Re: VxGDB question

[hill@luke.atdiv.lanl.gov (Jeff Hill)]

> 
> I want to use VxGDB to print the contents of a pointer which
> points to a valid VXI memory location for a specific card.  I have found
> that I can't use the "print *" option - I get the following error:
> 
> (vxgdb) print ptr
> $1 = (int *) 0x20000000
> (vxgdb) print *ptr
> ptrace: Bad address.
> Cannot read memory: address 0x20000000 out of bounds.
> (vxgdb)
> 
> This appears to be a limitation with ptrace().  I need to 
> know *how* I can print the contents of pointers to VXI memory since I
> apparently can't do it with "print *".  I would prefer using VxGDB to
> do this is possible.  Any suggestions?
> 

I suspect that your troubles result from VxGDB's using "ptr" as
an "(int32_t *)" when most register based VXI devices accept
"(int16_t *)" access only.

On the 68k:

int16_t maps to C type short
int32_t maps to C types int and long

Jeff


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