RE: [HOWTO] RE: dejagnu remote testing without rsh/rcp facilities on target.

[Dave Korn]

On 25 April 2006 20:48, Rob Savoye wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>>   Ok, so you have a command line listening over a serial port?  You could
>> perhaps write a quick'n'dirty downloader using some ascii format (e.g.
>> srec) couldn't you?  Anyway, even if you can't ...  
> 
>   Many years ago I added the ability to GDB to convert any executable
> file into SRecords, and download it via a serial port. You can also use
> objcopy to do the same thing if you want to produce a disk file.

  I was thinking of the objcopy trick.  Didn't know gdb could do it as well!
 
>   Thanks for the new HOWTO! let me know if you ever get an urge to
> rewrite that section of the DejaGnu manual. :-)
> 
>       - rob -

  Well, I'm far from definitive, and I presume I'd need to get an assign done 
for that, but I'm perfectly happy to contribute it in whatever form seems best. 
 I'd be reluctant to actually *replace* anything already that is already there 
in the manual because I don't understand dg well enough to know if I was doing 
the right thing, and I'm fairly sure that what I've described there is a 
kludgey and roundabout way of doing it...   But it works, and getting to grips 
with dg is hard for newbs, and providing them with a simple interface like this 
that lets them get the rest of the problem out into a more familiar domain 
makes it 'good enough' :)

  Jose, please drop a note back to the lists and let us know if these 
instructions were enough for you to get it to work or if I forgot anything!

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....