after it adds all of the chip's TAPs to the scan chain.
2676
2677 Although you can set up a target in one step, it's often clearer if you
2678 use shorter commands and do it in two steps: create it, then configure
2679 optional parts.
2680 All operations on the target after it's created will use a new
2681 command, created as part of target creation.
2682
2683 The two main things to configure after target creation are
2684 a work area, which usually has target-specific defaults even
2685 if the board setup code overrides them later;
2686 and event handlers (@pxref{Target Events}), which tend
2687 to be much more board-specific.
2688 The key steps you use might look something like this
2689
2690 @example
2691 target create MyTarget cortex_m3 -chain-position mychip.cpu
2692 $MyTarget configure -work-area-phys 0x08000 -work-area-size 8096
2693 $MyTarget configure -event reset-deassert-pre @{ jtag_rclk 5 @}
2694 $MyTarget configure -event reset-init @{ myboard_reinit @}
2695 @end example
2696
2697 You should specify a working area if you can; typically it uses some
2698 on-chip SRAM.
2699 Such a working area can speed up many things, including bulk
2700 writes to target memory;
2701 flash operations like checking to see if memory needs to be erased;
2702 GDB memory checksumming;
2703 and more.
2704
2705 @quotation Warning
2706 On more complex chips, the work area can become
2707 inaccessible when application code
2708 (such as an operating system)
2709 enables or disables the MMU.
2710 For example, the particular MMU context used to acess the virtual
2711 address will probably matter ... and that context might not have
2712 easy access to other addresses needed.
2713 At this writing, OpenOCD doesn't have much MMU intelligence.
2714 @end quotation
2715
2716 It's often very useful to define a @code{reset-init} event handler.
2717 For systems that are normally used with a boot loader,
2718 common tasks include updating clocks and initializing memory
2719 controllers.
2720 That may be needed to let you write the boot loader into flash,
2721 in order to ``de-brick'' your board; or to load programs into
2722 external DDR memory without having run the boot loader.
2723
2724 @deffn Command {target create} target_name type configparams...
2725 This command creates a GDB debug target that refers to a specific JTAG tap.
2726 It enters that target into a list, and creates a new
2727 command (@command{@var{target_name}}) which is used for various
2728 purposes including additional configuration.
2729
2730 @itemize @bullet
2731 @item @var{target_name} ... is the name of the debug target.
2732 By convention this should be the same as the @emph{dotted.name}
2733 of the TAP associated with this target, which must be specified here
2734 using the @code{-chain-position @var{dotted.name}} configparam.
2735
2736 This name is also used to create the target object command,
2737 referred to here as @command{$target_name},
2738 and in other places the target needs to be identified.
2739 @item @var{type} ... specifies the target type. @xref{target types}.
2740 @item @var{configparams} ... all parameters accepted by
2741 @command{$target_name configure} are permitted.
2742 If the target is big-endian, set it here with @code{-endian big}.
2743 If the variant matters, set it here with @code{-variant}.
2744
2745 You @emph{must} set the @code{-chain-position @var{dotted.name}} here.
2746 @end itemize
2747 @end deffn
2748
2749 @deffn Command {$target_name configure} configparams...
2750 The options accepted by this command may also be
2751 specified as parameters to @command{target create}.
2752 Their values can later be queried one at a time by
2753 using the @command{$target_name cget} command.
2754
2755 @emph{Warning:} changing some of these after setup is dangerous.
2756 For example, moving a target from one TAP to another;
2757 and changing its endianness or variant.
2758
2759 @itemize @bullet
2760
2761 @item @code{-chain-position} @var{dotted.name} -- names the TAP
2762 used to access this target.
2763
2764 @item @code{-endian} (@option{big}|@option{little}) -- specifies
2765 whether the CPU uses big or little endian conventions
2766
2767 @item @code{-event} @var{event_name} @var{event_body} --
2768 @xref{Target Events}.
2769 Note that this updates a list of named event handlers.
2770 Calling this twice with two different event names assigns
2771 two different handlers, but calling it twice with the
2772 same event name assigns only one handler.
2773
2774 @item @code{-variant} @var{name} -- specifies a variant of the target,
2775 which OpenOCD needs to know about.
2776
2777 @item @code{-work-area-backup} (@option{0}|@option{1}) -- says
2778 whether the work area gets backed up; by default,
2779 @emph{it is not backed up.}
2780 When possible, use a working_area that doesn't need to be backed up,
2781 since performing a backup slows down operations.
2782 For example, the beginning of an SRAM block is likely to
2783 be used by most build systems, but the end is often unused.
2784
2785 @item @code{-work-area-size} @var{size} -- specify/set the work area
2786
2787 @item @code{-work-area-phys} @var{address} -- set the work area
2788 base @var{address} to be used when no MMU is active.
2789
2790 @item @code{-work-area-virt} @var{address} -- set the work area
2791 base @var{address} to be used when an MMU is active.
2792
2793 @end itemize
2794 @end deffn
2795
2796 @section Other $target_name Commands
2797 @cindex object command
2798
2799 The Tcl/Tk language has the concept of object commands,
2800 and OpenOCD adopts that same model for targets.
2801
2802 A good Tk example is a on screen button.
2803 Once a button is created a button
2804 has a name (a path in Tk terms) and that name is useable as a first
2805 class command. For example in Tk, one can create a button and later
2806 configure it like this:
2807
2808 @example
2809 # Create
2810 button .foobar -background red -command @{ foo @}
2811 # Modify
2812 .foobar configure -foreground blue
2813 # Query
2814 set x [.foobar cget -background]
2815 # Report
2816 puts [format "The button is %s" $x]
2817 @end example
2818
2819 In OpenOCD's terms, the ``target'' is an object just like a Tcl/Tk
2820 button, and its object commands are invoked the same way.
2821
2822 @example
2823 str912.cpu mww 0x1234 0x42
2824 omap3530.cpu mww 0x5555 123
2825 @end example
2826
2827 The commands supported by OpenOCD target objects are:
2828
2829 @deffn Command {$target_name arp_examine}
2830 @deffnx Command {$target_name arp_halt}
2831 @deffnx Command {$target_name arp_poll}
2832 @deffnx Command {$target_name arp_reset}
2833 @deffnx Command {$target_name arp_waitstate}
2834 Internal OpenOCD scripts (most notably @file{startup.tcl})
2835 use these to deal with specific reset cases.
2836 They are not otherwise documented here.
2837 @end deffn
2838
2839 @deffn Command {$target_name array2mem} arrayname width address count
2840 @deffnx Command {$target_name mem2array} arrayname width address count
2841 These provide an efficient script-oriented interface to memory.
2842 The @code{array2mem} primitive writes bytes, halfwords, or words;
2843 while @code{mem2array} reads them.
2844 In both cases, the TCL side uses an array, and
2845 the target side uses raw memory.
2846
2847 The efficiency comes from enabling the use of
2848 bulk JTAG data transfer operations.
2849 The script orientation comes from working with data
2850 values that are packaged for use by TCL scripts;
2851 @command{mdw} type primitives only print data they retrieve,
2852 and neither store nor return those values.
2853
2854 @itemize
2855 @item @var{arrayname} ... is the name of an array variable
2856 @item @var{width} ... is 8/16/32 - indicating the memory access size
2857 @item @var{address} ... is the target memory address
2858 @item @var{count} ... is the number of elements to process
2859 @end itemize
2860 @end deffn
2861
2862 @deffn Command {$target_name cget} queryparm
2863 Each configuration parameter accepted by
2864 @command{$target_name configure}
2865 can be individually queried, to return its current value.
2866 The @var{queryparm} is a parameter name
2867 accepted by that command, such as @code{-work-area-phys}.
2868 There are a few special cases:
2869
2870 @itemize @bullet
2871 @item @code{-event} @var{event_name} -- returns the handler for the
2872 event named @var{event_name}.
2873 This is a special case because setting a handler requires
2874 two parameters.
2875 @item @code{-type} -- returns the target type.
2876 This is a special case because this is set using
2877 @command{target create} and can't be changed
2878 using @command{$target_name configure}.
2879 @end itemize
2880
2881 For example, if you wanted to summarize information about
2882 all the targets you might use something like this:
2883
2884 @example
2885 foreach name [target names] @{
2886 set y [$name cget -endian]
2887 set z [$name cget -type]
2888 puts [format "Chip %d is %s, Endian: %s, type: %s" \
2889 $x $name $y $z]
2890 @}
2891 @end example
2892 @end deffn
2893
2894 @anchor{target curstate}
2895 @deffn Command {$target_name curstate}
2896 Displays the current target state:
2897 @code{debug-running},
2898 @code{halted},
2899 @code{reset},
2900 @code{running}, or @code{unknown}.
2901 (Also, @pxref{Event Polling}.)
2902 @end deffn
2903
2904 @deffn Command {$target_name eventlist}
2905 Displays a table listing all event handlers
2906 currently associated with this target.
2907 @xref{Target Events}.
2908 @end deffn
2909
2910 @deffn Command {$target_name invoke-event} event_name
2911 Invokes the handler for the event named @var{event_name}.
2912 (This is primarily intended for use by OpenOCD framework
2913 code, for example by the reset code in @file{startup.tcl}.)
2914 @end deffn
2915
2916 @deffn Command {$target_name mdw} addr [count]
2917 @deffnx Command {$target_name mdh} addr [count]
2918 @deffnx Command {$target_name mdb} addr [count]
2919 Display contents of address @var{addr}, as
2920 32-bit words (@command{mdw}), 16-bit halfwords (@command{mdh}),
2921 or 8-bit bytes (@command{mdb}).
2922 If @var{count} is specified, displays that many units.
2923 (If you want to manipulate the data instead of displaying it,
2924 see the @code{mem2array} primitives.)
2925 @end deffn
2926
2927 @deffn Command {$target_name mww} addr word
2928 @deffnx Command {$target_name mwh} addr halfword
2929 @deffnx Command {$target_name mwb} addr byte
2930 Writes the specified @var{word} (32 bits),
2931 @var{halfword} (16 bits), or @var{byte} (8-bit) pattern,
2932 at the specified address @var{addr}.
2933 @end deffn
2934
2935 @anchor{Target Events}
2936 @section Target Events
2937 @cindex target events
2938 @cindex events
2939 At various times, certain things can happen, or you want them to happen.
2940 For example:
2941 @itemize @bullet
2942 @item What should happen when GDB connects? Should your target reset?
2943 @item When GDB tries to flash the target, do you need to enable the flash via a special command?
2944 @item During reset, do you need to write to certain memory locations
2945 to set up system clocks or
2946 to reconfigure the SDRAM?
2947 @end itemize
2948
2949 All of the above items can be addressed by target event handlers.
2950 These are set up by @command{$target_name configure -event} or
2951 @command{target create ... -event}.
2952
2953 The programmer's model matches the @code{-command} option used in Tcl/Tk
2954 buttons and events. The two examples below act the same, but one creates
2955 and invokes a small procedure while the other inlines it.
2956
2957 @example
2958 proc my_attach_proc @{ @} @{
2959 echo "Reset..."
2960 reset halt
2961 @}
2962 mychip.cpu configure -event gdb-attach my_attach_proc
2963 mychip.cpu configure -event gdb-attach @{
2964 echo "Reset..."
2965 reset halt
2966 @}
2967 @end example
2968
2969 The following target events are defined:
2970
2971 @itemize @bullet
2972 @item @b{debug-halted}
2973 @* The target has halted for debug reasons (i.e.: breakpoint)
2974 @item @b{debug-resumed}
2975 @* The target has resumed (i.e.: gdb said run)
2976 @item @b{early-halted}
2977 @* Occurs early in the halt process
2978 @ignore
2979 @item @b{examine-end}
2980 @* Currently not used (goal: when JTAG examine completes)
2981 @item @b{examine-start}
2982 @* Currently not used (goal: when JTAG examine starts)
2983 @end ignore
2984 @item @b{gdb-attach}
2985 @* When GDB connects
2986 @item @b{gdb-detach}
2987 @* When GDB disconnects
2988 @item @b{gdb-end}
2989 @* When the target has halted and GDB is not doing anything (see early halt)
2990 @item @b{gdb-flash-erase-start}
2991 @* Before the GDB flash process tries to erase the flash
2992 @item @b{gdb-flash-erase-end}
2993 @* After the GDB flash process has finished erasing the flash
2994 @item @b{gdb-flash-write-start}
2995 @* Before GDB writes to the flash
2996 @item @b{gdb-flash-write-end}
2997 @* After GDB writes to the flash
2998 @item @b{gdb-start}
2999 @* Before the target steps, gdb is trying to start/resume the target
3000 @item @b{halted}
3001 @* The target has halted
3002 @ignore
3003 @item @b{old-gdb_program_config}
3004 @* DO NOT USE THIS: Used internally
3005 @item @b{old-pre_resume}
3006 @* DO NOT USE THIS: Used internally
3007 @end ignore
3008 @item @b{reset-assert-pre}
3009 @* Issued as part of @command{reset} processing
3010 after SRST and/or TRST were activated and deactivated,
3011 but before SRST alone is re-asserted on the tap.
3012 @item @b{reset-assert-post}
3013 @* Issued as part of @command{reset} processing
3014 when SRST is asserted on the tap.
3015 @item @b{reset-deassert-pre}
3016 @* Issued as part of @command{reset} processing
3017 when SRST is about to be released on the tap.
3018 @item @b{reset-deassert-post}
3019 @* Issued as part of @command{reset} processing
3020 when SRST has been released on the tap.
3021 @item @b{reset-end}
3022 @* Issued as the final step in @command{reset} processing.
3023 @ignore
3024 @item @b{reset-halt-post}
3025 @* Currently not used
3026 @item @b{reset-halt-pre}
3027 @* Currently not used
3028 @end ignore
3029 @item @b{reset-init}
3030 @* Used by @b{reset init} command for board-specific initialization.
3031 This event fires after @emph{reset-deassert-post}.
3032
3033 This is where you would configure PLLs and clocking, set up DRAM so
3034 you can download programs that don't fit in on-chip SRAM, set up pin
3035 multiplexing, and so on.
3036 (You may be able to switch to a fast JTAG clock rate here, after
3037 the target clocks are fully set up.)
3038 @item @b{reset-start}
3039 @* Issued as part of @command{reset} processing
3040 before either SRST or TRST are activated.
3041
3042 This is the most robust place to switch to a low JTAG clock rate, if
3043 SRST disables PLLs needed to use a fast clock.
3044 @ignore
3045 @item @b{reset-wait-pos}
3046 @* Currently not used
3047 @item @b{reset-wait-pre}
3048 @* Currently not used
3049 @end ignore
3050 @item @b{resume-start}
3051 @* Before any target is resumed
3052 @item @b{resume-end}
3053 @* After all targets have resumed
3054 @item @b{resume-ok}
3055 @* Success
3056 @item @b{resumed}
3057 @* Target has resumed
3058 @end itemize
3059
3060
3061 @node Flash Commands
3062 @chapter Flash Commands
3063
3064 OpenOCD has different commands for NOR and NAND flash;
3065 the ``flash'' command works with NOR flash, while
3066 the ``nand'' command works with NAND flash.
3067 This partially reflects different hardware technologies:
3068 NOR flash usually supports direct CPU instruction and data bus access,
3069 while data from a NAND flash must be copied to memory before it can be
3070 used. (SPI flash must also be copied to memory before use.)
3071 However, the documentation also uses ``flash'' as a generic term;
3072 for example, ``Put flash configuration in board-specific files''.
3073
3074 Flash Steps:
3075 @enumerate
3076 @item Configure via the command @command{flash bank}
3077 @* Do this in a board-specific configuration file,
3078 passing parameters as needed by the driver.
3079 @item Operate on the flash via @command{flash subcommand}
3080 @* Often commands to manipulate the flash are typed by a human, or run
3081 via a script in some automated way. Common tasks include writing a
3082 boot loader, operating system, or other data.
3083 @item GDB Flashing
3084 @* Flashing via GDB requires the flash be configured via ``flash
3085 bank'', and the GDB flash features be enabled.
3086 @xref{GDB Configuration}.
3087 @end enumerate
3088
3089 Many CPUs have the ablity to ``boot'' from the first flash bank.
3090 This means that misprogramming that bank can ``brick'' a system,
3091 so that it can't boot.
3092 JTAG tools, like OpenOCD, are often then used to ``de-brick'' the
3093 board by (re)installing working boot firmware.
3094
3095 @anchor{NOR Configuration}
3096 @section Flash Configuration Commands
3097 @cindex flash configuration
3098
3099 @deffn {Config Command} {flash bank} driver base size chip_width bus_width target [driver_options]
3100 Configures a flash bank which provides persistent storage
3101 for addresses from @math{base} to @math{base + size - 1}.
3102 These banks will often be visible to GDB through the target's memory map.
3103 In some cases, configuring a flash bank will activate extra commands;
3104 see the driver-specific documentation.
3105
3106 @itemize @bullet
3107 @item @var{driver} ... identifies the controller driver
3108 associated with the flash bank being declared.
3109 This is usually @code{cfi} for external flash, or else
3110 the name of a microcontroller with embedded flash memory.
3111 @xref{Flash Driver List}.
3112 @item @var{base} ... Base address of the flash chip.
3113 @item @var{size} ... Size of the chip, in bytes.
3114 For some drivers, this value is detected from the hardware.
3115 @item @var{chip_width} ... Width of the flash chip, in bytes;
3116 ignored for most microcontroller drivers.
3117 @item @var{bus_width} ... Width of the data bus used to access the
3118 chip, in bytes; ignored for most microcontroller drivers.
3119 @item @var{target} ... Names the target used to issue
3120 commands to the flash controller.
3121 @comment Actually, it's currently a controller-specific parameter...
3122 @item @var{driver_options} ... drivers may support, or require,
3123 additional parameters. See the driver-specific documentation
3124 for more information.
3125 @end itemize
3126 @quotation Note
3127 This command is not available after OpenOCD initialization has completed.
3128 Use it in board specific configuration files, not interactively.
3129 @end quotation
3130 @end deffn
3131
3132 @comment the REAL name for this command is "ocd_flash_banks"
3133 @comment less confusing would be: "flash list" (like "nand list")
3134 @deffn Command {flash banks}
3135 Prints a one-line summary of each device declared
3136 using @command{flash bank}, numbered from zero.
3137 Note that this is the @emph{plural} form;
3138 the @emph{singular} form is a very different command.
3139 @end deffn
3140
3141 @deffn Command {flash probe} num
3142 Identify the flash, or validate the parameters of the configured flash. Operation
3143 depends on the flash type.
3144 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3145 Most flash commands will implicitly @emph{autoprobe} the bank;
3146 flash drivers can distinguish between probing and autoprobing,
3147 but most don't bother.
3148 @end deffn
3149
3150 @section Erasing, Reading, Writing to Flash
3151 @cindex flash erasing
3152 @cindex flash reading
3153 @cindex flash writing
3154 @cindex flash programming
3155
3156 One feature distinguishing NOR flash from NAND or serial flash technologies
3157 is that for read access, it acts exactly like any other addressible memory.
3158 This means you can use normal memory read commands like @command{mdw} or
3159 @command{dump_image} with it, with no special @command{flash} subcommands.
3160 @xref{Memory access}, and @ref{Image access}.
3161
3162 Write access works differently. Flash memory normally needs to be erased
3163 before it's written. Erasing a sector turns all of its bits to ones, and
3164 writing can turn ones into zeroes. This is why there are special commands
3165 for interactive erasing and writing, and why GDB needs to know which parts
3166 of the address space hold NOR flash memory.
3167
3168 @quotation Note
3169 Most of these erase and write commands leverage the fact that NOR flash
3170 chips consume target address space. They implicitly refer to the current
3171 JTAG target, and map from an address in that target's address space
3172 back to a flash bank.
3173 @comment In May 2009, those mappings may fail if any bank associated
3174 @comment with that target doesn't succesfuly autoprobe ... bug worth fixing?
3175 A few commands use abstract addressing based on bank and sector numbers,
3176 and don't depend on searching the current target and its address space.
3177 Avoid confusing the two command models.
3178 @end quotation
3179
3180 Some flash chips implement software protection against accidental writes,
3181 since such buggy writes could in some cases ``brick'' a system.
3182 For such systems, erasing and writing may require sector protection to be
3183 disabled first.
3184 Examples include CFI flash such as ``Intel Advanced Bootblock flash'',
3185 and AT91SAM7 on-chip flash.
3186 @xref{flash protect}.
3187
3188 @anchor{flash erase_sector}
3189 @deffn Command {flash erase_sector} num first last
3190 Erase sectors in bank @var{num}, starting at sector @var{first} up to and including
3191 @var{last}. Sector numbering starts at 0.
3192 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3193 @end deffn
3194
3195 @deffn Command {flash erase_address} address length
3196 Erase sectors starting at @var{address} for @var{length} bytes.
3197 The flash bank to use is inferred from the @var{address}, and
3198 the specified length must stay within that bank.
3199 As a special case, when @var{length} is zero and @var{address} is
3200 the start of the bank, the whole flash is erased.
3201 @end deffn
3202
3203 @deffn Command {flash fillw} address word length
3204 @deffnx Command {flash fillh} address halfword length
3205 @deffnx Command {flash fillb} address byte length
3206 Fills flash memory with the specified @var{word} (32 bits),
3207 @var{halfword} (16 bits), or @var{byte} (8-bit) pattern,
3208 starting at @var{address} and continuing
3209 for @var{length} units (word/halfword/byte).
3210 No erasure is done before writing; when needed, that must be done
3211 before issuing this command.
3212 Writes are done in blocks of up to 1024 bytes, and each write is
3213 verified by reading back the data and comparing it to what was written.
3214 The flash bank to use is inferred from the @var{address} of
3215 each block, and the specified length must stay within that bank.
3216 @end deffn
3217 @comment no current checks for errors if fill blocks touch multiple banks!
3218
3219 @anchor{flash write_bank}
3220 @deffn Command {flash write_bank} num filename offset
3221 Write the binary @file{filename} to flash bank @var{num},
3222 starting at @var{offset} bytes from the beginning of the bank.
3223 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3224 @end deffn
3225
3226 @anchor{flash write_image}
3227 @deffn Command {flash write_image} [erase] filename [offset] [type]
3228 Write the image @file{filename} to the current target's flash bank(s).
3229 A relocation @var{offset} may be specified, in which case it is added
3230 to the base address for each section in the image.
3231 The file [@var{type}] can be specified
3232 explicitly as @option{bin} (binary), @option{ihex} (Intel hex),
3233 @option{elf} (ELF file), @option{s19} (Motorola s19).
3234 @option{mem}, or @option{builder}.
3235 The relevant flash sectors will be erased prior to programming
3236 if the @option{erase} parameter is given.
3237 The flash bank to use is inferred from the @var{address} of
3238 each image segment.
3239 @end deffn
3240
3241 @section Other Flash commands
3242 @cindex flash protection
3243
3244 @deffn Command {flash erase_check} num
3245 Check erase state of sectors in flash bank @var{num},
3246 and display that status.
3247 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3248 This is the only operation that
3249 updates the erase state information displayed by @option{flash info}. That means you have
3250 to issue an @command{flash erase_check} command after erasing or programming the device
3251 to get updated information.
3252 (Code execution may have invalidated any state records kept by OpenOCD.)
3253 @end deffn
3254
3255 @deffn Command {flash info} num
3256 Print info about flash bank @var{num}
3257 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3258 The information includes per-sector protect status.
3259 @end deffn
3260
3261 @anchor{flash protect}
3262 @deffn Command {flash protect} num first last (on|off)
3263 Enable (@var{on}) or disable (@var{off}) protection of flash sectors
3264 @var{first} to @var{last} of flash bank @var{num}.
3265 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3266 @end deffn
3267
3268 @deffn Command {flash protect_check} num
3269 Check protection state of sectors in flash bank @var{num}.
3270 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3271 @comment @option{flash erase_sector} using the same syntax.
3272 @end deffn
3273
3274 @anchor{Flash Driver List}
3275 @section Flash Drivers, Options, and Commands
3276 As noted above, the @command{flash bank} command requires a driver name,
3277 and allows driver-specific options and behaviors.
3278 Some drivers also activate driver-specific commands.
3279
3280 @subsection External Flash
3281
3282 @deffn {Flash Driver} cfi
3283 @cindex Common Flash Interface
3284 @cindex CFI
3285 The ``Common Flash Interface'' (CFI) is the main standard for
3286 external NOR flash chips, each of which connects to a
3287 specific external chip select on the CPU.
3288 Frequently the first such chip is used to boot the system.
3289 Your board's @code{reset-init} handler might need to
3290 configure additional chip selects using other commands (like: @command{mww} to
3291 configure a bus and its timings) , or
3292 perhaps configure a GPIO pin that controls the ``write protect'' pin
3293 on the flash chip.
3294 The CFI driver can use a target-specific working area to significantly
3295 speed up operation.
3296
3297 The CFI driver can accept the following optional parameters, in any order:
3298
3299 @itemize
3300 @item @var{jedec_probe} ... is used to detect certain non-CFI flash ROMs,
3301 like AM29LV010 and similar types.
3302 @item @var{x16_as_x8} ... when a 16-bit flash is hooked up to an 8-bit bus.
3303 @end itemize
3304
3305 To configure two adjacent banks of 16 MBytes each, both sixteen bits (two bytes)
3306 wide on a sixteen bit bus:
3307
3308 @example
3309 flash bank cfi 0x00000000 0x01000000 2 2 $_TARGETNAME
3310 flash bank cfi 0x01000000 0x01000000 2 2 $_TARGETNAME
3311 @end example
3312 @c "cfi part_id" disabled
3313 @end deffn
3314
3315 @subsection Internal Flash (Microcontrollers)
3316
3317 @deffn {Flash Driver} aduc702x
3318 The ADUC702x analog microcontrollers from Analog Devices
3319 include internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores.
3320 The aduc702x flash driver works with models ADUC7019 through ADUC7028.
3321 The setup command only requires the @var{target} argument
3322 since all devices in this family have the same memory layout.
3323
3324 @example
3325 flash bank aduc702x 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3326 @end example
3327 @end deffn
3328
3329 @deffn {Flash Driver} at91sam3
3330 @cindex at91sam3
3331 All members of the AT91SAM3 microcontroller family from
3332 Atmel include internal flash and use ARM's Cortex-M3 core. The driver
3333 currently (6/22/09) recognizes the AT91SAM3U[1/2/4][C/E] chips. Note
3334 that the driver was orginaly developed and tested using the
3335 AT91SAM3U4E, using a SAM3U-EK eval board. Support for other chips in
3336 the family was cribbed from the data sheet. @emph{Note to future
3337 readers/updaters: Please remove this worrysome comment after other
3338 chips are confirmed.}
3339
3340 The AT91SAM3U4[E/C] (256K) chips have two flash banks; most other chips
3341 have one flash bank. In all cases the flash banks are at
3342 the following fixed locations:
3343
3344 @example
3345 # Flash bank 0 - all chips
3346 flash bank at91sam3 0x00080000 0 1 1 $_TARGETNAME
3347 # Flash bank 1 - only 256K chips
3348 flash bank at91sam3 0x00100000 0 1 1 $_TARGETNAME
3349 @end example
3350
3351 Internally, the AT91SAM3 flash memory is organized as follows.
3352 Unlike the AT91SAM7 chips, these are not used as parameters
3353 to the @command{flash bank} command:
3354
3355 @itemize
3356 @item @emph{N-Banks:} 256K chips have 2 banks, others have 1 bank.
3357 @item @emph{Bank Size:} 128K/64K Per flash bank
3358 @item @emph{Sectors:} 16 or 8 per bank
3359 @item @emph{SectorSize:} 8K Per Sector
3360 @item @emph{PageSize:} 256 bytes per page. Note that OpenOCD operates on 'sector' sizes, not page sizes.
3361 @end itemize
3362
3363 The AT91SAM3 driver adds some additional commands:
3364
3365 @deffn Command {at91sam3 gpnvm}
3366 @deffnx Command {at91sam3 gpnvm clear} number
3367 @deffnx Command {at91sam3 gpnvm set} number
3368 @deffnx Command {at91sam3 gpnvm show} [@option{all}|number]
3369 With no parameters, @command{show} or @command{show all},
3370 shows the status of all GPNVM bits.
3371 With @command{show} @var{number}, displays that bit.
3372
3373 With @command{set} @var{number} or @command{clear} @var{number},
3374 modifies that GPNVM bit.
3375 @end deffn
3376
3377 @deffn Command {at91sam3 info}
3378 This command attempts to display information about the AT91SAM3
3379 chip. @emph{First} it read the @code{CHIPID_CIDR} [address 0x400e0740, see
3380 Section 28.2.1, page 505 of the AT91SAM3U 29/may/2009 datasheet,
3381 document id: doc6430A] and decodes the values. @emph{Second} it reads the
3382 various clock configuration registers and attempts to display how it
3383 believes the chip is configured. By default, the SLOWCLK is assumed to
3384 be 32768 Hz, see the command @command{at91sam3 slowclk}.
3385 @end deffn
3386
3387 @deffn Command {at91sam3 slowclk} [value]
3388 This command shows/sets the slow clock frequency used in the
3389 @command{at91sam3 info} command calculations above.
3390 @end deffn
3391 @end deffn
3392
3393 @deffn {Flash Driver} at91sam7
3394 All members of the AT91SAM7 microcontroller family from Atmel include
3395 internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores. The driver automatically
3396 recognizes a number of these chips using the chip identification
3397 register, and autoconfigures itself.
3398
3399 @example
3400 flash bank at91sam7 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3401 @end example
3402
3403 For chips which are not recognized by the controller driver, you must
3404 provide additional parameters in the following order:
3405
3406 @itemize
3407 @item @var{chip_model} ... label used with @command{flash info}
3408 @item @var{banks}
3409 @item @var{sectors_per_bank}
3410 @item @var{pages_per_sector}
3411 @item @var{pages_size}
3412 @item @var{num_nvm_bits}
3413 @item @var{freq_khz} ... required if an external clock is provided,
3414 optional (but recommended) when the oscillator frequency is known
3415 @end itemize
3416
3417 It is recommended that you provide zeroes for all of those values
3418 except the clock frequency, so that everything except that frequency
3419 will be autoconfigured.
3420 Knowing the frequency helps ensure correct timings for flash access.
3421
3422 The flash controller handles erases automatically on a page (128/256 byte)
3423 basis, so explicit erase commands are not necessary for flash programming.
3424 However, there is an ``EraseAll`` command that can erase an entire flash
3425 plane (of up to 256KB), and it will be used automatically when you issue
3426 @command{flash erase_sector} or @command{flash erase_address} commands.
3427
3428 @deffn Command {at91sam7 gpnvm} bitnum (@option{set}|@option{clear})
3429 Set or clear a ``General Purpose Non-Volatle Memory'' (GPNVM)
3430 bit for the processor. Each processor has a number of such bits,
3431 used for controlling features such as brownout detection (so they
3432 are not truly general purpose).
3433 @quotation Note
3434 This assumes that the first flash bank (number 0) is associated with
3435 the appropriate at91sam7 target.
3436 @end quotation
3437 @end deffn
3438 @end deffn
3439
3440 @deffn {Flash Driver} avr
3441 The AVR 8-bit microcontrollers from Atmel integrate flash memory.
3442 @emph{The current implementation is incomplete.}
3443 @comment - defines mass_erase ... pointless given flash_erase_address
3444 @end deffn
3445
3446 @deffn {Flash Driver} ecosflash
3447 @emph{No idea what this is...}
3448 The @var{ecosflash} driver defines one mandatory parameter,
3449 the name of a modules of target code which is downloaded
3450 and executed.
3451 @end deffn
3452
3453 @deffn {Flash Driver} lpc2000
3454 Most members of the LPC1700 and LPC2000 microcontroller families from NXP
3455 include internal flash and use Cortex-M3 (LPC1700) or ARM7TDMI (LPC2000) cores.
3456
3457 @quotation Note
3458 There are LPC2000 devices which are not supported by the @var{lpc2000}
3459 driver:
3460 The LPC2888 is supported by the @var{lpc288x} driver.
3461 The LPC29xx family is supported by the @var{lpc2900} driver.
3462 @end quotation
3463
3464 The @var{lpc2000} driver defines two mandatory and one optional parameters,
3465 which must appear in the following order:
3466
3467 @itemize
3468 @item @var{variant} ... required, may be
3469 @var{lpc2000_v1} (older LPC21xx and LPC22xx)
3470 @var{lpc2000_v2} (LPC213x, LPC214x, LPC210[123], LPC23xx and LPC24xx)
3471 or @var{lpc1700} (LPC175x and LPC176x)
3472 @item @var{clock_kHz} ... the frequency, in kiloHertz,
3473 at which the core is running
3474 @item @var{calc_checksum} ... optional (but you probably want to provide this!),
3475 telling the driver to calculate a valid checksum for the exception vector table.
3476 @end itemize
3477
3478 LPC flashes don't require the chip and bus width to be specified.
3479
3480 @example
3481 flash bank lpc2000 0x0 0x7d000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME \
3482 lpc2000_v2 14765 calc_checksum
3483 @end example
3484
3485 @deffn {Command} {lpc2000 part_id} bank
3486 Displays the four byte part identifier associated with
3487 the specified flash @var{bank}.
3488 @end deffn
3489 @end deffn
3490
3491 @deffn {Flash Driver} lpc288x
3492 The LPC2888 microcontroller from NXP needs slightly different flash
3493 support from its lpc2000 siblings.
3494 The @var{lpc288x} driver defines one mandatory parameter,
3495 the programming clock rate in Hz.
3496 LPC flashes don't require the chip and bus width to be specified.
3497
3498 @example
3499 flash bank lpc288x 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME 12000000
3500 @end example
3501 @end deffn
3502
3503 @deffn {Flash Driver} lpc2900
3504 This driver supports the LPC29xx ARM968E based microcontroller family
3505 from NXP.
3506
3507 The predefined parameters @var{base}, @var{size}, @var{chip_width} and
3508 @var{bus_width} of the @code{flash bank} command are ignored. Flash size and
3509 sector layout are auto-configured by the driver.
3510 The driver has one additional mandatory parameter: The CPU clock rate
3511 (in kHz) at the time the flash operations will take place. Most of the time this
3512 will not be the crystal frequency, but a higher PLL frequency. The
3513 @code{reset-init} event handler in the board script is usually the place where
3514 you start the PLL.
3515
3516 The driver rejects flashless devices (currently the LPC2930).
3517
3518 The EEPROM in LPC2900 devices is not mapped directly into the address space.
3519 It must be handled much more like NAND flash memory, and will therefore be
3520 handled by a separate @code{lpc2900_eeprom} driver (not yet available).
3521
3522 Sector protection in terms of the LPC2900 is handled transparently. Every time a
3523 sector needs to be erased or programmed, it is automatically unprotected.
3524 What is shown as protection status in the @code{flash info} command, is
3525 actually the LPC2900 @emph{sector security}. This is a mechanism to prevent a
3526 sector from ever being erased or programmed again. As this is an irreversible
3527 mechanism, it is handled by a special command (@code{lpc2900 secure_sector}),
3528 and not by the standard @code{flash protect} command.
3529
3530 Example for a 125 MHz clock frequency:
3531 @example
3532 flash bank lpc2900 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME 125000
3533 @end example
3534
3535 Some @code{lpc2900}-specific commands are defined. In the following command list,
3536 the @var{bank} parameter is the bank number as obtained by the
3537 @code{flash banks} command.
3538
3539 @deffn Command {lpc2900 signature} bank
3540 Calculates a 128-bit hash value, the @emph{signature}, from the whole flash
3541 content. This is a hardware feature of the flash block, hence the calculation is
3542 very fast. You may use this to verify the content of a programmed device against
3543 a known signature.
3544 Example:
3545 @example
3546 lpc2900 signature 0
3547 signature: 0x5f40cdc8:0xc64e592e:0x10490f89:0x32a0f317
3548 @end example
3549 @end deffn
3550
3551 @deffn Command {lpc2900 read_custom} bank filename
3552 Reads the 912 bytes of customer information from the flash index sector, and
3553 saves it to a file in binary format.
3554 Example:
3555 @example
3556 lpc2900 read_custom 0 /path_to/customer_info.bin
3557 @end example
3558 @end deffn
3559
3560 The index sector of the flash is a @emph{write-only} sector. It cannot be
3561 erased! In order to guard against unintentional write access, all following
3562 commands need to be preceeded by a successful call to the @code{password}
3563 command:
3564
3565 @deffn Command {lpc2900 password} bank password
3566 You need to use this command right before each of the following commands:
3567 @code{lpc2900 write_custom}, @code{lpc2900 secure_sector},
3568 @code{lpc2900 secure_jtag}.
3569
3570 The password string is fixed to "I_know_what_I_am_doing".
3571 Example:
3572 @example
3573 lpc2900 password 0 I_know_what_I_am_doing
3574 Potentially dangerous operation allowed in next command!
3575 @end example
3576 @end deffn
3577
3578 @deffn Command {lpc2900 write_custom} bank filename type
3579 Writes the content of the file into the customer info space of the flash index
3580 sector. The filetype can be specified with the @var{type} field. Possible values
3581 for @var{type} are: @var{bin} (binary), @var{ihex} (Intel hex format),
3582 @var{elf} (ELF binary) or @var{s19} (Motorola S-records). The file must
3583 contain a single section, and the contained data length must be exactly
3584 912 bytes.
3585 @quotation Attention
3586 This cannot be reverted! Be careful!
3587 @end quotation
3588 Example:
3589 @example
3590 lpc2900 write_custom 0 /path_to/customer_info.bin bin
3591 @end example
3592 @end deffn
3593
3594 @deffn Command {lpc2900 secure_sector} bank first last
3595 Secures the sector range from @var{first} to @var{last} (including) against
3596 further program and erase operations. The sector security will be effective
3597 after the next power cycle.
3598 @quotation Attention
3599 This cannot be reverted! Be careful!
3600 @end quotation
3601 Secured sectors appear as @emph{protected} in the @code{flash info} command.
3602 Example:
3603 @example
3604 lpc2900 secure_sector 0 1 1
3605 flash info 0
3606 #0 : lpc2900 at 0x20000000, size 0x000c0000, (...)
3607 # 0: 0x00000000 (0x2000 8kB) not protected
3608 # 1: 0x00002000 (0x2000 8kB) protected
3609 # 2: 0x00004000 (0x2000 8kB) not protected
3610 @end example
3611 @end deffn
3612
3613 @deffn Command {lpc2900 secure_jtag} bank
3614 Irreversibly disable the JTAG port. The new JTAG security setting will be
3615 effective after the next power cycle.
3616 @quotation Attention
3617 This cannot be reverted! Be careful!
3618 @end quotation
3619 Examples:
3620 @example
3621 lpc2900 secure_jtag 0
3622 @end example
3623 @end deffn
3624 @end deffn
3625
3626 @deffn {Flash Driver} ocl
3627 @emph{No idea what this is, other than using some arm7/arm9 core.}
3628
3629 @example
3630 flash bank ocl 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3631 @end example
3632 @end deffn
3633
3634 @deffn {Flash Driver} pic32mx
3635 The PIC32MX microcontrollers are based on the MIPS 4K cores,
3636 and integrate flash memory.
3637 @emph{The current implementation is incomplete.}
3638
3639 @example
3640 flash bank pix32mx 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3641 @end example
3642
3643 @comment numerous *disabled* commands are defined:
3644 @comment - chip_erase ... pointless given flash_erase_address
3645 @comment - lock, unlock ... pointless given protect on/off (yes?)
3646 @comment - pgm_word ... shouldn't bank be deduced from address??
3647 Some pic32mx-specific commands are defined:
3648 @deffn Command {pic32mx pgm_word} address value bank
3649 Programs the specified 32-bit @var{value} at the given @var{address}
3650 in the specified chip @var{bank}.
3651 @end deffn
3652 @end deffn
3653
3654 @deffn {Flash Driver} stellaris
3655 All members of the Stellaris LM3Sxxx microcontroller family from
3656 Texas Instruments
3657 include internal flash and use ARM Cortex M3 cores.
3658 The driver automatically recognizes a number of these chips using
3659 the chip identification register, and autoconfigures itself.
3660 @footnote{Currently there is a @command{stellaris mass_erase} command.
3661 That seems pointless since the same effect can be had using the
3662 standard @command{flash erase_address} command.}
3663
3664 @example
3665 flash bank stellaris 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3666 @end example
3667 @end deffn
3668
3669 @deffn {Flash Driver} stm32x
3670 All members of the STM32 microcontroller family from ST Microelectronics
3671 include internal flash and use ARM Cortex M3 cores.
3672 The driver automatically recognizes a number of these chips using
3673 the chip identification register, and autoconfigures itself.
3674
3675 @example
3676 flash bank stm32x 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3677 @end example
3678
3679 Some stm32x-specific commands
3680 @footnote{Currently there is a @command{stm32x mass_erase} command.
3681 That seems pointless since the same effect can be had using the
3682 standard @command{flash erase_address} command.}
3683 are defined:
3684
3685 @deffn Command {stm32x lock} num
3686 Locks the entire stm32 device.
3687 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3688 @end deffn
3689
3690 @deffn Command {stm32x unlock} num
3691 Unlocks the entire stm32 device.
3692 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3693 @end deffn
3694
3695 @deffn Command {stm32x options_read} num
3696 Read and display the stm32 option bytes written by
3697 the @command{stm32x options_write} command.
3698 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3699 @end deffn
3700
3701 @deffn Command {stm32x options_write} num (@option{SWWDG}|@option{HWWDG}) (@option{RSTSTNDBY}|@option{NORSTSTNDBY}) (@option{RSTSTOP}|@option{NORSTSTOP})
3702 Writes the stm32 option byte with the specified values.
3703 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3704 @end deffn
3705 @end deffn
3706
3707 @deffn {Flash Driver} str7x
3708 All members of the STR7 microcontroller family from ST Microelectronics
3709 include internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores.
3710 The @var{str7x} driver defines one mandatory parameter, @var{variant},
3711 which is either @code{STR71x}, @code{STR73x} or @code{STR75x}.
3712
3713 @example
3714 flash bank str7x 0x40000000 0x00040000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME STR71x
3715 @end example
3716
3717 @deffn Command {str7x disable_jtag} bank
3718 Activate the Debug/Readout protection mechanism
3719 for the specified flash bank.
3720 @end deffn
3721 @end deffn
3722
3723 @deffn {Flash Driver} str9x
3724 Most members of the STR9 microcontroller family from ST Microelectronics
3725 include internal flash and use ARM966E cores.
3726 The str9 needs the flash controller to be configured using
3727 the @command{str9x flash_config} command prior to Flash programming.
3728
3729 @example
3730 flash bank str9x 0x40000000 0x00040000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
3731 str9x flash_config 0 4 2 0 0x80000
3732 @end example
3733
3734 @deffn Command {str9x flash_config} num bbsr nbbsr bbadr nbbadr
3735 Configures the str9 flash controller.
3736 The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
3737
3738 @itemize @bullet
3739 @item @var{bbsr} - Boot Bank Size register
3740 @item @var{nbbsr} - Non Boot Bank Size register
3741 @item @var{bbadr} - Boot Bank Start Address register
3742 @item @var{nbbadr} - Boot Bank Start Address register
3743 @end itemize
3744 @end deffn
3745
3746 @end deffn
3747
3748 @deffn {Flash Driver} tms470
3749 Most members of the TMS470 microcontroller family from Texas Instruments
3750 include internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores.
3751 This driver doesn't require the chip and bus width to be specified.
3752
3753 Some tms470-specific commands are defined:
3754
3755 @deffn Command {tms470 flash_keyset} key0 key1 key2 key3
3756 Saves programming keys in a register, to enable flash erase and write commands.
3757 @end deffn
3758
3759 @deffn Command {tms470 osc_mhz} clock_mhz
3760 Reports the clock speed, which is used to calculate timings.
3761 @end deffn
3762
3763 @deffn Command {tms470 plldis} (0|1)
3764 Disables (@var{1}) or enables (@var{0}) use of the PLL to speed up
3765 the flash clock.
3766 @end deffn
3767 @end deffn
3768
3769 @subsection str9xpec driver
3770 @cindex str9xpec
3771
3772 Here is some background info to help
3773 you better understand how this driver works. OpenOCD has two flash drivers for
3774 the str9:
3775 @enumerate
3776 @item
3777 Standard driver @option{str9x} programmed via the str9 core. Normally used for
3778 flash programming as it is faster than the @option{str9xpec} driver.
3779 @item
3780 Direct programming @option{str9xpec} using the flash controller. This is an
3781 ISC compilant (IEEE 1532) tap connected in series with the str9 core. The str9
3782 core does not need to be running to program using this flash driver. Typical use
3783 for this driver is locking/unlocking the target and programming the option bytes.
3784 @end enumerate
3785
3786 Before we run any commands using the @option{str9xpec} driver we must first disable
3787 the str9 core. This example assumes the @option{str9xpec} driver has been
3788 configured for flash bank 0.
3789 @example
3790 # assert srst, we do not want core running
3791 # while accessing str9xpec flash driver
3792 jtag_reset 0 1
3793 # turn off target polling
3794 poll off
3795 # disable str9 core
3796 str9xpec enable_turbo 0
3797 # read option bytes
3798 str9xpec options_read 0
3799 # re-enable str9 core
3800 str9xpec disable_turbo 0
3801 poll on
3802 reset halt
3803 @end example
3804 The above example will read the str9 option bytes.
3805 When performing a unlock remember that you will not be able to halt the str9 - it
3806 has been locked. Halting the core is not required for the @option{str9xpec} driver
3807 as mentioned above, just issue the commands above manually or from a telnet prompt.
3808
3809 @deffn {Flash Driver} str9xpec
3810 Only use this driver for locking/unlocking the device or configuring the option bytes.
3811 Use the standard str9 driver for programming.
3812 Before using the flash commands the turbo mode must be enabled using the
3813 @command{str9xpec enable_turbo} command.
3814
3815 Several str9xpec-specific commands are defined:
3816
3817 @deffn Command {str9xpec disable_turbo} num
3818 Restore the str9 into JTAG chain.
3819 @end deffn
3820
3821 @deffn Command {str9xpec enable_turbo} num
3822 Enable turbo mode, will simply remove the str9 from the chain and talk
3823 directly to the embedded flash controller.
3824 @end deffn
3825
3826 @deffn Command {str9xpec lock} num
3827 Lock str9 device. The str9 will only respond to an unlock command that will
3828 erase the device.
3829 @end deffn
3830
3831 @deffn Command {str9xpec part_id} num
3832 Prints the part identifier for bank @var{num}.
3833 @end deffn
3834
3835 @deffn Command {str9xpec options_cmap} num (@option{bank0}|@option{bank1})
3836 Configure str9 boot bank.
3837 @end deffn
3838
3839 @deffn Command {str9xpec options_lvdsel} num (@option{vdd}|@option{vdd_vddq})
3840 Configure str9 lvd source.
3841 @end deffn
3842
3843 @deffn Command {str9xpec options_lvdthd} num (@option{2.4v}|@option{2.7v})
3844 Configure str9 lvd threshold.
3845 @end deffn
3846
3847 @deffn Command {str9xpec options_lvdwarn} bank (@option{vdd}|@option{vdd_vddq})
3848 Configure str9 lvd reset warning source.
3849 @end deffn
3850
3851 @deffn Command {str9xpec options_read} num
3852 Read str9 option bytes.
3853 @end deffn
3854
3855 @deffn Command {str9xpec options_write} num
3856 Write str9 option bytes.
3857 @end deffn
3858
3859 @deffn Command {str9xpec unlock} num
3860 unlock str9 device.
3861 @end deffn
3862
3863 @end deffn
3864
3865
3866 @section mFlash
3867
3868 @subsection mFlash Configuration
3869 @cindex mFlash Configuration
3870
3871 @deffn {Config Command} {mflash bank} soc base RST_pin target
3872 Configures a mflash for @var{soc} host bank at
3873 address @var{base}.
3874 The pin number format depends on the host GPIO naming convention.
3875 Currently, the mflash driver supports s3c2440 and pxa270.
3876
3877 Example for s3c2440 mflash where @var{RST pin} is GPIO B1:
3878
3879 @example
3880 mflash bank s3c2440 0x10000000 1b 0
3881 @end example
3882
3883 Example for pxa270 mflash where @var{RST pin} is GPIO 43:
3884
3885 @example
3886 mflash bank pxa270 0x08000000 43 0
3887 @end example
3888 @end deffn
3889
3890 @subsection mFlash commands
3891 @cindex mFlash commands
3892
3893 @deffn Command {mflash config pll} frequency
3894 Configure mflash PLL.
3895 The @var{frequency} is the mflash input frequency, in Hz.
3896 Issuing this command will erase mflash's whole internal nand and write new pll.
3897 After this command, mflash needs power-on-reset for normal operation.
3898 If pll was newly configured, storage and boot(optional) info also need to be update.
3899 @end deffn
3900
3901 @deffn Command {mflash config boot}
3902 Configure bootable option.
3903 If bootable option is set, mflash offer the first 8 sectors
3904 (4kB) for boot.
3905 @end deffn
3906
3907 @deffn Command {mflash config storage}
3908 Configure storage information.
3909 For the normal storage operation, this information must be
3910 written.
3911 @end deffn
3912
3913 @deffn Command {mflash dump} num filename offset size
3914 Dump @var{size} bytes, starting at @var{offset} bytes from the
3915 beginning of the bank @var{num}, to the file named @var{filename}.
3916 @end deffn
3917
3918 @deffn Command {mflash probe}
3919 Probe mflash.
3920 @end deffn
3921
3922 @deffn Command {mflash write} num filename offset
3923 Write the binary file @var{filename} to mflash bank @var{num}, starting at
3924 @var{offset} bytes from the beginning of the bank.
3925 @end deffn
3926
3927 @node NAND Flash Commands
3928 @chapter NAND Flash Commands
3929 @cindex NAND
3930
3931 Compared to NOR or SPI flash, NAND devices are inexpensive
3932 and high density. Today's NAND chips, and multi-chip modules,
3933 commonly hold multiple GigaBytes of data.
3934
3935 NAND chips consist of a number of ``erase blocks'' of a given
3936 size (such as 128 KBytes), each of which is divided into a
3937 number of pages (of perhaps 512 or 2048 bytes each). Each
3938 page of a NAND flash has an ``out of band'' (OOB) area to hold
3939 Error Correcting Code (ECC) and other metadata, usually 16 bytes
3940 of OOB for every 512 bytes of page data.
3941
3942 One key characteristic of NAND flash is that its error rate
3943 is higher than that of NOR flash. In normal operation, that
3944 ECC is used to correct and detect errors. However, NAND
3945 blocks can also wear out and become unusable; those blocks
3946 are then marked "bad". NAND chips are even shipped from the
3947 manufacturer with a few bad blocks. The highest density chips
3948 use a technology (MLC) that wears out more quickly, so ECC
3949 support is increasingly important as a way to detect blocks
3950 that have begun to fail, and help to preserve data integrity
3951 with techniques such as wear leveling.
3952
3953 Software is used to manage the ECC. Some controllers don't
3954 support ECC directly; in those cases, software ECC is used.
3955 Other controllers speed up the ECC calculations with hardware.
3956 Single-bit error correction hardware is routine. Controllers
3957 geared for newer MLC chips may correct 4 or more errors for
3958 every 512 bytes of data.
3959
3960 You will need to make sure that any data you write using
3961 OpenOCD includes the apppropriate kind of ECC. For example,
3962 that may mean passing the @code{oob_softecc} flag when
3963 writing NAND data, or ensuring that the correct hardware
3964 ECC mode is used.
3965
3966 The basic steps for using NAND devices include:
3967 @enumerate
3968 @item Declare via the command @command{nand device}
3969 @* Do this in a board-specific configuration file,
3970 passing parameters as needed by the controller.
3971 @item Configure each device using @command{nand probe}.
3972 @* Do this only after the associated target is set up,
3973 such as in its reset-init script or in procures defined
3974 to access that device.
3975 @item Operate on the flash via @command{nand subcommand}
3976 @* Often commands to manipulate the flash are typed by a human, or run
3977 via a script in some automated way. Common task include writing a
3978 boot loader, operating system, or other data needed to initialize or
3979 de-brick a board.
3980 @end enumerate
3981
3982 @b{NOTE:} At the time this text was written, the largest NAND
3983 flash fully supported by OpenOCD is 2 GiBytes (16 GiBits).
3984 This is because the variables used to hold offsets and lengths
3985 are only 32 bits wide.
3986 (Larger chips may work in some cases, unless an offset or length
3987 is larger than 0xffffffff, the largest 32-bit unsigned integer.)
3988 Some larger devices will work, since they are actually multi-chip
3989 modules with two smaller chips and individual chipselect lines.
3990
3991 @anchor{NAND Configuration}
3992 @section NAND Configuration Commands
3993 @cindex NAND configuration
3994
3995 NAND chips must be declared in configuration scripts,
3996 plus some additional configuration that's done after
3997 OpenOCD has initialized.
3998
3999 @deffn {Config Command} {nand device} controller target [configparams...]
4000 Declares a NAND device, which can be read and written to
4001 after it has been configured through @command{nand probe}.
4002 In OpenOCD, devices are single chips; this is unlike some
4003 operating systems, which may manage multiple chips as if
4004 they were a single (larger) device.
4005 In some cases, configuring a device will activate extra
4006 commands; see the controller-specific documentation.
4007
4008 @b{NOTE:} This command is not available after OpenOCD
4009 initialization has completed. Use it in board specific
4010 configuration files, not interactively.
4011
4012 @itemize @bullet
4013 @item @var{controller} ... identifies the controller driver
4014 associated with the NAND device being declared.
4015 @xref{NAND Driver List}.
4016 @item @var{target} ... names the target used when issuing
4017 commands to the NAND controller.
4018 @comment Actually, it's currently a controller-specific parameter...
4019 @item @var{configparams} ... controllers may support, or require,
4020 additional parameters. See the controller-specific documentation
4021 for more information.
4022 @end itemize
4023 @end deffn
4024
4025 @deffn Command {nand list}
4026 Prints a summary of each device declared
4027 using @command{nand device}, numbered from zero.
4028 Note that un-probed devices show no details.
4029 @example
4030 > nand list
4031 #0: NAND 1GiB 3,3V 8-bit (Micron) pagesize: 2048, buswidth: 8,
4032 blocksize: 131072, blocks: 8192
4033 #1: NAND 1GiB 3,3V 8-bit (Micron) pagesize: 2048, buswidth: 8,
4034 blocksize: 131072, blocks: 8192
4035 >
4036 @end example
4037 @end deffn
4038
4039 @deffn Command {nand probe} num
4040 Probes the specified device to determine key characteristics
4041 like its page and block sizes, and how many blocks it has.
4042 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4043 You must (successfully) probe a device before you can use
4044 it with most other NAND commands.
4045 @end deffn
4046
4047 @section Erasing, Reading, Writing to NAND Flash
4048
4049 @deffn Command {nand dump} num filename offset length [oob_option]
4050 @cindex NAND reading
4051 Reads binary data from the NAND device and writes it to the file,
4052 starting at the specified offset.
4053 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4054
4055 Use a complete path name for @var{filename}, so you don't depend
4056 on the directory used to start the OpenOCD server.
4057
4058 The @var{offset} and @var{length} must be exact multiples of the
4059 device's page size. They describe a data region; the OOB data
4060 associated with each such page may also be accessed.
4061
4062 @b{NOTE:} At the time this text was written, no error correction
4063 was done on the data that's read, unless raw access was disabled
4064 and the underlying NAND controller driver had a @code{read_page}
4065 method which handled that error correction.
4066
4067 By default, only page data is saved to the specified file.
4068 Use an @var{oob_option} parameter to save OOB data:
4069 @itemize @bullet
4070 @item no oob_* parameter
4071 @*Output file holds only page data; OOB is discarded.
4072 @item @code{oob_raw}
4073 @*Output file interleaves page data and OOB data;
4074 the file will be longer than "length" by the size of the
4075 spare areas associated with each data page.
4076 Note that this kind of "raw" access is different from
4077 what's implied by @command{nand raw_access}, which just
4078 controls whether a hardware-aware access method is used.
4079 @item @code{oob_only}
4080 @*Output file has only raw OOB data, and will
4081 be smaller than "length" since it will contain only the
4082 spare areas associated with each data page.
4083 @end itemize
4084 @end deffn
4085
4086 @deffn Command {nand erase} num [offset length]
4087 @cindex NAND erasing
4088 @cindex NAND programming
4089 Erases blocks on the specified NAND device, starting at the
4090 specified @var{offset} and continuing for @var{length} bytes.
4091 Both of those values must be exact multiples of the device's
4092 block size, and the region they specify must fit entirely in the chip.
4093 If those parameters are not specified,
4094 the whole NAND chip will be erased.
4095 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4096
4097 @b{NOTE:} This command will try to erase bad blocks, when told
4098 to do so, which will probably invalidate the manufacturer's bad
4099 block marker.
4100 For the remainder of the current server session, @command{nand info}
4101 will still report that the block ``is'' bad.
4102 @end deffn
4103
4104 @deffn Command {nand write} num filename offset [option...]
4105 @cindex NAND writing
4106 @cindex NAND programming
4107 Writes binary data from the file into the specified NAND device,
4108 starting at the specified offset. Those pages should already
4109 have been erased; you can't change zero bits to one bits.
4110 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4111
4112 Use a complete path name for @var{filename}, so you don't depend
4113 on the directory used to start the OpenOCD server.
4114
4115 The @var{offset} must be an exact multiple of the device's page size.
4116 All data in the file will be written, assuming it doesn't run
4117 past the end of the device.
4118 Only full pages are written, and any extra space in the last
4119 page will be filled with 0xff bytes. (That includes OOB data,
4120 if that's being written.)
4121
4122 @b{NOTE:} At the time this text was written, bad blocks are
4123 ignored. That is, this routine will not skip bad blocks,
4124 but will instead try to write them. This can cause problems.
4125
4126 Provide at most one @var{option} parameter. With some
4127 NAND drivers, the meanings of these parameters may change
4128 if @command{nand raw_access} was used to disable hardware ECC.
4129 @itemize @bullet
4130 @item no oob_* parameter
4131 @*File has only page data, which is written.
4132 If raw acccess is in use, the OOB area will not be written.
4133 Otherwise, if the underlying NAND controller driver has
4134 a @code{write_page} routine, that routine may write the OOB
4135 with hardware-computed ECC data.
4136 @item @code{oob_only}
4137 @*File has only raw OOB data, which is written to the OOB area.
4138 Each page's data area stays untouched. @i{This can be a dangerous
4139 option}, since it can invalidate the ECC data.
4140 You may need to force raw access to use this mode.
4141 @item @code{oob_raw}
4142 @*File interleaves data and OOB data, both of which are written
4143 If raw access is enabled, the data is written first, then the
4144 un-altered OOB.
4145 Otherwise, if the underlying NAND controller driver has
4146 a @code{write_page} routine, that routine may modify the OOB
4147 before it's written, to include hardware-computed ECC data.
4148 @item @code{oob_softecc}
4149 @*File has only page data, which is written.
4150 The OOB area is filled with 0xff, except for a standard 1-bit
4151 software ECC code stored in conventional locations.
4152 You might need to force raw access to use this mode, to prevent
4153 the underlying driver from applying hardware ECC.
4154 @item @code{oob_softecc_kw}
4155 @*File has only page data, which is written.
4156 The OOB area is filled with 0xff, except for a 4-bit software ECC
4157 specific to the boot ROM in Marvell Kirkwood SoCs.
4158 You might need to force raw access to use this mode, to prevent
4159 the underlying driver from applying hardware ECC.
4160 @end itemize
4161 @end deffn
4162
4163 @section Other NAND commands
4164 @cindex NAND other commands
4165
4166 @deffn Command {nand check_bad_blocks} [offset length]
4167 Checks for manufacturer bad block markers on the specified NAND
4168 device. If no parameters are provided, checks the whole
4169 device; otherwise, starts at the specified @var{offset} and
4170 continues for @var{length} bytes.
4171 Both of those values must be exact multiples of the device's
4172 block size, and the region they specify must fit entirely in the chip.
4173 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4174
4175 @b{NOTE:} Before using this command you should force raw access
4176 with @command{nand raw_access enable} to ensure that the underlying
4177 driver will not try to apply hardware ECC.
4178 @end deffn
4179
4180 @deffn Command {nand info} num
4181 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4182 This prints the one-line summary from "nand list", plus for
4183 devices which have been probed this also prints any known
4184 status for each block.
4185 @end deffn
4186
4187 @deffn Command {nand raw_access} num (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
4188 Sets or clears an flag affecting how page I/O is done.
4189 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4190
4191 This flag is cleared (disabled) by default, but changing that
4192 value won't affect all NAND devices. The key factor is whether
4193 the underlying driver provides @code{read_page} or @code{write_page}
4194 methods. If it doesn't provide those methods, the setting of
4195 this flag is irrelevant; all access is effectively ``raw''.
4196
4197 When those methods exist, they are normally used when reading
4198 data (@command{nand dump} or reading bad block markers) or
4199 writing it (@command{nand write}). However, enabling
4200 raw access (setting the flag) prevents use of those methods,
4201 bypassing hardware ECC logic.
4202 @i{This can be a dangerous option}, since writing blocks
4203 with the wrong ECC data can cause them to be marked as bad.
4204 @end deffn
4205
4206 @anchor{NAND Driver List}
4207 @section NAND Drivers, Options, and Commands
4208 As noted above, the @command{nand device} command allows
4209 driver-specific options and behaviors.
4210 Some controllers also activate controller-specific commands.
4211
4212 @deffn {NAND Driver} davinci
4213 This driver handles the NAND controllers found on DaVinci family
4214 chips from Texas Instruments.
4215 It takes three extra parameters:
4216 address of the NAND chip;
4217 hardware ECC mode to use (@option{hwecc1},
4218 @option{hwecc4}, @option{hwecc4_infix});
4219 address of the AEMIF controller on this processor.
4220 @example
4221 nand device davinci dm355.arm 0x02000000 hwecc4 0x01e10000
4222 @end example
4223 All DaVinci processors support the single-bit ECC hardware,
4224 and newer ones also support the four-bit ECC hardware.
4225 The @code{write_page} and @code{read_page} methods are used
4226 to implement those ECC modes, unless they are disabled using
4227 the @command{nand raw_access} command.
4228 @end deffn
4229
4230 @deffn {NAND Driver} lpc3180
4231 These controllers require an extra @command{nand device}
4232 parameter: the clock rate used by the controller.
4233 @deffn Command {lpc3180 select} num [mlc|slc]
4234 Configures use of the MLC or SLC controller mode.
4235 MLC implies use of hardware ECC.
4236 The @var{num} parameter is the value shown by @command{nand list}.
4237 @end deffn
4238
4239 At this writing, this driver includes @code{write_page}
4240 and @code{read_page} methods. Using @command{nand raw_access}
4241 to disable those methods will prevent use of hardware ECC
4242 in the MLC controller mode, but won't change SLC behavior.
4243 @end deffn
4244 @comment current lpc3180 code won't issue 5-byte address cycles
4245
4246 @deffn {NAND Driver} orion
4247 These controllers require an extra @command{nand device}
4248 parameter: the address of the controller.
4249 @example
4250 nand device orion 0xd8000000
4251 @end example
4252 These controllers don't define any specialized commands.
4253 At this writing, their drivers don't include @code{write_page}
4254 or @code{read_page} methods, so @command{nand raw_access} won't
4255 change any behavior.
4256 @end deffn
4257
4258 @deffn {NAND Driver} s3c2410
4259 @deffnx {NAND Driver} s3c2412
4260 @deffnx {NAND Driver} s3c2440
4261 @deffnx {NAND Driver} s3c2443
4262 These S3C24xx family controllers don't have any special
4263 @command{nand device} options, and don't define any
4264 specialized commands.
4265 At this writing, their drivers don't include @code{write_page}
4266 or @code{read_page} methods, so @command{nand raw_access} won't
4267 change any behavior.
4268 @end deffn
4269
4270 @node PLD/FPGA Commands
4271 @chapter PLD/FPGA Commands
4272 @cindex PLD
4273 @cindex FPGA
4274
4275 Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) and the more flexible
4276 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are both types of programmable hardware.
4277 OpenOCD can support programming them.
4278 Although PLDs are generally restrictive (cells are less functional, and
4279 there are no special purpose cells for memory or computational tasks),
4280 they share the same OpenOCD infrastructure.
4281 Accordingly, both are called PLDs here.
4282
4283 @section PLD/FPGA Configuration and Commands
4284
4285 As it does for JTAG TAPs, debug targets, and flash chips (both NOR and NAND),
4286 OpenOCD maintains a list of PLDs available for use in various commands.
4287 Also, each such PLD requires a driver.
4288
4289 They are referenced by the number shown by the @command{pld devices} command,
4290 and new PLDs are defined by @command{pld device driver_name}.
4291
4292 @deffn {Config Command} {pld device} driver_name tap_name [driver_options]
4293 Defines a new PLD device, supported by driver @var{driver_name},
4294 using the TAP named @var{tap_name}.
4295 The driver may make use of any @var{driver_options} to configure its
4296 behavior.
4297 @end deffn
4298
4299 @deffn {Command} {pld devices}
4300 Lists the PLDs and their numbers.
4301 @end deffn
4302
4303 @deffn {Command} {pld load} num filename
4304 Loads the file @file{filename} into the PLD identified by @var{num}.
4305 The file format must be inferred by the driver.
4306 @end deffn
4307
4308 @section PLD/FPGA Drivers, Options, and Commands
4309
4310 Drivers may support PLD-specific options to the @command{pld device}
4311 definition command, and may also define commands usable only with
4312 that particular type of PLD.
4313
4314 @deffn {FPGA Driver} virtex2
4315 Virtex-II is a family of FPGAs sold by Xilinx.
4316 It supports the IEEE 1532 standard for In-System Configuration (ISC).
4317 No driver-specific PLD definition options are used,
4318 and one driver-specific command is defined.
4319
4320 @deffn {Command} {virtex2 read_stat} num
4321 Reads and displays the Virtex-II status register (STAT)
4322 for FPGA @var{num}.
4323 @end deffn
4324 @end deffn
4325
4326 @node General Commands
4327 @chapter General Commands
4328 @cindex commands
4329
4330 The commands documented in this chapter here are common commands that
4331 you, as a human, may want to type and see the output of. Configuration type
4332 commands are documented elsewhere.
4333
4334 Intent:
4335 @itemize @bullet
4336 @item @b{Source Of Commands}
4337 @* OpenOCD commands can occur in a configuration script (discussed
4338 elsewhere) or typed manually by a human or supplied programatically,
4339 or via one of several TCP/IP Ports.
4340
4341 @item @b{From the human}
4342 @* A human should interact with the telnet interface (default port: 4444)
4343 or via GDB (default port 3333).
4344
4345 To issue commands from within a GDB session, use the @option{monitor}
4346 command, e.g. use @option{monitor poll} to issue the @option{poll}
4347 command. All output is relayed through the GDB session.
4348
4349 @item @b{Machine Interface}
4350 The Tcl interface's intent is to be a machine interface. The default Tcl
4351 port is 5555.
4352 @end itemize
4353
4354
4355 @section Daemon Commands
4356
4357 @deffn {Command} exit
4358 Exits the current telnet session.
4359 @end deffn
4360
4361 @c note EXTREMELY ANNOYING word wrap at column 75
4362 @c even when lines are e.g. 100+ columns ...
4363 @c coded in startup.tcl
4364 @deffn {Command} help [string]
4365 With no parameters, prints help text for all commands.
4366 Otherwise, prints each helptext containing @var{string}.
4367 Not every command provides helptext.
4368 @end deffn
4369
4370 @deffn Command sleep msec [@option{busy}]
4371 Wait for at least @var{msec} milliseconds before resuming.
4372 If @option{busy} is passed, busy-wait instead of sleeping.
4373 (This option is strongly discouraged.)
4374 Useful in connection with script files
4375 (@command{script} command and @command{target_name} configuration).
4376 @end deffn
4377
4378 @deffn Command shutdown
4379 Close the OpenOCD daemon, disconnecting all clients (GDB, telnet, other).
4380 @end deffn
4381
4382 @anchor{debug_level}
4383 @deffn Command debug_level [n]
4384 @cindex message level
4385 Display debug level.
4386 If @var{n} (from 0..3) is provided, then set it to that level.
4387 This affects the kind of messages sent to the server log.
4388 Level 0 is error messages only;
4389 level 1 adds warnings;
4390 level 2 adds informational messages;
4391 and level 3 adds debugging messages.
4392 The default is level 2, but that can be overridden on
4393 the command line along with the location of that log
4394 file (which is normally the server's standard output).
4395 @xref{Running}.
4396 @end deffn
4397
4398 @deffn Command fast (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
4399 Default disabled.
4400 Set default behaviour of OpenOCD to be "fast and dangerous".
4401
4402 At this writing, this only affects the defaults for two ARM7/ARM9 parameters:
4403 fast memory access, and DCC downloads. Those parameters may still be
4404 individually overridden.
4405
4406 The target specific "dangerous" optimisation tweaking options may come and go
4407 as more robust and user friendly ways are found to ensure maximum throughput
4408 and robustness with a minimum of configuration.
4409
4410 Typically the "fast enable" is specified first on the command line:
4411
4412 @example
4413 openocd -c "fast enable" -c "interface dummy" -f target/str710.cfg
4414 @end example
4415 @end deffn
4416
4417 @deffn Command echo message
4418 Logs a message at "user" priority.
4419 Output @var{message} to stdout.
4420 @example
4421 echo "Downloading kernel -- please wait"
4422 @end example
4423 @end deffn
4424
4425 @deffn Command log_output [filename]
4426 Redirect logging to @var{filename};
4427 the initial log output channel is stderr.
4428 @end deffn
4429
4430 @anchor{Target State handling}
4431 @section Target State handling
4432 @cindex reset
4433 @cindex halt
4434 @cindex target initialization
4435
4436 In this section ``target'' refers to a CPU configured as
4437 shown earlier (@pxref{CPU Configuration}).
4438 These commands, like many, implicitly refer to
4439 a current target which is used to perform the
4440 various operations. The current target may be changed
4441 by using @command{targets} command with the name of the
4442 target which should become current.
4443
4444 @deffn Command reg [(number|name) [value]]
4445 Access a single register by @var{number} or by its @var{name}.
4446
4447 @emph{With no arguments}:
4448 list all available registers for the current target,
4449 showing number, name, size, value, and cache status.
4450
4451 @emph{With number/name}: display that register's value.
4452
4453 @emph{With both number/name and value}: set register's value.
4454
4455 Cores may have surprisingly many registers in their
4456 Debug and trace infrastructure:
4457
4458 @example
4459 > reg
4460 (0) r0 (/32): 0x0000D3C2 (dirty: 1, valid: 1)
4461 (1) r1 (/32): 0xFD61F31C (dirty: 0, valid: 1)
4462 (2) r2 (/32): 0x00022551 (dirty: 0, valid: 1)
4463 ...
4464 (164) ETM_CONTEXTID_COMPARATOR_MASK (/32): \
4465 0x00000000 (dirty: 0, valid: 0)
4466 >
4467 @end example
4468 @end deffn
4469
4470 @deffn Command halt [ms]
4471 @deffnx Command wait_halt [ms]
4472 The @command{halt} command first sends a halt request to the target,
4473 which @command{wait_halt} doesn't.
4474 Otherwise these behave the same: wait up to @var{ms} milliseconds,
4475 or 5 seconds if there is no parameter, for the target to halt
4476 (and enter debug mode).
4477 Using 0 as the @var{ms} parameter prevents OpenOCD from waiting.
4478
4479 @quotation Warning
4480 On ARM cores, software using the @emph{wait for interrupt} operation
4481 often blocks the JTAG access needed by a @command{halt} command.
4482 This is because that operation also puts the core into a low
4483 power mode by gating the core clock;
4484 but the core clock is needed to detect JTAG clock transitions.
4485
4486 One partial workaround uses adaptive clocking: when the core is
4487 interrupted the operation completes, then JTAG clocks are accepted
4488 at least until the interrupt handler completes.
4489 However, this workaround is often unusable since the processor, board,
4490 and JTAG adapter must all support adaptive JTAG clocking.
4491 Also, it can't work until an interrupt is issued.
4492
4493 A more complete workaround is to not use that operation while you
4494 work with a JTAG debugger.
4495 Tasking environments generaly have idle loops where the body is the
4496 @emph{wait for interrupt} operation.
4497 (On older cores, it is a coprocessor action;
4498 newer cores have a @option{wfi} instruction.)
4499 Such loops can just remove that operation, at the cost of higher
4500 power consumption (because the CPU is needlessly clocked).
4501 @end quotation
4502
4503 @end deffn
4504
4505 @deffn Command resume [address]
4506 Resume the target at its current code position,
4507 or the optional @var{address} if it is provided.
4508 OpenOCD will wait 5 seconds for the target to resume.
4509 @end deffn
4510
4511 @deffn Command step [address]
4512 Single-step the target at its current code position,
4513 or the optional @var{address} if it is provided.
4514 @end deffn
4515
4516 @anchor{Reset Command}
4517 @deffn Command reset
4518 @deffnx Command {reset run}
4519 @deffnx Command {reset halt}
4520 @deffnx Command {reset init}
4521 Perform as hard a reset as possible, using SRST if possible.
4522 @emph{All defined targets will be reset, and target
4523 events will fire during the reset sequence.}
4524
4525 The optional parameter specifies what should
4526 happen after the reset.
4527 If there is no parameter, a @command{reset run} is executed.
4528 The other options will not work on all systems.
4529 @xref{Reset Configuration}.
4530
4531 @itemize @minus
4532 @item @b{run} Let the target run
4533 @item @b{halt} Immediately halt the target
4534 @item @b{init} Immediately halt the target, and execute the reset-init script
4535 @end itemize
4536 @end deffn
4537
4538 @deffn Command soft_reset_halt
4539 Requesting target halt and executing a soft reset. This is often used
4540 when a target cannot be reset and halted. The target, after reset is
4541 released begins to execute code. OpenOCD attempts to stop the CPU and
4542 then sets the program counter back to the reset vector. Unfortunately
4543 the code that was executed may have left the hardware in an unknown
4544 state.
4545 @end deffn
4546
4547 @section I/O Utilities
4548
4549 These commands are available when
4550 OpenOCD is built with @option{--enable-ioutil}.
4551 They are mainly useful on embedded targets,
4552 notably the ZY1000.
4553 Hosts with operating systems have complementary tools.
4554
4555 @emph{Note:} there are several more such commands.
4556
4557 @deffn Command append_file filename [string]*
4558 Appends the @var{string} parameters to
4559 the text file @file{filename}.
4560 Each string except the last one is followed by one space.
4561 The last string is followed by a newline.
4562 @end deffn
4563
4564 @deffn Command cat filename
4565 Reads and displays the text file @file{filename}.
4566 @end deffn
4567
4568 @deffn Command cp src_filename dest_filename
4569 Copies contents from the file @file{src_filename}
4570 into @file{dest_filename}.
4571 @end deffn
4572
4573 @deffn Command ip
4574 @emph{No description provided.}
4575 @end deffn
4576
4577 @deffn Command ls
4578 @emph{No description provided.}
4579 @end deffn
4580
4581 @deffn Command mac
4582 @emph{No description provided.}
4583 @end deffn
4584
4585 @deffn Command meminfo
4586 Display available RAM memory on OpenOCD host.
4587 Used in OpenOCD regression testing scripts.
4588 @end deffn
4589
4590 @deffn Command peek
4591 @emph{No description provided.}
4592 @end deffn
4593
4594 @deffn Command poke
4595 @emph{No description provided.}
4596 @end deffn
4597
4598 @deffn Command rm filename
4599 @c "rm" has both normal and Jim-level versions??
4600 Unlinks the file @file{filename}.
4601 @end deffn
4602
4603 @deffn Command trunc filename
4604 Removes all data in the file @file{filename}.
4605 @end deffn
4606
4607 @anchor{Memory access}
4608 @section Memory access commands
4609 @cindex memory access
4610
4611 These commands allow accesses of a specific size to the memory
4612 system. Often these are used to configure the current target in some
4613 special way. For example - one may need to write certain values to the
4614 SDRAM controller to enable SDRAM.
4615
4616 @enumerate
4617 @item Use the @command{targets} (plural) command
4618 to change the current target.
4619 @item In system level scripts these commands are deprecated.
4620 Please use their TARGET object siblings to avoid making assumptions
4621 about what TAP is the current target, or about MMU configuration.
4622 @end enumerate
4623
4624 @deffn Command mdw addr [count]
4625 @deffnx Command mdh addr [count]
4626 @deffnx Command mdb addr [count]
4627 Display contents of address @var{addr}, as
4628 32-bit words (@command{mdw}), 16-bit halfwords (@command{mdh}),
4629 or 8-bit bytes (@command{mdb}).
4630 If @var{count} is specified, displays that many units.
4631 (If you want to manipulate the data instead of displaying it,
4632 see the @code{mem2array} primitives.)
4633 @end deffn
4634
4635 @deffn Command mww addr word
4636 @deffnx Command mwh addr halfword
4637 @deffnx Command mwb addr byte
4638 Writes the specified @var{word} (32 bits),
4639 @var{halfword} (16 bits), or @var{byte} (8-bit) pattern,
4640 at the specified address @var{addr}.
4641 @end deffn
4642
4643
4644 @anchor{Image access}
4645 @section Image loading commands
4646 @cindex image loading
4647 @cindex image dumping
4648
4649 @anchor{dump_image}
4650 @deffn Command {dump_image} filename address size
4651 Dump @var{size} bytes of target memory starting at @var{address} to the
4652 binary file named @var{filename}.
4653 @end deffn
4654
4655 @deffn Command {fast_load}
4656 Loads an image stored in memory by @command{fast_load_image} to the
4657 current target. Must be preceeded by fast_load_image.
4658 @end deffn
4659
4660 @deffn Command {fast_load_image} filename address [@option{bin}|@option{ihex}|@option{elf}]
4661 Normally you should be using @command{load_image} or GDB load. However, for
4662 testing purposes or when I/O overhead is significant(OpenOCD running on an embedded
4663 host), storing the image in memory and uploading the image to the target
4664 can be a way to upload e.g. multiple debug sessions when the binary does not change.
4665 Arguments are the same as @command{load_image}, but the image is stored in OpenOCD host
4666 memory, i.e. does not affect target. This approach is also useful when profiling
4667 target programming performance as I/O and target programming can easily be profiled
4668 separately.
4669 @end deffn
4670
4671 @anchor{load_image}
4672 @deffn Command {load_image} filename address [@option{bin}|@option{ihex}|@option{elf}]
4673 Load image from file @var{filename} to target memory at @var{address}.
4674 The file format may optionally be specified
4675 (@option{bin}, @option{ihex}, or @option{elf})
4676 @end deffn
4677
4678 @deffn Command {test_image} filename [address [@option{bin}|@option{ihex}|@option{elf}]]
4679 Displays image section sizes and addresses
4680 as if @var{filename} were loaded into target memory
4681 starting at @var{address} (defaults to zero).
4682 The file format may optionally be specified
4683 (@option{bin}, @option{ihex}, or @option{elf})
4684 @end deffn
4685
4686 @deffn Command {verify_image} filename address [@option{bin}|@option{ihex}|@option{elf}]
4687 Verify @var{filename} against target memory starting at @var{address}.
4688 The file format may optionally be specified
4689 (@option{bin}, @option{ihex}, or @option{elf})
4690 This will first attempt a comparison using a CRC checksum, if this fails it will try a binary compare.
4691 @end deffn
4692
4693
4694 @section Breakpoint and Watchpoint commands
4695 @cindex breakpoint
4696 @cindex watchpoint
4697
4698 CPUs often make debug modules accessible through JTAG, with
4699 hardware support for a handful of code breakpoints and data
4700 watchpoints.
4701 In addition, CPUs almost always support software breakpoints.
4702
4703 @deffn Command {bp} [address len [@option{hw}]]
4704 With no parameters, lists all active breakpoints.
4705 Else sets a breakpoint on code execution starting
4706 at @var{address} for @var{length} bytes.
4707 This is a software breakpoint, unless @option{hw} is specified
4708 in which case it will be a hardware breakpoint.
4709
4710 (@xref{arm9tdmi vector_catch}, or @pxref{xscale vector_catch},
4711 for similar mechanisms that do not consume hardware breakpoints.)
4712 @end deffn
4713
4714 @deffn Command {rbp} address
4715 Remove the breakpoint at @var{address}.
4716 @end deffn
4717
4718 @deffn Command {rwp} address
4719 Remove data watchpoint on @var{address}
4720 @end deffn
4721
4722 @deffn Command {wp} [address len [(@option{r}|@option{w}|@option{a}) [value [mask]]]]
4723 With no parameters, lists all active watchpoints.
4724 Else sets a data watchpoint on data from @var{address} for @var{length} bytes.
4725 The watch point is an "access" watchpoint unless
4726 the @option{r} or @option{w} parameter is provided,
4727 defining it as respectively a read or write watchpoint.
4728 If a @var{value} is provided, that value is used when determining if
4729 the watchpoint should trigger. The value may be first be masked
4730 using @var{mask} to mark ``don't care'' fields.
4731 @end deffn
4732
4733 @section Misc Commands
4734
4735 @cindex profiling
4736 @deffn Command {profile} seconds filename
4737 Profiling samples the CPU's program counter as quickly as possible,
4738 which is useful for non-intrusive stochastic profiling.
4739 Saves up to 10000 sampines in @file{filename} using ``gmon.out'' format.
4740 @end deffn
4741
4742 @deffn Command {version}
4743 Displays a string identifying the version of this OpenOCD server.
4744 @end deffn
4745
4746 @deffn Command {virt2phys} virtual_address
4747 Requests the current target to map the specified @var{virtual_address}
4748 to its corresponding physical address, and displays the result.
4749 @end deffn
4750
4751 @node Architecture and Core Commands
4752 @chapter Architecture and Core Commands
4753 @cindex Architecture Specific Commands
4754 @cindex Core Specific Commands
4755
4756 Most CPUs have specialized JTAG operations to support debugging.
4757 OpenOCD packages most such operations in its standard command framework.
4758 Some of those operations don't fit well in that framework, so they are
4759 exposed here as architecture or implementation (core) specific commands.
4760
4761 @anchor{ARM Hardware Tracing}
4762 @section ARM Hardware Tracing
4763 @cindex tracing
4764 @cindex ETM
4765 @cindex ETB
4766
4767 CPUs based on ARM cores may include standard tracing interfaces,
4768 based on an ``Embedded Trace Module'' (ETM) which sends voluminous
4769 address and data bus trace records to a ``Trace Port''.
4770
4771 @itemize
4772 @item
4773 Development-oriented boards will sometimes provide a high speed
4774 trace connector for collecting that data, when the particular CPU
4775 supports such an interface.
4776 (The standard connector is a 38-pin Mictor, with both JTAG
4777 and trace port support.)
4778 Those trace connectors are supported by higher end JTAG adapters
4779 and some logic analyzer modules; frequently those modules can
4780 buffer several megabytes of trace data.
4781 Configuring an ETM coupled to such an external trace port belongs
4782 in the board-specific configuration file.
4783 @item
4784 If the CPU doesn't provide an external interface, it probably
4785 has an ``Embedded Trace Buffer'' (ETB) on the chip, which is a
4786 dedicated SRAM. 4KBytes is one common ETB size.
4787 Configuring an ETM coupled only to an ETB belongs in the CPU-specific
4788 (target) configuration file, since it works the same on all boards.
4789 @end itemize
4790
4791 ETM support in OpenOCD doesn't seem to be widely used yet.
4792
4793 @quotation Issues
4794 ETM support may be buggy, and at least some @command{etm config}
4795 parameters should be detected by asking the ETM for them.
4796 It seems like a GDB hookup should be possible,
4797 as well as triggering trace on specific events
4798 (perhaps @emph{handling IRQ 23} or @emph{calls foo()}).
4799 There should be GUI tools to manipulate saved trace data and help
4800 analyse it in conjunction with the source code.
4801 It's unclear how much of a common interface is shared
4802 with the current XScale trace support, or should be
4803 shared with eventual Nexus-style trace module support.
4804 @end quotation
4805
4806 @subsection ETM Configuration
4807 ETM setup is coupled with the trace port driver configuration.
4808
4809 @deffn {Config Command} {etm config} target width mode clocking driver
4810 Declares the ETM associated with @var{target}, and associates it
4811 with a given trace port @var{driver}. @xref{Trace Port Drivers}.
4812
4813 Several of the parameters must reflect the trace port configuration.
4814 The @var{width} must be either 4, 8, or 16.
4815 The @var{mode} must be @option{normal}, @option{multiplexted},
4816 or @option{demultiplexted}.
4817 The @var{clocking} must be @option{half} or @option{full}.
4818
4819 @quotation Note
4820 You can see the ETM registers using the @command{reg} command, although
4821 not all of those possible registers are present in every ETM.
4822 @end quotation
4823 @end deffn
4824
4825 @deffn Command {etm info}
4826 Displays information about the current target's ETM.
4827 @end deffn
4828
4829 @deffn Command {etm status}
4830 Displays status of the current target's ETM:
4831 is the ETM idle, or is it collecting data?
4832 Did trace data overflow?
4833 Was it triggered?
4834 @end deffn
4835
4836 @deffn Command {etm tracemode} [type context_id_bits cycle_accurate branch_output]
4837 Displays what data that ETM will collect.
4838 If arguments are provided, first configures that data.
4839 When the configuration changes, tracing is stopped
4840 and any buffered trace data is invalidated.
4841
4842 @itemize
4843 @item @var{type} ... one of
4844 @option{none} (save nothing),
4845 @option{data} (save data),
4846 @option{address} (save addresses),
4847 @option{all} (save data and addresses)
4848 @item @var{context_id_bits} ... 0, 8, 16, or 32
4849 @item @var{cycle_accurate} ... @option{enable} or @option{disable}
4850 @item @var{branch_output} ... @option{enable} or @option{disable}
4851 @end itemize
4852 @end deffn
4853
4854 @deffn Command {etm trigger_percent} percent
4855 @emph{Buggy and effectively a NOP ... @var{percent} from 2..100}
4856 @end deffn
4857
4858 @subsection ETM Trace Operation
4859
4860 After setting up the ETM, you can use it to collect data.
4861 That data can be exported to files for later analysis.
4862 It can also be parsed with OpenOCD, for basic sanity checking.
4863
4864 @deffn Command {etm analyze}
4865 Reads trace data into memory, if it wasn't already present.
4866 Decodes and prints the data that was collected.
4867 @end deffn
4868
4869 @deffn Command {etm dump} filename
4870 Stores the captured trace data in @file{filename}.
4871 @end deffn
4872
4873 @deffn Command {etm image} filename [base_address] [type]
4874 Opens an image file.
4875 @end deffn
4876
4877 @deffn Command {etm load} filename
4878 Loads captured trace data from @file{filename}.
4879 @end deffn
4880
4881 @deffn Command {etm start}
4882 Starts trace data collection.
4883 @end deffn
4884
4885 @deffn Command {etm stop}
4886 Stops trace data collection.
4887 @end deffn
4888
4889 @anchor{Trace Port Drivers}
4890 @subsection Trace Port Drivers
4891
4892 To use an ETM trace port it must be associated with a driver.
4893
4894 @deffn {Trace Port Driver} dummy
4895 Use the @option{dummy} driver if you are configuring an ETM that's
4896 not connected to anything (on-chip ETB or off-chip trace connector).
4897 @emph{This driver lets OpenOCD talk to the ETM, but it does not expose
4898 any trace data collection.}
4899 @deffn {Config Command} {etm_dummy config} target
4900 Associates the ETM for @var{target} with a dummy driver.
4901 @end deffn
4902 @end deffn
4903
4904 @deffn {Trace Port Driver} etb
4905 Use the @option{etb} driver if you are configuring an ETM
4906 to use on-chip ETB memory.
4907 @deffn {Config Command} {etb config} target etb_tap
4908 Associates the ETM for @var{target} with the ETB at @var{etb_tap}.
4909 You can see the ETB registers using the @command{reg} command.
4910 @end deffn
4911 @end deffn
4912
4913 @deffn {Trace Port Driver} oocd_trace
4914 This driver isn't available unless OpenOCD was explicitly configured
4915 with the @option{--enable-oocd_trace} option. You probably don't want
4916 to configure it unless you've built the appropriate prototype hardware;
4917 it's @emph{proof-of-concept} software.
4918
4919 Use the @option{oocd_trace} driver if you are configuring an ETM that's
4920 connected to an off-chip trace connector.
4921
4922 @deffn {Config Command} {oocd_trace config} target tty
4923 Associates the ETM for @var{target} with a trace driver which
4924 collects data through the serial port @var{tty}.
4925 @end deffn
4926
4927 @deffn Command {oocd_trace resync}
4928 Re-synchronizes with the capture clock.
4929 @end deffn
4930
4931 @deffn Command {oocd_trace status}
4932 Reports whether the capture clock is locked or not.
4933 @end deffn
4934 @end deffn
4935
4936
4937 @section ARMv4 and ARMv5 Architecture
4938 @cindex ARMv4
4939 @cindex ARMv5
4940
4941 These commands are specific to ARM architecture v4 and v5,
4942 including all ARM7 or ARM9 systems and Intel XScale.
4943 They are available in addition to other core-specific
4944 commands that may be available.
4945
4946 @deffn Command {armv4_5 core_state} [@option{arm}|@option{thumb}]
4947 Displays the core_state, optionally changing it to process
4948 either @option{arm} or @option{thumb} instructions.
4949 The target may later be resumed in the currently set core_state.
4950 (Processors may also support the Jazelle state, but
4951 that is not currently supported in OpenOCD.)
4952 @end deffn
4953
4954 @deffn Command {armv4_5 disassemble} address [count [@option{thumb}]]
4955 @cindex disassemble
4956 Disassembles @var{count} instructions starting at @var{address}.
4957 If @var{count} is not specified, a single instruction is disassembled.
4958 If @option{thumb} is specified, or the low bit of the address is set,
4959 Thumb (16-bit) instructions are used;
4960 else ARM (32-bit) instructions are used.
4961 (Processors may also support the Jazelle state, but
4962 those instructions are not currently understood by OpenOCD.)
4963 @end deffn
4964
4965 @deffn Command {armv4_5 reg}
4966 Display a table of all banked core registers, fetching the current value from every
4967 core mode if necessary. OpenOCD versions before rev. 60 didn't fetch the current
4968 register value.
4969 @end deffn
4970
4971 @subsection ARM7 and ARM9 specific commands
4972 @cindex ARM7
4973 @cindex ARM9
4974
4975 These commands are specific to ARM7 and ARM9 cores, like ARM7TDMI, ARM720T,
4976 ARM9TDMI, ARM920T or ARM926EJ-S.
4977 They are available in addition to the ARMv4/5 commands,
4978 and any other core-specific commands that may be available.
4979
4980 @deffn Command {arm7_9 dbgrq} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
4981 Control use of the EmbeddedIce DBGRQ signal to force entry into debug mode,
4982 instead of breakpoints. This should be
4983 safe for all but ARM7TDMI--S cores (like Philips LPC).
4984 This feature is enabled by default on most ARM9 cores,
4985 including ARM9TDMI, ARM920T, and ARM926EJ-S.
4986 @end deffn
4987
4988 @deffn Command {arm7_9 dcc_downloads} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
4989 @cindex DCC
4990 Control the use of the debug communications channel (DCC) to write larger (>128 byte)
4991 amounts of memory. DCC downloads offer a huge speed increase, but might be
4992 unsafe, especially with targets running at very low speeds. This command was introduced
4993 with OpenOCD rev. 60, and requires a few bytes of working area.
4994 @end deffn
4995
4996 @anchor{arm7_9 fast_memory_access}
4997 @deffn Command {arm7_9 fast_memory_access} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
4998 Enable or disable memory writes and reads that don't check completion of
4999 the operation. This provides a huge speed increase, especially with USB JTAG
5000 cables (FT2232), but might be unsafe if used with targets running at very low
5001 speeds, like the 32kHz startup clock of an AT91RM9200.
5002 @end deffn
5003
5004 @deffn {Debug Command} {arm7_9 write_core_reg} num mode word
5005 @emph{This is intended for use while debugging OpenOCD; you probably
5006 shouldn't use it.}
5007
5008 Writes a 32-bit @var{word} to register @var{num} (from 0 to 16)
5009 as used in the specified @var{mode}
5010 (where e.g. mode 16 is "user" and mode 19 is "supervisor";
5011 the M4..M0 bits of the PSR).
5012 Registers 0..15 are the normal CPU registers such as r0(0), r1(1) ... pc(15).
5013 Register 16 is the mode-specific SPSR,
5014 unless the specified mode is 0xffffffff (32-bit all-ones)
5015 in which case register 16 is the CPSR.
5016 The write goes directly to the CPU, bypassing the register cache.
5017 @end deffn
5018
5019 @deffn {Debug Command} {arm7_9 write_xpsr} word (@option{0}|@option{1})
5020 @emph{This is intended for use while debugging OpenOCD; you probably
5021 shouldn't use it.}
5022
5023 If the second parameter is zero, writes @var{word} to the
5024 Current Program Status register (CPSR).
5025 Else writes @var{word} to the current mode's Saved PSR (SPSR).
5026 In both cases, this bypasses the register cache.
5027 @end deffn
5028
5029 @deffn {Debug Command} {arm7_9 write_xpsr_im8} byte rotate (@option{0}|@option{1})
5030 @emph{This is intended for use while debugging OpenOCD; you probably
5031 shouldn't use it.}
5032
5033 Writes eight bits to the CPSR or SPSR,
5034 first rotating them by @math{2*rotate} bits,
5035 and bypassing the register cache.
5036 This has lower JTAG overhead than writing the entire CPSR or SPSR
5037 with @command{arm7_9 write_xpsr}.
5038 @end deffn
5039
5040 @subsection ARM720T specific commands
5041 @cindex ARM720T
5042
5043 These commands are available to ARM720T based CPUs,
5044 which are implementations of the ARMv4T architecture
5045 based on the ARM7TDMI-S integer core.
5046 They are available in addition to the ARMv4/5 and ARM7/ARM9 commands.
5047
5048 @deffn Command {arm720t cp15} regnum [value]
5049 Display cp15 register @var{regnum};
5050 else if a @var{value} is provided, that value is written to that register.
5051 @end deffn
5052
5053 @deffn Command {arm720t mdw_phys} addr [count]
5054 @deffnx Command {arm720t mdh_phys} addr [count]
5055 @deffnx Command {arm720t mdb_phys} addr [count]
5056 Display contents of physical address @var{addr}, as
5057 32-bit words (@command{mdw_phys}), 16-bit halfwords (@command{mdh_phys}),
5058 or 8-bit bytes (@command{mdb_phys}).
5059 If @var{count} is specified, displays that many units.
5060 @end deffn
5061
5062 @deffn Command {arm720t mww_phys} addr word
5063 @deffnx Command {arm720t mwh_phys} addr halfword
5064 @deffnx Command {arm720t mwb_phys} addr byte
5065 Writes the specified @var{word} (32 bits),
5066 @var{halfword} (16 bits), or @var{byte} (8-bit) pattern,
5067 at the specified physical address @var{addr}.
5068 @end deffn
5069
5070 @deffn Command {arm720t virt2phys} va
5071 Translate a virtual address @var{va} to a physical address
5072 and display the result.
5073 @end deffn
5074
5075 @subsection ARM9 specific commands
5076 @cindex ARM9
5077
5078 ARM9-family cores are built around ARM9TDMI or ARM9E (including ARM9EJS)
5079 integer processors.
5080 Such cores include the ARM920T, ARM926EJ-S, and ARM966.
5081
5082 For historical reasons, one command shared by these cores starts
5083 with the @command{arm9tdmi} prefix.
5084 This is true even for ARM9E based processors, which implement the
5085 ARMv5TE architecture instead of ARMv4T.
5086
5087 @c 9-june-2009: tried this on arm920t, it didn't work.
5088 @c no-params always lists nothing caught, and that's how it acts.
5089
5090 @anchor{arm9tdmi vector_catch}
5091 @deffn Command {arm9tdmi vector_catch} [@option{all}|@option{none}|list]
5092 @cindex vector_catch
5093 Vector Catch hardware provides a sort of dedicated breakpoint
5094 for hardware events such as reset, interrupt, and abort.
5095 You can use this to conserve normal breakpoint resources,
5096 so long as you're not concerned with code that branches directly
5097 to those hardware vectors.
5098
5099 This always finishes by listing the current configuration.
5100 If parameters are provided, it first reconfigures the
5101 vector catch hardware to intercept
5102 @option{all} of the hardware vectors,
5103 @option{none} of them,
5104 or a list with one or more of the following:
5105 @option{reset} @option{undef} @option{swi} @option{pabt} @option{dabt} @option{reserved}
5106 @option{irq} @option{fiq}.
5107 @end deffn
5108
5109 @subsection ARM920T specific commands
5110 @cindex ARM920T
5111
5112 These commands are available to ARM920T based CPUs,
5113 which are implementations of the ARMv4T architecture
5114 built using the ARM9TDMI integer core.
5115 They are available in addition to the ARMv4/5, ARM7/ARM9,
5116 and ARM9TDMI commands.
5117
5118 @deffn Command {arm920t cache_info}
5119 Print information about the caches found. This allows to see whether your target
5120 is an ARM920T (2x16kByte cache) or ARM922T (2x8kByte cache).
5121 @end deffn
5122
5123 @deffn Command {arm920t cp15} regnum [value]
5124 Display cp15 register @var{regnum};
5125 else if a @var{value} is provided, that value is written to that register.
5126 @end deffn
5127
5128 @deffn Command {arm920t cp15i} opcode [value [address]]
5129 Interpreted access using cp15 @var{opcode}.
5130 If no @var{value} is provided, the result is displayed.
5131 Else if that value is written using the specified @var{address},
5132 or using zero if no other address is not provided.
5133 @end deffn
5134
5135 @deffn Command {arm920t mdw_phys} addr [count]
5136 @deffnx Command {arm920t mdh_phys} addr [count]
5137 @deffnx Command {arm920t mdb_phys} addr [count]
5138 Display contents of physical address @var{addr}, as
5139 32-bit words (@command{mdw_phys}), 16-bit halfwords (@command{mdh_phys}),
5140 or 8-bit bytes (@command{mdb_phys}).
5141 If @var{count} is specified, displays that many units.
5142 @end deffn
5143
5144 @deffn Command {arm920t mww_phys} addr word
5145 @deffnx Command {arm920t mwh_phys} addr halfword
5146 @deffnx Command {arm920t mwb_phys} addr byte
5147 Writes the specified @var{word} (32 bits),
5148 @var{halfword} (16 bits), or @var{byte} (8-bit) pattern,
5149 at the specified physical address @var{addr}.
5150 @end deffn
5151
5152 @deffn Command {arm920t read_cache} filename
5153 Dump the content of ICache and DCache to a file named @file{filename}.
5154 @end deffn
5155
5156 @deffn Command {arm920t read_mmu} filename
5157 Dump the content of the ITLB and DTLB to a file named @file{filename}.
5158 @end deffn
5159
5160 @deffn Command {arm920t virt2phys} va
5161 Translate a virtual address @var{va} to a physical address
5162 and display the result.
5163 @end deffn
5164
5165 @subsection ARM926ej-s specific commands
5166 @cindex ARM926ej-s
5167
5168 These commands are available to ARM926ej-s based CPUs,
5169 which are implementations of the ARMv5TEJ architecture
5170 based on the ARM9EJ-S integer core.
5171 They are available in addition to the ARMv4/5, ARM7/ARM9,
5172 and ARM9TDMI commands.
5173
5174 The Feroceon cores also support these commands, although
5175 they are not built from ARM926ej-s designs.
5176
5177 @deffn Command {arm926ejs cache_info}
5178 Print information about the caches found.
5179 @end deffn
5180
5181 @deffn Command {arm926ejs cp15} opcode1 opcode2 CRn CRm regnum [value]
5182 Accesses cp15 register @var{regnum} using
5183 @var{opcode1}, @var{opcode2}, @var{CRn}, and @var{CRm}.
5184 If a @var{value} is provided, that value is written to that register.
5185 Else that register is read and displayed.
5186 @end deffn
5187
5188 @deffn Command {arm926ejs mdw_phys} addr [count]
5189 @deffnx Command {arm926ejs mdh_phys} addr [count]
5190 @deffnx Command {arm926ejs mdb_phys} addr [count]
5191 Display contents of physical address @var{addr}, as
5192 32-bit words (@command{mdw_phys}), 16-bit halfwords (@command{mdh_phys}),
5193 or 8-bit bytes (@command{mdb_phys}).
5194 If @var{count} is specified, displays that many units.
5195 @end deffn
5196
5197 @deffn Command {arm926ejs mww_phys} addr word
5198 @deffnx Command {arm926ejs mwh_phys} addr halfword
5199 @deffnx Command {arm926ejs mwb_phys} addr byte
5200 Writes the specified @var{word} (32 bits),
5201 @var{halfword} (16 bits), or @var{byte} (8-bit) pattern,
5202 at the specified physical address @var{addr}.
5203 @end deffn
5204
5205 @deffn Command {arm926ejs virt2phys} va
5206 Translate a virtual address @var{va} to a physical address
5207 and display the result.
5208 @end deffn
5209
5210 @subsection ARM966E specific commands
5211 @cindex ARM966E
5212
5213 These commands are available to ARM966 based CPUs,
5214 which are implementations of the ARMv5TE architecture.
5215 They are available in addition to the ARMv4/5, ARM7/ARM9,
5216 and ARM9TDMI commands.
5217
5218 @deffn Command {arm966e cp15} regnum [value]
5219 Display cp15 register @var{regnum};
5220 else if a @var{value} is provided, that value is written to that register.
5221 @end deffn
5222
5223 @subsection XScale specific commands
5224 @cindex XScale
5225
5226 Some notes about the debug implementation on the XScale CPUs:
5227
5228 The XScale CPU provides a special debug-only mini-instruction cache
5229 (mini-IC) in which exception vectors and target-resident debug handler
5230 code are placed by OpenOCD. In order to get access to the CPU, OpenOCD
5231 must point vector 0 (the reset vector) to the entry of the debug
5232 handler. However, this means that the complete first cacheline in the
5233 mini-IC is marked valid, which makes the CPU fetch all exception
5234 handlers from the mini-IC, ignoring the code in RAM.
5235
5236 OpenOCD currently does not sync the mini-IC entries with the RAM
5237 contents (which would fail anyway while the target is running), so
5238 the user must provide appropriate values using the @code{xscale
5239 vector_table} command.
5240
5241 It is recommended to place a pc-relative indirect branch in the vector
5242 table, and put the branch destination somewhere in memory. Doing so
5243 makes sure the code in the vector table stays constant regardless of
5244 code layout in memory:
5245 @example
5246 _vectors:
5247 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5248 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5249 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5250 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5251 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5252 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5253 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5254 ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
5255 .org 0x100
5256 .long real_reset_vector
5257 .long real_ui_handler
5258 .long real_swi_handler
5259 .long real_pf_abort
5260 .long real_data_abort
5261 .long 0 /* unused */
5262 .long real_irq_handler
5263 .long real_fiq_handler
5264 @end example
5265
5266 The debug handler must be placed somewhere in the address space using
5267 the @code{xscale debug_handler} command. The allowed locations for the
5268 debug handler are either (0x800 - 0x1fef800) or (0xfe000800 -
5269 0xfffff800). The default value is 0xfe000800.
5270
5271
5272 These commands are available to XScale based CPUs,
5273 which are implementations of the ARMv5TE architecture.
5274
5275 @deffn Command {xscale analyze_trace}
5276 Displays the contents of the trace buffer.
5277 @end deffn
5278
5279 @deffn Command {xscale cache_clean_address} address
5280 Changes the address used when cleaning the data cache.
5281 @end deffn
5282
5283 @deffn Command {xscale cache_info}
5284 Displays information about the CPU caches.
5285 @end deffn
5286
5287 @deffn Command {xscale cp15} regnum [value]
5288 Display cp15 register @var{regnum};
5289 else if a @var{value} is provided, that value is written to that register.
5290 @end deffn
5291
5292 @deffn Command {xscale debug_handler} target address
5293 Changes the address used for the specified target's debug handler.
5294 @end deffn
5295
5296 @deffn Command {xscale dcache} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
5297 Enables or disable the CPU's data cache.
5298 @end deffn
5299
5300 @deffn Command {xscale dump_trace} filename
5301 Dumps the raw contents of the trace buffer to @file{filename}.
5302 @end deffn
5303
5304 @deffn Command {xscale icache} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
5305 Enables or disable the CPU's instruction cache.
5306 @end deffn
5307
5308 @deffn Command {xscale mmu} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
5309 Enables or disable the CPU's memory management unit.
5310 @end deffn
5311
5312 @deffn Command {xscale trace_buffer} (@option{enable}|@option{disable}) [@option{fill} [n] | @option{wrap}]
5313 Enables or disables the trace buffer,
5314 and controls how it is emptied.
5315 @end deffn
5316
5317 @deffn Command {xscale trace_image} filename [offset [type]]
5318 Opens a trace image from @file{filename}, optionally rebasing
5319 its segment addresses by @var{offset}.
5320 The image @var{type} may be one of
5321 @option{bin} (binary), @option{ihex} (Intel hex),
5322 @option{elf} (ELF file), @option{s19} (Motorola s19),
5323 @option{mem}, or @option{builder}.
5324 @end deffn
5325
5326 @anchor{xscale vector_catch}
5327 @deffn Command {xscale vector_catch} [mask]
5328 @cindex vector_catch
5329 Display a bitmask showing the hardware vectors to catch.
5330 If the optional parameter is provided, first set the bitmask to that value.
5331
5332 The mask bits correspond with bit 16..23 in the DCSR:
5333 @example
5334 0x01 Trap Reset
5335 0x02 Trap Undefined Instructions
5336 0x04 Trap Software Interrupt
5337 0x08 Trap Prefetch Abort
5338 0x10 Trap Data Abort
5339 0x20 reserved
5340 0x40 Trap IRQ
5341 0x80 Trap FIQ
5342 @end example
5343 @end deffn
5344
5345 @anchor{xscale vector_table}
5346 @deffn Command {xscale vector_table} [<low|high> <index> <value>]
5347 @cindex vector_table
5348
5349 Set an entry in the mini-IC vector table. There are two tables: one for
5350 low vectors (at 0x00000000), and one for high vectors (0xFFFF0000), each
5351 holding the 8 exception vectors. @var{index} can be 1-7, because vector 0
5352 points to the debug handler entry and can not be overwritten.
5353 @var{value} holds the 32-bit opcode that is placed in the mini-IC.
5354
5355 Without arguments, the current settings are displayed.
5356
5357 @end deffn
5358
5359 @section ARMv6 Architecture
5360 @cindex ARMv6
5361
5362 @subsection ARM11 specific commands
5363 @cindex ARM11
5364
5365 @deffn Command {arm11 mcr} pX opc1 CRn CRm opc2 value
5366 Write @var{value} to a coprocessor @var{pX} register
5367 passing parameters @var{CRn},
5368 @var{CRm}, opcodes @var{opc1} and @var{opc2},
5369 and the MCR instruction.
5370 (The difference beween this and the MCR2 instruction is
5371 one bit in the encoding, effecively a fifth parameter.)
5372 @end deffn
5373
5374 @deffn Command {arm11 memwrite burst} [value]
5375 Displays the value of the memwrite burst-enable flag,
5376 which is enabled by default.
5377 If @var{value} is defined, first assigns that.
5378 @end deffn
5379
5380 @deffn Command {arm11 memwrite error_fatal} [value]
5381 Displays the value of the memwrite error_fatal flag,
5382 which is enabled by default.
5383 If @var{value} is defined, first assigns that.
5384 @end deffn
5385
5386 @deffn Command {arm11 mrc} pX opc1 CRn CRm opc2
5387 Read a coprocessor @var{pX} register passing parameters @var{CRn},
5388 @var{CRm}, opcodes @var{opc1} and @var{opc2},
5389 and the MRC instruction.
5390 (The difference beween this and the MRC2 instruction is
5391 one bit in the encoding, effecively a fifth parameter.)
5392 Displays the result.
5393 @end deffn
5394
5395 @deffn Command {arm11 no_increment} [value]
5396 Displays the value of the flag controlling whether
5397 some read or write operations increment the pointer
5398 (the default behavior) or not (acting like a FIFO).
5399 If @var{value} is defined, first assigns that.
5400 @end deffn
5401
5402 @deffn Command {arm11 step_irq_enable} [value]
5403 Displays the value of the flag controlling whether
5404 IRQs are enabled during single stepping;
5405 they is disabled by default.
5406 If @var{value} is defined, first assigns that.
5407 @end deffn
5408
5409 @section ARMv7 Architecture
5410 @cindex ARMv7
5411
5412 @subsection ARMv7 Debug Access Port (DAP) specific commands
5413 @cindex Debug Access Port
5414 @cindex DAP
5415 These commands are specific to ARM architecture v7 Debug Access Port (DAP),
5416 included on cortex-m3 and cortex-a8 systems.
5417 They are available in addition to other core-specific commands that may be available.
5418
5419 @deffn Command {dap info} [num]
5420 Displays dap info for ap @var{num}, defaulting to the currently selected AP.
5421 @end deffn
5422
5423 @deffn Command {dap apsel} [num]
5424 Select AP @var{num}, defaulting to 0.
5425 @end deffn
5426
5427 @deffn Command {dap apid} [num]
5428 Displays id register from AP @var{num},
5429 defaulting to the currently selected AP.
5430 @end deffn
5431
5432 @deffn Command {dap baseaddr} [num]
5433 Displays debug base address from AP @var{num},
5434 defaulting to the currently selected AP.
5435 @end deffn
5436
5437 @deffn Command {dap memaccess} [value]
5438 Displays the number of extra tck for mem-ap memory bus access [0-255].
5439 If @var{value} is defined, first assigns that.
5440 @end deffn
5441
5442 @subsection ARMv7-A specific commands
5443 @cindex ARMv7-A
5444
5445 @deffn Command {armv7a disassemble} address [count [@option{thumb}]]
5446 @cindex disassemble
5447 Disassembles @var{count} instructions starting at @var{address}.
5448 If @var{count} is not specified, a single instruction is disassembled.
5449 If @option{thumb} is specified, or the low bit of the address is set,
5450 Thumb2 (mixed 16/32-bit) instructions are used;
5451 else ARM (32-bit) instructions are used.
5452 With a handful of exceptions, ThumbEE instructions are the same as Thumb2;
5453 ThumbEE disassembly currently has no explicit support.
5454 (Processors may also support the Jazelle state, but
5455 those instructions are not currently understood by OpenOCD.)
5456 @end deffn
5457
5458
5459 @subsection Cortex-M3 specific commands
5460 @cindex Cortex-M3
5461
5462 @deffn Command {cortex_m3 disassemble} address [count]
5463 @cindex disassemble
5464 Disassembles @var{count} Thumb2 instructions starting at @var{address}.
5465 If @var{count} is not specified, a single instruction is disassembled.
5466 @end deffn
5467
5468 @deffn Command {cortex_m3 maskisr} (@option{on}|@option{off})
5469 Control masking (disabling) interrupts during target step/resume.
5470 @end deffn
5471
5472 @deffn Command {cortex_m3 vector_catch} [@option{all}|@option{none}|list]
5473 @cindex vector_catch
5474 Vector Catch hardware provides dedicated breakpoints
5475 for certain hardware events.
5476
5477 Parameters request interception of
5478 @option{all} of these hardware event vectors,
5479 @option{none} of them,
5480 or one or more of the following:
5481 @option{hard_err} for a HardFault exception;
5482 @option{mm_err} for a MemManage exception;
5483 @option{bus_err} for a BusFault exception;
5484 @option{irq_err},
5485 @option{state_err},
5486 @option{chk_err}, or
5487 @option{nocp_err} for various UsageFault exceptions; or
5488 @option{reset}.
5489 If NVIC setup code does not enable them,
5490 MemManage, BusFault, and UsageFault exceptions
5491 are mapped to HardFault.
5492 UsageFault checks for
5493 divide-by-zero and unaligned access
5494 must also be explicitly enabled.
5495
5496 This finishes by listing the current vector catch configuration.
5497 @end deffn
5498
5499 @anchor{Software Debug Messages and Tracing}
5500 @section Software Debug Messages and Tracing
5501 @cindex Linux-ARM DCC support
5502 @cindex tracing
5503 @cindex libdcc
5504 @cindex DCC
5505 OpenOCD can process certain requests from target software. Currently
5506 @command{target_request debugmsgs}
5507 is supported only for @option{arm7_9} and @option{cortex_m3} cores.
5508 These messages are received as part of target polling, so
5509 you need to have @command{poll on} active to receive them.
5510 They are intrusive in that they will affect program execution
5511 times. If that is a problem, @pxref{ARM Hardware Tracing}.
5512
5513 See @file{libdcc} in the contrib dir for more details.
5514 In addition to sending strings, characters, and
5515 arrays of various size integers from the target,
5516 @file{libdcc} also exports a software trace point mechanism.
5517 The target being debugged may
5518 issue trace messages which include a 24-bit @dfn{trace point} number.
5519 Trace point support includes two distinct mechanisms,
5520 each supported by a command:
5521
5522 @itemize
5523 @item @emph{History} ... A circular buffer of trace points
5524 can be set up, and then displayed at any time.
5525 This tracks where code has been, which can be invaluable in
5526 finding out how some fault was triggered.
5527
5528 The buffer may overflow, since it collects records continuously.
5529 It may be useful to use some of the 24 bits to represent a
5530 particular event, and other bits to hold data.
5531
5532 @item @emph{Counting} ... An array of counters can be set up,
5533 and then displayed at any time.
5534 This can help establish code coverage and identify hot spots.
5535
5536 The array of counters is directly indexed by the trace point
5537 number, so trace points with higher numbers are not counted.
5538 @end itemize
5539
5540 Linux-ARM kernels have a ``Kernel low-level debugging
5541 via EmbeddedICE DCC channel'' option (CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC,
5542 depends on CONFIG_DEBUG_LL) which uses this mechanism to
5543 deliver messages before a serial console can be activated.
5544 This is not the same format used by @file{libdcc}.
5545 Other software, such as the U-Boot boot loader, sometimes
5546 does the same thing.
5547
5548 @deffn Command {target_request debugmsgs} [@option{enable}|@option{disable}|@option{charmsg}]
5549 Displays current handling of target DCC message requests.
5550 These messages may be sent to the debugger while the target is running.
5551 The optional @option{enable} and @option{charmsg} parameters
5552 both enable the messages, while @option{disable} disables them.
5553
5554 With @option{charmsg} the DCC words each contain one character,
5555 as used by Linux with CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC;
5556 otherwise the libdcc format is used.
5557 @end deffn
5558
5559 @deffn Command {trace history} (@option{clear}|count)
5560 With no parameter, displays all the trace points that have triggered
5561 in the order they triggered.
5562 With the parameter @option{clear}, erases all current trace history records.
5563 With a @var{count} parameter, allocates space for that many
5564 history records.
5565 @end deffn
5566
5567 @deffn Command {trace point} (@option{clear}|identifier)
5568 With no parameter, displays all trace point identifiers and how many times
5569 they have been triggered.
5570 With the parameter @option{clear}, erases all current trace point counters.
5571 With a numeric @var{identifier} parameter, creates a new a trace point counter
5572 and associates it with that identifier.
5573
5574 @emph{Important:} The identifier and the trace point number
5575 are not related except by this command.
5576 These trace point numbers always start at zero (from server startup,
5577 or after @command{trace point clear}) and count up from there.
5578 @end deffn
5579
5580
5581 @node JTAG Commands
5582 @chapter JTAG Commands
5583 @cindex JTAG Commands
5584 Most general purpose JTAG commands have been presented earlier.
5585 (@xref{JTAG Speed}, @ref{Reset Configuration}, and @ref{TAP Declaration}.)
5586 Lower level JTAG commands, as presented here,
5587 may be needed to work with targets which require special
5588 attention during operations such as reset or initialization.
5589
5590 To use these commands you will need to understand some
5591 of the basics of JTAG, including:
5592
5593 @itemize @bullet
5594 @item A JTAG scan chain consists of a sequence of individual TAP
5595 devices such as a CPUs.
5596 @item Control operations involve moving each TAP through the same
5597 standard state machine (in parallel)
5598 using their shared TMS and clock signals.
5599 @item Data transfer involves shifting data through the chain of
5600 instruction or data registers of each TAP, writing new register values
5601 while the reading previous ones.
5602 @item Data register sizes are a function of the instruction active in
5603 a given TAP, while instruction register sizes are fixed for each TAP.
5604 All TAPs support a BYPASS instruction with a single bit data register.
5605 @item The way OpenOCD differentiates between TAP devices is by
5606 shifting different instructions into (and out of) their instruction
5607 registers.
5608 @end itemize
5609
5610 @section Low Level JTAG Commands
5611
5612 These commands are used by developers who need to access
5613 JTAG instruction or data registers, possibly controlling
5614 the order of TAP state transitions.
5615 If you're not debugging OpenOCD internals, or bringing up a
5616 new JTAG adapter or a new type of TAP device (like a CPU or
5617 JTAG router), you probably won't need to use these commands.
5618
5619 @deffn Command {drscan} tap [numbits value]+ [@option{-endstate} tap_state]
5620 Loads the data register of @var{tap} with a series of bit fields
5621 that specify the entire register.
5622 Each field is @var{numbits} bits long with
5623 a numeric @var{value} (hexadecimal encouraged).
5624 The return value holds the original value of each
5625 of those fields.
5626
5627 For example, a 38 bit number might be specified as one
5628 field of 32 bits then one of 6 bits.
5629 @emph{For portability, never pass fields which are more
5630 than 32 bits long. Many OpenOCD implementations do not
5631 support 64-bit (or larger) integer values.}
5632
5633 All TAPs other than @var{tap} must be in BYPASS mode.
5634 The single bit in their data registers does not matter.
5635
5636 When @var{tap_state} is specified, the JTAG state machine is left
5637 in that state.
5638 For example @sc{drpause} might be specified, so that more
5639 instructions can be issued before re-entering the @sc{run/idle} state.
5640 If the end state is not specified, the @sc{run/idle} state is entered.
5641
5642 @quotation Warning
5643 OpenOCD does not record information about data register lengths,
5644 so @emph{it is important that you get the bit field lengths right}.
5645 Remember that different JTAG instructions refer to different
5646 data registers, which may have different lengths.
5647 Moreover, those lengths may not be fixed;
5648 the SCAN_N instruction can change the length of
5649 the register accessed by the INTEST instruction
5650 (by connecting a different scan chain).
5651 @end quotation
5652 @end deffn
5653
5654 @deffn Command {flush_count}
5655 Returns the number of times the JTAG queue has been flushed.
5656 This may be used for performance tuning.
5657
5658 For example, flushing a queue over USB involves a
5659 minimum latency, often several milliseconds, which does
5660 not change with the amount of data which is written.
5661 You may be able to identify performance problems by finding
5662 tasks which waste bandwidth by flushing small transfers too often,
5663 instead of batching them into larger operations.
5664 @end deffn
5665
5666 @deffn Command {irscan} [tap instruction]+ [@option{-endstate} tap_state]
5667 For each @var{tap} listed, loads the instruction register
5668 with its associated numeric @var{instruction}.
5669 (The number of bits in that instruction may be displayed
5670 using the @command{scan_chain} command.)
5671 For other TAPs, a BYPASS instruction is loaded.
5672
5673 When @var{tap_state} is specified, the JTAG state machine is left
5674 in that state.
5675 For example @sc{irpause} might be specified, so the data register
5676 can be loaded before re-entering the @sc{run/idle} state.
5677 If the end state is not specified, the @sc{run/idle} state is entered.
5678
5679 @quotation Note
5680 OpenOCD currently supports only a single field for instruction
5681 register values, unlike data register values.
5682 For TAPs where the instruction register length is more than 32 bits,
5683 portable scripts currently must issue only BYPASS instructions.
5684 @end quotation
5685 @end deffn
5686
5687 @deffn Command {jtag_reset} trst srst
5688 Set values of reset signals.
5689 The @var{trst} and @var{srst} parameter values may be
5690 @option{0}, indicating that reset is inactive (pulled or driven high),
5691 or @option{1}, indicating it is active (pulled or driven low).
5692 The @command{reset_config} command should already have been used
5693 to configure how the board and JTAG adapter treat these two
5694 signals, and to say if either signal is even present.
5695 @xref{Reset Configuration}.
5696 @end deffn
5697
5698 @deffn Command {runtest} @var{num_cycles}
5699 Move to the @sc{run/idle} state, and execute at least
5700 @var{num_cycles} of the JTAG clock (TCK).
5701 Instructions often need some time
5702 to execute before they take effect.
5703 @end deffn
5704
5705 @c tms_sequence (short|long)
5706 @c ... temporary, debug-only, probably gone before 0.2 ships
5707
5708 @deffn Command {verify_ircapture} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
5709 Verify values captured during @sc{ircapture} and returned
5710 during IR scans. Default is enabled, but this can be
5711 overridden by @command{verify_jtag}.
5712 @end deffn
5713
5714 @deffn Command {verify_jtag} (@option{enable}|@option{disable})
5715 Enables verification of DR and IR scans, to help detect
5716 programming errors. For IR scans, @command{verify_ircapture}
5717 must also be enabled.
5718 Default is enabled.
5719 @end deffn
5720
5721 @section TAP state names
5722 @cindex TAP state names
5723
5724 The @var{tap_state} names used by OpenOCD in the @command{drscan},
5725 and @command{irscan} commands are:
5726
5727 @itemize @bullet
5728 @item @b{RESET} ... should act as if TRST were active
5729 @item @b{RUN/IDLE} ... don't assume this always means IDLE
5730 @item @b{DRSELECT}
5731 @item @b{DRCAPTURE}
5732 @item @b{DRSHIFT} ... TDI/TDO shifting through the data register
5733 @item @b{DREXIT1}
5734 @item @b{DRPAUSE} ... data register ready for update or more shifting
5735 @item @b{DREXIT2}
5736 @item @b{DRUPDATE}
5737 @item @b{IRSELECT}
5738 @item @b{IRCAPTURE}
5739 @item @b{IRSHIFT} ... TDI/TDO shifting through the instruction register
5740 @item @b{IREXIT1}
5741 @item @b{IRPAUSE} ... instruction register ready for update or more shifting
5742 @item @b{IREXIT2}
5743 @item @b{IRUPDATE}
5744 @end itemize
5745
5746 Note that only six of those states are fully ``stable'' in the
5747 face of TMS fixed (low except for @sc{reset})
5748 and a free-running JTAG clock. For all the
5749 others, the next TCK transition changes to a new state.
5750
5751 @itemize @bullet
5752 @item From @sc{drshift} and @sc{irshift}, clock transitions will
5753 produce side effects by changing register contents. The values
5754 to be latched in upcoming @sc{drupdate} or @sc{irupdate} states
5755 may not be as expected.
5756 @item @sc{run/idle}, @sc{drpause}, and @sc{irpause} are reasonable
5757 choices after @command{drscan} or @command{irscan} commands,
5758 since they are free of JTAG side effects.
5759 However, @sc{run/idle} may have side effects that appear at other
5760 levels, such as advancing the ARM9E-S instruction pipeline.
5761 Consult the documentation for the TAP(s) you are working with.
5762 @end itemize
5763
5764 @node Boundary Scan Commands
5765 @chapter Boundary Scan Commands
5766
5767 One of the original purposes of JTAG was to support
5768 boundary scan based hardware testing.
5769 Although its primary focus is to support On-Chip Debugging,
5770 OpenOCD also includes some boundary scan commands.
5771
5772 @section SVF: Serial Vector Format
5773 @cindex Serial Vector Format
5774 @cindex SVF
5775
5776 The Serial Vector Format, better known as @dfn{SVF}, is a
5777 way to represent JTAG test patterns in text files.
5778 OpenOCD supports running such test files.
5779
5780 @deffn Command {svf} filename [@option{quiet}]
5781 This issues a JTAG reset (Test-Logic-Reset) and then
5782 runs the SVF script from @file{filename}.
5783 Unless the @option{quiet} option is specified,
5784 each command is logged before it is executed.
5785 @end deffn
5786
5787 @section XSVF: Xilinx Serial Vector Format
5788 @cindex Xilinx Serial Vector Format
5789 @cindex XSVF
5790
5791 The Xilinx Serial Vector Format, better known as @dfn{XSVF}, is a
5792 binary representation of SVF which is optimized for use with
5793 Xilinx devices.
5794 OpenOCD supports running such test files.
5795
5796 @quotation Important
5797 Not all XSVF commands are supported.
5798 @end quotation
5799
5800 @deffn Command {xsvf} (tapname|@option{plain}) filename [@option{virt2}] [@option{quiet}]
5801 This issues a JTAG reset (Test-Logic-Reset) and then
5802 runs the XSVF script from @file{filename}.
5803 When a @var{tapname} is specified, the commands are directed at
5804 that TAP.
5805 When @option{virt2} is specified, the @sc{xruntest} command counts
5806 are interpreted as TCK cycles instead of microseconds.
5807 Unless the @option{quiet} option is specified,
5808 messages are logged for comments and some retries.
5809 @end deffn
5810
5811 @node TFTP
5812 @chapter TFTP
5813 @cindex TFTP
5814 If OpenOCD runs on an embedded host(as ZY1000 does), then TFTP can
5815 be used to access files on PCs (either the developer's PC or some other PC).
5816
5817 The way this works on the ZY1000 is to prefix a filename by
5818 "/tftp/ip/" and append the TFTP path on the TFTP
5819 server (tftpd). For example,
5820
5821 @example
5822 load_image /tftp/10.0.0.96/c:\temp\abc.elf
5823 @end example
5824
5825 will load c:\temp\abc.elf from the developer pc (10.0.0.96) into memory as
5826 if the file was hosted on the embedded host.
5827
5828 In order to achieve decent performance, you must choose a TFTP server
5829 that supports a packet size bigger than the default packet size (512 bytes). There
5830 are numerous TFTP servers out there (free and commercial) and you will have to do
5831 a bit of googling to find something that fits your requirements.
5832
5833 @node GDB and OpenOCD
5834 @chapter GDB and OpenOCD
5835 @cindex GDB
5836 OpenOCD complies with the remote gdbserver protocol, and as such can be used
5837 to debug remote targets.
5838
5839 @anchor{Connecting to GDB}
5840 @section Connecting to GDB
5841 @cindex Connecting to GDB
5842 Use GDB 6.7 or newer with OpenOCD if you run into trouble. For
5843 instance GDB 6.3 has a known bug that produces bogus memory access
5844 errors, which has since been fixed: look up 1836 in
5845 @url{http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=gdb}
5846
5847 OpenOCD can communicate with GDB in two ways:
5848
5849 @enumerate
5850 @item
5851 A socket (TCP/IP) connection is typically started as follows:
5852 @example
5853 target remote localhost:3333
5854 @end example
5855 This would cause GDB to connect to the gdbserver on the local pc using port 3333.
5856 @item
5857 A pipe connection is typically started as follows:
5858 @example
5859 target remote | openocd --pipe
5860 @end example
5861 This would cause GDB to run OpenOCD and communicate using pipes (stdin/stdout).
5862 Using this method has the advantage of GDB starting/stopping OpenOCD for the debug
5863 session.
5864 @end enumerate
5865
5866 To list the available OpenOCD commands type @command{monitor help} on the
5867 GDB command line.
5868
5869 OpenOCD supports the gdb @option{qSupported} packet, this enables information
5870 to be sent by the GDB remote server (i.e. OpenOCD) to GDB. Typical information includes
5871 packet size and the device's memory map.
5872
5873 Previous versions of OpenOCD required the following GDB options to increase
5874 the packet size and speed up GDB communication:
5875 @example
5876 set remote memory-write-packet-size 1024
5877 set remote memory-write-packet-size fixed
5878 set remote memory-read-packet-size 1024
5879 set remote memory-read-packet-size fixed
5880 @end example
5881 This is now handled in the @option{qSupported} PacketSize and should not be required.
5882
5883 @section Programming using GDB
5884 @cindex Programming using GDB
5885
5886 By default the target memory map is sent to GDB. This can be disabled by
5887 the following OpenOCD configuration option:
5888 @example
5889 gdb_memory_map disable
5890 @end example
5891 For this to function correctly a valid flash configuration must also be set
5892 in OpenOCD. For faster performance you should also configure a valid
5893 working area.
5894
5895 Informing GDB of the memory map of the target will enable GDB to protect any
5896 flash areas of the target and use hardware breakpoints by default. This means
5897 that the OpenOCD option @command{gdb_breakpoint_override} is not required when
5898 using a memory map. @xref{gdb_breakpoint_override}.
5899
5900 To view the configured memory map in GDB, use the GDB command @option{info mem}
5901 All other unassigned addresses within GDB are treated as RAM.
5902
5903 GDB 6.8 and higher set any memory area not in the memory map as inaccessible.
5904 This can be changed to the old behaviour by using the following GDB command
5905 @example
5906 set mem inaccessible-by-default off
5907 @end example
5908
5909 If @command{gdb_flash_program enable} is also used, GDB will be able to
5910 program any flash memory using the vFlash interface.
5911
5912 GDB will look at the target memory map when a load command is given, if any
5913 areas to be programmed lie within the target flash area the vFlash packets
5914 will be used.
5915
5916 If the target needs configuring before GDB programming, an event
5917 script can be executed:
5918 @example
5919 $_TARGETNAME configure -event EVENTNAME BODY
5920 @end example
5921
5922 To verify any flash programming the GDB command @option{compare-sections}
5923 can be used.
5924
5925 @node Tcl Scripting API
5926 @chapter Tcl Scripting API
5927 @cindex Tcl Scripting API
5928 @cindex Tcl scripts
5929 @section API rules
5930
5931 The commands are stateless. E.g. the telnet command line has a concept
5932 of currently active target, the Tcl API proc's take this sort of state
5933 information as an argument to each proc.
5934
5935 There are three main types of return values: single value, name value
5936 pair list and lists.
5937
5938 Name value pair. The proc 'foo' below returns a name/value pair
5939 list.
5940
5941 @verbatim
5942
5943 > set foo(me) Duane
5944 > set foo(you) Oyvind
5945 > set foo(mouse) Micky
5946 > set foo(duck) Donald
5947
5948 If one does this:
5949
5950 > set foo
5951
5952 The result is:
5953
5954 me Duane you Oyvind mouse Micky duck Donald
5955
5956 Thus, to get the names of the associative array is easy:
5957
5958 foreach { name value } [set foo] {
5959 puts "Name: $name, Value: $value"
5960 }
5961 @end verbatim
5962
5963 Lists returned must be relatively small. Otherwise a range
5964 should be passed in to the proc in question.
5965
5966 @section Internal low-level Commands
5967
5968 By low-level, the intent is a human would not directly use these commands.
5969
5970 Low-level commands are (should be) prefixed with "ocd_", e.g.
5971 @command{ocd_flash_banks}
5972 is the low level API upon which @command{flash banks} is implemented.
5973
5974 @itemize @bullet
5975 @item @b{ocd_mem2array} <@var{varname}> <@var{width}> <@var{addr}> <@var{nelems}>
5976
5977 Read memory and return as a Tcl array for script processing
5978 @item @b{ocd_array2mem} <@var{varname}> <@var{width}> <@var{addr}> <@var{nelems}>
5979
5980 Convert a Tcl array to memory locations and write the values
5981 @item @b{ocd_flash_banks} <@var{driver}> <@var{base}> <@var{size}> <@var{chip_width}> <@var{bus_width}> <@var{target}> [@option{driver options} ...]
5982
5983 Return information about the flash banks
5984 @end itemize
5985
5986 OpenOCD commands can consist of two words, e.g. "flash banks". The
5987 @file{startup.tcl} "unknown" proc will translate this into a Tcl proc
5988 called "flash_banks".
5989
5990 @section OpenOCD specific Global Variables
5991
5992 @subsection HostOS
5993
5994 Real Tcl has ::tcl_platform(), and platform::identify, and many other
5995 variables. JimTCL, as implemented in OpenOCD creates $HostOS which
5996 holds one of the following values:
5997
5998 @itemize @bullet
5999 @item @b{winxx} Built using Microsoft Visual Studio
6000 @item @b{linux} Linux is the underlying operating sytem
6001 @item @b{darwin} Darwin (mac-os) is the underlying operating sytem.
6002 @item @b{cygwin} Running under Cygwin
6003 @item @b{mingw32} Running under MingW32
6004 @item @b{other} Unknown, none of the above.
6005 @end itemize
6006
6007 Note: 'winxx' was choosen because today (March-2009) no distinction is made between Win32 and Win64.
6008
6009 @quotation Note
6010 We should add support for a variable like Tcl variable
6011 @code{tcl_platform(platform)}, it should be called
6012 @code{jim_platform} (because it
6013 is jim, not real tcl).
6014 @end quotation
6015
6016 @node Upgrading
6017 @chapter Deprecated/Removed Commands
6018 @cindex Deprecated/Removed Commands
6019 Certain OpenOCD commands have been deprecated or
6020 removed during the various revisions.
6021
6022 Upgrade your scripts as soon as possible.
6023 These descriptions for old commands may be removed
6024 a year after the command itself was removed.
6025 This means that in January 2010 this chapter may
6026 become much shorter.
6027
6028 @itemize @bullet
6029 @item @b{arm7_9 fast_writes}
6030 @cindex arm7_9 fast_writes
6031 @*Use @command{arm7_9 fast_memory_access} instead.
6032 @xref{arm7_9 fast_memory_access}.
6033 @item @b{endstate}
6034 @cindex endstate
6035 @*An buggy old command that would not really work since background polling would wipe out the global endstate
6036 @item @b{arm7_9 force_hw_bkpts}
6037 @*Use @command{gdb_breakpoint_override} instead. Note that GDB will use hardware breakpoints
6038 for flash if the GDB memory map has been set up(default when flash is declared in
6039 target configuration). @xref{gdb_breakpoint_override}.
6040 @item @b{arm7_9 sw_bkpts}
6041 @*On by default. @xref{gdb_breakpoint_override}.
6042 @item @b{daemon_startup}
6043 @*this config option has been removed, simply adding @option{init} and @option{reset halt} to
6044 the end of your config script will give the same behaviour as using @option{daemon_startup reset}
6045 and @option{target cortex_m3 little reset_halt 0}.
6046 @item @b{dump_binary}
6047 @*use @option{dump_image} command with same args. @xref{dump_image}.
6048 @item @b{flash erase}
6049 @*use @option{flash erase_sector} command with same args. @xref{flash erase_sector}.
6050 @item @b{flash write}
6051 @*use @option{flash write_bank} command with same args. @xref{flash write_bank}.
6052 @item @b{flash write_binary}
6053 @*use @option{flash write_bank} command with same args. @xref{flash write_bank}.
6054 @item @b{flash auto_erase}
6055 @*use @option{flash write_image} command passing @option{erase} as the first parameter. @xref{flash write_image}.
6056
6057 @item @b{jtag_device}
6058 @*use the @command{jtag newtap} command, converting from positional syntax
6059 to named prefixes, and naming the TAP.
6060 @xref{jtag newtap}.
6061 Note that if you try to use the old command, a message will tell you the
6062 right new command to use; and that the fourth parameter in the old syntax
6063 was never actually used.
6064 @example
6065 OLD: jtag_device 8 0x01 0xe3 0xfe
6066 NEW: jtag newtap CHIPNAME TAPNAME \
6067 -irlen 8 -ircapture 0x01 -irmask 0xe3
6068 @end example
6069
6070 @item @b{jtag_speed} value
6071 @*@xref{JTAG Speed}.
6072 Usually, a value of zero means maximum
6073 speed. The actual effect of this option depends on the JTAG interface used.
6074 @itemize @minus
6075 @item wiggler: maximum speed / @var{number}
6076 @item ft2232: 6MHz / (@var{number}+1)
6077 @item amt jtagaccel: 8 / 2**@var{number}
6078 @item jlink: maximum speed in kHz (0-12000), 0 will use RTCK
6079 @item rlink: 24MHz / @var{number}, but only for certain values of @var{number}
6080 @comment end speed list.
6081 @end itemize
6082
6083 @item @b{load_binary}
6084 @*use @option{load_image} command with same args. @xref{load_image}.
6085 @item @b{run_and_halt_time}
6086 @*This command has been removed for simpler reset behaviour, it can be simulated with the
6087 following commands:
6088 @smallexample
6089 reset run
6090 sleep 100
6091 halt
6092 @end smallexample
6093 @item @b{target} <@var{type}> <@var{endian}> <@var{jtag-position}>
6094 @*use the create subcommand of @option{target}.
6095 @item @b{target_script} <@var{target#}> <@var{eventname}> <@var{scriptname}>
6096 @*use <@var{target_name}> configure -event <@var{eventname}> "script <@var{scriptname}>"
6097 @item @b{working_area}
6098 @*use the @option{configure} subcommand of @option{target} to set the work-area-virt, work-area-phy, work-area-size, and work-area-backup properties of the target.
6099 @end itemize
6100
6101 @node FAQ
6102 @chapter FAQ
6103 @cindex faq
6104 @enumerate
6105 @anchor{FAQ RTCK}
6106 @item @b{RTCK, also known as: Adaptive Clocking - What is it?}
6107 @cindex RTCK
6108 @cindex adaptive clocking
6109 @*
6110
6111 In digital circuit design it is often refered to as ``clock
6112 synchronisation'' the JTAG interface uses one clock (TCK or TCLK)
6113 operating at some speed, your target is operating at another. The two
6114 clocks are not synchronised, they are ``asynchronous''
6115
6116 In order for the two to work together they must be synchronised. Otherwise
6117 the two systems will get out of sync with each other and nothing will
6118 work. There are 2 basic options:
6119 @enumerate
6120 @item
6121 Use a special circuit.
6122 @item
6123 One clock must be some multiple slower than the other.
6124 @end enumerate
6125
6126 @b{Does this really matter?} For some chips and some situations, this
6127 is a non-issue (i.e.: A 500MHz ARM926) but for others - for example some
6128 Atmel SAM7 and SAM9 chips start operation from reset at 32kHz -
6129 program/enable the oscillators and eventually the main clock. It is in
6130 those critical times you must slow the JTAG clock to sometimes 1 to
6131 4kHz.
6132
6133 Imagine debugging a 500MHz ARM926 hand held battery powered device
6134 that ``deep sleeps'' at 32kHz between every keystroke. It can be
6135 painful.
6136
6137 @b{Solution #1 - A special circuit}
6138
6139 In order to make use of this, your JTAG dongle must support the RTCK
6140 feature. Not all dongles support this - keep reading!
6141
6142 The RTCK signal often found in some ARM chips is used to help with
6143 this problem. ARM has a good description of the problem described at
6144 this link: @url{http://www.arm.com/support/faqdev/4170.html} [checked
6145 28/nov/2008]. Link title: ``How does the JTAG synchronisation logic
6146 work? / how does adaptive clocking work?''.
6147
6148 The nice thing about adaptive clocking is that ``battery powered hand
6149 held device example'' - the adaptiveness works perfectly all the
6150 time. One can set a break point or halt the system in the deep power
6151 down code, slow step out until the system speeds up.
6152
6153 Note that adaptive clocking may also need to work at the board level,
6154 when a board-level scan chain has multiple chips.
6155 Parallel clock voting schemes are good way to implement this,
6156 both within and between chips, and can easily be implemented
6157 with a CPLD.
6158 It's not difficult to have logic fan a module's input TCK signal out
6159 to each TAP in the scan chain, and then wait until each TAP's RTCK comes
6160 back with the right polarity before changing the output RTCK signal.
6161 Texas Instruments makes some clock voting logic available
6162 for free (with no support) in VHDL form; see
6163 @url{http://tiexpressdsp.com/index.php/Adaptive_Clocking}
6164
6165 @b{Solution #2 - Always works - but may be slower}
6166
6167 Often this is a perfectly acceptable solution.
6168
6169 In most simple terms: Often the JTAG clock must be 1/10 to 1/12 of
6170 the target clock speed. But what that ``magic division'' is varies
6171 depending on the chips on your board.
6172 @b{ARM rule of thumb} Most ARM based systems require an 6:1 division;
6173 ARM11 cores use an 8:1 division.
6174 @b{Xilinx rule of thumb} is 1/12 the clock speed.
6175
6176 Note: Many FTDI2232C based JTAG dongles are limited to 6MHz.
6177
6178 You can still debug the 'low power' situations - you just need to
6179 manually adjust the clock speed at every step. While painful and
6180 tedious, it is not always practical.
6181
6182 It is however easy to ``code your way around it'' - i.e.: Cheat a little,
6183 have a special debug mode in your application that does a ``high power
6184 sleep''. If you are careful - 98% of your problems can be debugged
6185 this way.
6186
6187 Note that on ARM you may need to avoid using the @emph{wait for interrupt}
6188 operation in your idle loops even if you don't otherwise change the CPU
6189 clock rate.
6190 That operation gates the CPU clock, and thus the JTAG clock; which
6191 prevents JTAG access. One consequence is not being able to @command{halt}
6192 cores which are executing that @emph{wait for interrupt} operation.
6193
6194 To set the JTAG frequency use the command:
6195
6196 @example
6197 # Example: 1.234MHz
6198 jtag_khz 1234
6199 @end example
6200
6201
6202 @item @b{Win32 Pathnames} Why don't backslashes work in Windows paths?
6203
6204 OpenOCD uses Tcl and a backslash is an escape char. Use @{ and @}
6205 around Windows filenames.
6206
6207 @example
6208 > echo \a
6209
6210 > echo @{\a@}
6211 \a
6212 > echo "\a"
6213
6214 >
6215 @end example
6216
6217
6218 @item @b{Missing: cygwin1.dll} OpenOCD complains about a missing cygwin1.dll.
6219
6220 Make sure you have Cygwin installed, or at least a version of OpenOCD that
6221 claims to come with all the necessary DLLs. When using Cygwin, try launching
6222 OpenOCD from the Cygwin shell.
6223
6224 @item @b{Breakpoint Issue} I'm trying to set a breakpoint using GDB (or a frontend like Insight or
6225 Eclipse), but OpenOCD complains that "Info: arm7_9_common.c:213
6226 arm7_9_add_breakpoint(): sw breakpoint requested, but software breakpoints not enabled".
6227
6228 GDB issues software breakpoints when a normal breakpoint is requested, or to implement
6229 source-line single-stepping. On ARMv4T systems, like ARM7TDMI, ARM720T or ARM920T,
6230 software breakpoints consume one of the two available hardware breakpoints.
6231
6232 @item @b{LPC2000 Flash} When erasing or writing LPC2000 on-chip flash, the operation fails at random.
6233
6234 Make sure the core frequency specified in the @option{flash lpc2000} line matches the
6235 clock at the time you're programming the flash. If you've specified the crystal's
6236 frequency, make sure the PLL is disabled. If you've specified the full core speed
6237 (e.g. 60MHz), make sure the PLL is enabled.
6238
6239 @item @b{Amontec Chameleon} When debugging using an Amontec Chameleon in its JTAG Accelerator configuration,
6240 I keep getting "Error: amt_jtagaccel.c:184 amt_wait_scan_busy(): amt_jtagaccel timed
6241 out while waiting for end of scan, rtck was disabled".
6242
6243 Make sure your PC's parallel port operates in EPP mode. You might have to try several
6244 settings in your PC BIOS (ECP, EPP, and different versions of those).
6245
6246 @item @b{Data Aborts} When debugging with OpenOCD and GDB (plain GDB, Insight, or Eclipse),
6247 I get lots of "Error: arm7_9_common.c:1771 arm7_9_read_memory():
6248 memory read caused data abort".
6249
6250 The errors are non-fatal, and are the result of GDB trying to trace stack frames
6251 beyond the last valid frame. It might be possible to prevent this by setting up
6252 a proper "initial" stack frame, if you happen to know what exactly has to
6253 be done, feel free to add this here.
6254
6255 @b{Simple:} In your startup code - push 8 registers of zeros onto the
6256 stack before calling main(). What GDB is doing is ``climbing'' the run
6257 time stack by reading various values on the stack using the standard
6258 call frame for the target. GDB keeps going - until one of 2 things
6259 happen @b{#1} an invalid frame is found, or @b{#2} some huge number of
6260 stackframes have been processed. By pushing zeros on the stack, GDB
6261 gracefully stops.
6262
6263 @b{Debugging Interrupt Service Routines} - In your ISR before you call
6264 your C code, do the same - artifically push some zeros onto the stack,
6265 remember to pop them off when the ISR is done.
6266
6267 @b{Also note:} If you have a multi-threaded operating system, they
6268 often do not @b{in the intrest of saving memory} waste these few
6269 bytes. Painful...
6270
6271
6272 @item @b{JTAG Reset Config} I get the following message in the OpenOCD console (or log file):
6273 "Warning: arm7_9_common.c:679 arm7_9_assert_reset(): srst resets test logic, too".
6274
6275 This warning doesn't indicate any serious problem, as long as you don't want to
6276 debug your core right out of reset. Your .cfg file specified @option{jtag_reset
6277 trst_and_srst srst_pulls_trst} to tell OpenOCD that either your board,
6278 your debugger or your target uC (e.g. LPC2000) can't assert the two reset signals
6279 independently. With this setup, it's not possible to halt the core right out of
6280 reset, everything else should work fine.
6281
6282 @item @b{USB Power} When using OpenOCD in conjunction with Amontec JTAGkey and the Yagarto
6283 toolchain (Eclipse, arm-elf-gcc, arm-elf-gdb), the debugging seems to be
6284 unstable. When single-stepping over large blocks of code, GDB and OpenOCD
6285 quit with an error message. Is there a stability issue with OpenOCD?
6286
6287 No, this is not a stability issue concerning OpenOCD. Most users have solved
6288 this issue by simply using a self-powered USB hub, which they connect their
6289 Amontec JTAGkey to. Apparently, some computers do not provide a USB power
6290 supply stable enough for the Amontec JTAGkey to be operated.
6291
6292 @b{Laptops running on battery have this problem too...}
6293
6294 @item @b{USB Power} When using the Amontec JTAGkey, sometimes OpenOCD crashes with the
6295 following error messages: "Error: ft2232.c:201 ft2232_read(): FT_Read returned:
6296 4" and "Error: ft2232.c:365 ft2232_send_and_recv(): couldn't read from FT2232".
6297 What does that mean and what might be the reason for this?
6298
6299 First of all, the reason might be the USB power supply. Try using a self-powered
6300 hub instead of a direct connection to your computer. Secondly, the error code 4
6301 corresponds to an FT_IO_ERROR, which means that the driver for the FTDI USB
6302 chip ran into some sort of error - this points us to a USB problem.
6303
6304 @item @b{GDB Disconnects} When using the Amontec JTAGkey, sometimes OpenOCD crashes with the following
6305 error message: "Error: gdb_server.c:101 gdb_get_char(): read: 10054".
6306 What does that mean and what might be the reason for this?
6307
6308 Error code 10054 corresponds to WSAECONNRESET, which means that the debugger (GDB)
6309 has closed the connection to OpenOCD. This might be a GDB issue.
6310
6311 @item @b{LPC2000 Flash} In the configuration file in the section where flash device configurations
6312 are described, there is a parameter for specifying the clock frequency
6313 for LPC2000 internal flash devices (e.g. @option{flash bank lpc2000
6314 0x0 0x40000 0 0 0 lpc2000_v1 14746 calc_checksum}), which must be
6315 specified in kilohertz. However, I do have a quartz crystal of a
6316 frequency that contains fractions of kilohertz (e.g. 14,745,600 Hz,
6317 i.e. 14,745.600 kHz). Is it possible to specify real numbers for the
6318 clock frequency?
6319
6320 No. The clock frequency specified here must be given as an integral number.
6321 However, this clock frequency is used by the In-Application-Programming (IAP)
6322 routines of the LPC2000 family only, which seems to be very tolerant concerning
6323 the given clock frequency, so a slight difference between the specified clock
6324 frequency and the actual clock frequency will not cause any trouble.
6325
6326 @item @b{Command Order} Do I have to keep a specific order for the commands in the configuration file?
6327
6328 Well, yes and no. Commands can be given in arbitrary order, yet the
6329 devices listed for the JTAG scan chain must be given in the right
6330 order (jtag newdevice), with the device closest to the TDO-Pin being
6331 listed first. In general, whenever objects of the same type exist
6332 which require an index number, then these objects must be given in the
6333 right order (jtag newtap, targets and flash banks - a target
6334 references a jtag newtap and a flash bank references a target).
6335
6336 You can use the ``scan_chain'' command to verify and display the tap order.
6337
6338 Also, some commands can't execute until after @command{init} has been
6339 processed. Such commands include @command{nand probe} and everything
6340 else that needs to write to controller registers, perhaps for setting
6341 up DRAM and loading it with code.
6342
6343 @anchor{FAQ TAP Order}
6344 @item @b{JTAG TAP Order} Do I have to declare the TAPS in some
6345 particular order?
6346
6347 Yes; whenever you have more than one, you must declare them in
6348 the same order used by the hardware.
6349
6350 Many newer devices have multiple JTAG TAPs. For example: ST
6351 Microsystems STM32 chips have two TAPs, a ``boundary scan TAP'' and
6352 ``Cortex-M3'' TAP. Example: The STM32 reference manual, Document ID:
6353 RM0008, Section 26.5, Figure 259, page 651/681, the ``TDI'' pin is
6354 connected to the boundary scan TAP, which then connects to the
6355 Cortex-M3 TAP, which then connects to the TDO pin.
6356
6357 Thus, the proper order for the STM32 chip is: (1) The Cortex-M3, then
6358 (2) The boundary scan TAP. If your board includes an additional JTAG
6359 chip in the scan chain (for example a Xilinx CPLD or FPGA) you could
6360 place it before or after the STM32 chip in the chain. For example:
6361
6362 @itemize @bullet
6363 @item OpenOCD_TDI(output) -> STM32 TDI Pin (BS Input)
6364 @item STM32 BS TDO (output) -> STM32 Cortex-M3 TDI (input)
6365 @item STM32 Cortex-M3 TDO (output) -> SM32 TDO Pin
6366 @item STM32 TDO Pin (output) -> Xilinx TDI Pin (input)
6367 @item Xilinx TDO Pin -> OpenOCD TDO (input)
6368 @end itemize
6369
6370 The ``jtag device'' commands would thus be in the order shown below. Note:
6371
6372 @itemize @bullet
6373 @item jtag newtap Xilinx tap -irlen ...
6374 @item jtag newtap stm32 cpu -irlen ...
6375 @item jtag newtap stm32 bs -irlen ...
6376 @item # Create the debug target and say where it is
6377 @item target create stm32.cpu -chain-position stm32.cpu ...
6378 @end itemize
6379
6380
6381 @item @b{SYSCOMP} Sometimes my debugging session terminates with an error. When I look into the
6382 log file, I can see these error messages: Error: arm7_9_common.c:561
6383 arm7_9_execute_sys_speed(): timeout waiting for SYSCOMP
6384
6385 TODO.
6386
6387 @end enumerate
6388
6389 @node Tcl Crash Course
6390 @chapter Tcl Crash Course
6391 @cindex Tcl
6392
6393 Not everyone knows Tcl - this is not intended to be a replacement for
6394 learning Tcl, the intent of this chapter is to give you some idea of
6395 how the Tcl scripts work.
6396
6397 This chapter is written with two audiences in mind. (1) OpenOCD users
6398 who need to understand a bit more of how JIM-Tcl works so they can do
6399 something useful, and (2) those that want to add a new command to
6400 OpenOCD.
6401
6402 @section Tcl Rule #1
6403 There is a famous joke, it goes like this:
6404 @enumerate
6405 @item Rule #1: The wife is always correct
6406 @item Rule #2: If you think otherwise, See Rule #1
6407 @end enumerate
6408
6409 The Tcl equal is this:
6410
6411 @enumerate
6412 @item Rule #1: Everything is a string
6413 @item Rule #2: If you think otherwise, See Rule #1
6414 @end enumerate
6415
6416 As in the famous joke, the consequences of Rule #1 are profound. Once
6417 you understand Rule #1, you will understand Tcl.
6418
6419 @section Tcl Rule #1b
6420 There is a second pair of rules.
6421 @enumerate
6422 @item Rule #1: Control flow does not exist. Only commands
6423 @* For example: the classic FOR loop or IF statement is not a control
6424 flow item, they are commands, there is no such thing as control flow
6425 in Tcl.
6426 @item Rule #2: If you think otherwise, See Rule #1
6427 @* Actually what happens is this: There are commands that by
6428 convention, act like control flow key words in other languages. One of
6429 those commands is the word ``for'', another command is ``if''.
6430 @end enumerate
6431
6432 @section Per Rule #1 - All Results are strings
6433 Every Tcl command results in a string. The word ``result'' is used
6434 deliberatly. No result is just an empty string. Remember: @i{Rule #1 -
6435 Everything is a string}
6436
6437 @section Tcl Quoting Operators
6438 In life of a Tcl script, there are two important periods of time, the
6439 difference is subtle.
6440 @enumerate
6441 @item Parse Time
6442 @item Evaluation Time
6443 @end enumerate
6444
6445 The two key items here are how ``quoted things'' work in Tcl. Tcl has
6446 three primary quoting constructs, the [square-brackets] the
6447 @{curly-braces@} and ``double-quotes''
6448
6449 By now you should know $VARIABLES always start with a $DOLLAR
6450 sign. BTW: To set a variable, you actually use the command ``set'', as
6451 in ``set VARNAME VALUE'' much like the ancient BASIC langauge ``let x
6452 = 1'' statement, but without the equal sign.
6453
6454 @itemize @bullet
6455 @item @b{[square-brackets]}
6456 @* @b{[square-brackets]} are command substitutions. It operates much
6457 like Unix Shell `back-ticks`. The result of a [square-bracket]
6458 operation is exactly 1 string. @i{Remember Rule #1 - Everything is a
6459 string}. These two statements are roughly identical:
6460 @example
6461 # bash example
6462 X=`date`
6463 echo "The Date is: $X"
6464 # Tcl example
6465 set X [date]
6466 puts "The Date is: $X"
6467 @end example
6468 @item @b{``double-quoted-things''}
6469 @* @b{``double-quoted-things''} are just simply quoted
6470 text. $VARIABLES and [square-brackets] are expanded in place - the
6471 result however is exactly 1 string. @i{Remember Rule #1 - Everything
6472 is a string}
6473 @example
6474 set x "Dinner"
6475 puts "It is now \"[date]\", $x is in 1 hour"
6476 @end example
6477 @item @b{@{Curly-Braces@}}
6478 @*@b{@{Curly-Braces@}} are magic: $VARIABLES and [square-brackets] are
6479 parsed, but are NOT expanded or executed. @{Curly-Braces@} are like
6480 'single-quote' operators in BASH shell scripts, with the added
6481 feature: @{curly-braces@} can be nested, single quotes can not. @{@{@{this is
6482 nested 3 times@}@}@} NOTE: [date] is a bad example;
6483 at this writing, Jim/OpenOCD does not have a date command.
6484 @end itemize
6485
6486 @section Consequences of Rule 1/2/3/4
6487
6488 The consequences of Rule 1 are profound.
6489
6490 @subsection Tokenisation & Execution.
6491
6492 Of course, whitespace, blank lines and #comment lines are handled in
6493 the normal way.
6494
6495 As a script is parsed, each (multi) line in the script file is
6496 tokenised and according to the quoting rules. After tokenisation, that
6497 line is immedatly executed.
6498
6499 Multi line statements end with one or more ``still-open''
6500 @{curly-braces@} which - eventually - closes a few lines later.
6501
6502 @subsection Command Execution
6503
6504 Remember earlier: There are no ``control flow''
6505 statements in Tcl. Instead there are COMMANDS that simply act like
6506 control flow operators.
6507
6508 Commands are executed like this:
6509
6510 @enumerate
6511 @item Parse the next line into (argc) and (argv[]).
6512 @item Look up (argv[0]) in a table and call its function.
6513 @item Repeat until End Of File.
6514 @end enumerate
6515
6516 It sort of works like this:
6517 @example
6518 for(;;)@{
6519 ReadAndParse( &argc, &argv );
6520
6521 cmdPtr = LookupCommand( argv[0] );
6522
6523 (*cmdPtr->Execute)( argc, argv );
6524 @}
6525 @end example
6526
6527 When the command ``proc'' is parsed (which creates a procedure
6528 function) it gets 3 parameters on the command line. @b{1} the name of
6529 the proc (function), @b{2} the list of parameters, and @b{3} the body
6530 of the function. Not the choice of words: LIST and BODY. The PROC
6531 command stores these items in a table somewhere so it can be found by
6532 ``LookupCommand()''
6533
6534 @subsection The FOR command
6535
6536 The most interesting command to look at is the FOR command. In Tcl,
6537 the FOR command is normally implemented in C. Remember, FOR is a
6538 command just like any other command.
6539
6540 When the ascii text containing the FOR command is parsed, the parser
6541 produces 5 parameter strings, @i{(If in doubt: Refer to Rule #1)} they
6542 are:
6543
6544 @enumerate 0
6545 @item The ascii text 'for'
6546 @item The start text
6547 @item The test expression
6548 @item The next text
6549 @item The body text
6550 @end enumerate
6551
6552 Sort of reminds you of ``main( int argc, char **argv )'' does it not?
6553 Remember @i{Rule #1 - Everything is a string.} The key point is this:
6554 Often many of those parameters are in @{curly-braces@} - thus the
6555 variables inside are not expanded or replaced until later.
6556
6557 Remember that every Tcl command looks like the classic ``main( argc,
6558 argv )'' function in C. In JimTCL - they actually look like this:
6559
6560 @example
6561 int
6562 MyCommand( Jim_Interp *interp,
6563 int *argc,
6564 Jim_Obj * const *argvs );
6565 @end example
6566
6567 Real Tcl is nearly identical. Although the newer versions have
6568 introduced a byte-code parser and intepreter, but at the core, it
6569 still operates in the same basic way.
6570
6571 @subsection FOR command implementation
6572
6573 To understand Tcl it is perhaps most helpful to see the FOR
6574 command. Remember, it is a COMMAND not a control flow structure.
6575
6576 In Tcl there are two underlying C helper functions.
6577
6578 Remember Rule #1 - You are a string.
6579
6580 The @b{first} helper parses and executes commands found in an ascii
6581 string. Commands can be seperated by semicolons, or newlines. While
6582 parsing, variables are expanded via the quoting rules.
6583
6584 The @b{second} helper evaluates an ascii string as a numerical
6585 expression and returns a value.
6586
6587 Here is an example of how the @b{FOR} command could be
6588 implemented. The pseudo code below does not show error handling.
6589 @example
6590 void Execute_AsciiString( void *interp, const char *string );
6591
6592 int Evaluate_AsciiExpression( void *interp, const char *string );
6593
6594 int
6595 MyForCommand( void *interp,
6596 int argc,
6597 char **argv )
6598 @{
6599 if( argc != 5 )@{
6600 SetResult( interp, "WRONG number of parameters");
6601 return ERROR;
6602 @}
6603
6604 // argv[0] = the ascii string just like C
6605
6606 // Execute the start statement.
6607 Execute_AsciiString( interp, argv[1] );
6608
6609 // Top of loop test
6610 for(;;)@{
6611 i = Evaluate_AsciiExpression(interp, argv[2]);
6612 if( i == 0 )
6613 break;
6614
6615 // Execute the body
6616 Execute_AsciiString( interp, argv[3] );
6617
6618 // Execute the LOOP part
6619 Execute_AsciiString( interp, argv[4] );
6620 @}
6621
6622 // Return no error
6623 SetResult( interp, "" );
6624 return SUCCESS;
6625 @}
6626 @end example
6627
6628 Every other command IF, WHILE, FORMAT, PUTS, EXPR, everything works
6629 in the same basic way.
6630
6631 @section OpenOCD Tcl Usage
6632
6633 @subsection source and find commands
6634 @b{Where:} In many configuration files
6635 @* Example: @b{ source [find FILENAME] }
6636 @*Remember the parsing rules
6637 @enumerate
6638 @item The FIND command is in square brackets.
6639 @* The FIND command is executed with the parameter FILENAME. It should
6640 find the full path to the named file. The RESULT is a string, which is
6641 substituted on the orginal command line.
6642 @item The command source is executed with the resulting filename.
6643 @* SOURCE reads a file and executes as a script.
6644 @end enumerate
6645 @subsection format command
6646 @b{Where:} Generally occurs in numerous places.
6647 @* Tcl has no command like @b{printf()}, instead it has @b{format}, which is really more like
6648 @b{sprintf()}.
6649 @b{Example}
6650 @example
6651 set x 6
6652 set y 7
6653 puts [format "The answer: %d" [expr $x * $y]]
6654 @end example
6655 @enumerate
6656 @item The SET command creates 2 variables, X and Y.
6657 @item The double [nested] EXPR command performs math
6658 @* The EXPR command produces numerical result as a string.
6659 @* Refer to Rule #1
6660 @item The format command is executed, producing a single string
6661 @* Refer to Rule #1.
6662 @item The PUTS command outputs the text.
6663 @end enumerate
6664 @subsection Body or Inlined Text
6665 @b{Where:} Various TARGET scripts.
6666 @example
6667 #1 Good
6668 proc someproc @{@} @{
6669 ... multiple lines of stuff ...
6670 @}
6671 $_TARGETNAME configure -event FOO someproc
6672 #2 Good - no variables
6673 $_TARGETNAME confgure -event foo "this ; that;"
6674 #3 Good Curly Braces
6675 $_TARGETNAME configure -event FOO @{
6676 puts "Time: [date]"
6677 @}
6678 #4 DANGER DANGER DANGER
6679 $_TARGETNAME configure -event foo "puts \"Time: [date]\""
6680 @end example
6681 @enumerate
6682 @item The $_TARGETNAME is an OpenOCD variable convention.
6683 @*@b{$_TARGETNAME} represents the last target created, the value changes
6684 each time a new target is created. Remember the parsing rules. When
6685 the ascii text is parsed, the @b{$_TARGETNAME} becomes a simple string,
6686 the name of the target which happens to be a TARGET (object)
6687 command.
6688 @item The 2nd parameter to the @option{-event} parameter is a TCBODY
6689 @*There are 4 examples:
6690 @enumerate
6691 @item The TCLBODY is a simple string that happens to be a proc name
6692 @item The TCLBODY is several simple commands seperated by semicolons
6693 @item The TCLBODY is a multi-line @{curly-brace@} quoted string
6694 @item The TCLBODY is a string with variables that get expanded.
6695 @end enumerate
6696
6697 In the end, when the target event FOO occurs the TCLBODY is
6698 evaluated. Method @b{#1} and @b{#2} are functionally identical. For
6699 Method @b{#3} and @b{#4} it is more interesting. What is the TCLBODY?
6700
6701 Remember the parsing rules. In case #3, @{curly-braces@} mean the
6702 $VARS and [square-brackets] are expanded later, when the EVENT occurs,
6703 and the text is evaluated. In case #4, they are replaced before the
6704 ``Target Object Command'' is executed. This occurs at the same time
6705 $_TARGETNAME is replaced. In case #4 the date will never
6706 change. @{BTW: [date] is a bad example; at this writing,
6707 Jim/OpenOCD does not have a date command@}
6708 @end enumerate
6709 @subsection Global Variables
6710 @b{Where:} You might discover this when writing your own procs @* In
6711 simple terms: Inside a PROC, if you need to access a global variable
6712 you must say so. See also ``upvar''. Example:
6713 @example
6714 proc myproc @{ @} @{
6715 set y 0 #Local variable Y
6716 global x #Global variable X
6717 puts [format "X=%d, Y=%d" $x $y]
6718 @}
6719 @end example
6720 @section Other Tcl Hacks
6721 @b{Dynamic variable creation}
6722 @example
6723 # Dynamically create a bunch of variables.
6724 for @{ set x 0 @} @{ $x < 32 @} @{ set x [expr $x + 1]@} @{
6725 # Create var name
6726 set vn [format "BIT%d" $x]
6727 # Make it a global
6728 global $vn
6729 # Set it.
6730 set $vn [expr (1 << $x)]
6731 @}
6732 @end example
6733 @b{Dynamic proc/command creation}
6734 @example
6735 # One "X" function - 5 uart functions.
6736 foreach who @{A B C D E@}
6737 proc [format "show_uart%c" $who] @{ @} "show_UARTx $who"
6738 @}
6739 @end example
6740
6741 @node Target Library
6742 @chapter Target Library
6743 @cindex Target Library
6744
6745 OpenOCD comes with a target configuration script library. These scripts can be
6746 used as-is or serve as a starting point.
6747
6748 The target library is published together with the OpenOCD executable and
6749 the path to the target library is in the OpenOCD script search path.
6750 Similarly there are example scripts for configuring the JTAG interface.
6751
6752 The command line below uses the example parport configuration script
6753 that ship with OpenOCD, then configures the str710.cfg target and
6754 finally issues the init and reset commands. The communication speed
6755 is set to 10kHz for reset and 8MHz for post reset.
6756
6757 @example
6758 openocd -f interface/parport.cfg -f target/str710.cfg \
6759 -c "init" -c "reset"
6760 @end example
6761
6762 To list the target scripts available:
6763
6764 @example
6765 $ ls /usr/local/lib/openocd/target
6766
6767 arm7_fast.cfg lm3s6965.cfg pxa255.cfg stm32.cfg xba_revA3.cfg
6768 at91eb40a.cfg lpc2148.cfg pxa255_sst.cfg str710.cfg zy1000.cfg
6769 at91r40008.cfg lpc2294.cfg sam7s256.cfg str912.cfg
6770 at91sam9260.cfg nslu2.cfg sam7x256.cfg wi-9c.cfg
6771 @end example
6772
6773 @include fdl.texi
6774
6775 @node OpenOCD Concept Index
6776 @comment DO NOT use the plain word ``Index'', reason: CYGWIN filename
6777 @comment case issue with ``Index.html'' and ``index.html''
6778 @comment Occurs when creating ``--html --no-split'' output
6779 @comment This fix is based on: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-05/msg00215.html
6780 @unnumbered OpenOCD Concept Index
6781
6782 @printindex cp
6783
6784 @node Command and Driver Index
6785 @unnumbered Command and Driver Index
6786 @printindex fn
6787
6788 @bye

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