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This is openocd.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.1 from
openocd.texi.
This User's Guide documents release 0.7.0, dated 4 May 2013, of the Open
On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD).
* Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenOCD Project
* Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>
* Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Oyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>
* Copyright (C) 2008 Duane Ellis <openocd@duaneellis.com>
* Copyright (C) 2009-2010 David Brownell
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Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
INFO-DIR-SECTION Development
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* OpenOCD: (openocd). OpenOCD User's Guide
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OpenOCD User's Guide
********************
This User's Guide documents release 0.7.0, dated 4 May 2013, of the Open
On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD).
* Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenOCD Project
* Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>
* Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Oyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>
* Copyright (C) 2008 Duane Ellis <openocd@duaneellis.com>
* Copyright (C) 2009-2010 David Brownell
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
* Menu:
* About:: About OpenOCD
* Developers:: OpenOCD Developer Resources
* Debug Adapter Hardware:: Debug Adapter Hardware
* About Jim-Tcl:: About Jim-Tcl
* Running:: Running OpenOCD
* OpenOCD Project Setup:: OpenOCD Project Setup
* Config File Guidelines:: Config File Guidelines
* Daemon Configuration:: Daemon Configuration
* Debug Adapter Configuration:: Debug Adapter Configuration
* Reset Configuration:: Reset Configuration
* TAP Declaration:: TAP Declaration
* CPU Configuration:: CPU Configuration
* Flash Commands:: Flash Commands
* Flash Programming:: Flash Programming
* NAND Flash Commands:: NAND Flash Commands
* PLD/FPGA Commands:: PLD/FPGA Commands
* General Commands:: General Commands
* Architecture and Core Commands:: Architecture and Core Commands
* JTAG Commands:: JTAG Commands
* Boundary Scan Commands:: Boundary Scan Commands
* TFTP:: TFTP
* GDB and OpenOCD:: Using GDB and OpenOCD
* Tcl Scripting API:: Tcl Scripting API
* FAQ:: Frequently Asked Questions
* Tcl Crash Course:: Tcl Crash Course
* License:: GNU Free Documentation License
* OpenOCD Concept Index:: Concept Index
* Command and Driver Index:: Command and Driver Index

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About
*****
OpenOCD was created by Dominic Rath as part of a diploma thesis written
at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
(<http://www.fh-augsburg.de>). Since that time, the project has grown
into an active open-source project, supported by a diverse community of
software and hardware developers from around the world.
What is OpenOCD?
================
The Open On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD) aims to provide debugging, in-system
programming and boundary-scan testing for embedded target devices.
It does so with the assistance of a "debug adapter", which is a small
hardware module which helps provide the right kind of electrical
signaling to the target being debugged. These are required since the
debug host (on which OpenOCD runs) won't usually have native support for
such signaling, or the connector needed to hook up to the target.
Such debug adapters support one or more "transport" protocols, each of
which involves different electrical signaling (and uses different
messaging protocols on top of that signaling). There are many types of
debug adapter, and little uniformity in what they are called. (There
are also product naming differences.)
These adapters are sometimes packaged as discrete dongles, which may
generically be called "hardware interface dongles". Some development
boards also integrate them directly, which may let the development board
can be directly connected to the debug host over USB (and sometimes also
to power it over USB).
For example, a "JTAG Adapter" supports JTAG signaling, and is used to
communicate with JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) compliant TAPs on your target board.
A "TAP" is a "Test Access Port", a module which processes special
instructions and data. TAPs are daisy-chained within and between chips
and boards. JTAG supports debugging and boundary scan operations.
There are also "SWD Adapters" that support Serial Wire Debug (SWD)
signaling to communicate with some newer ARM cores, as well as debug
adapters which support both JTAG and SWD transports. SWD only supports
debugging, whereas JTAG also supports boundary scan operations.
For some chips, there are also "Programming Adapters" supporting special
transports used only to write code to flash memory, without support for
on-chip debugging or boundary scan. (At this writing, OpenOCD does not
support such non-debug adapters.)
Dongles: OpenOCD currently supports many types of hardware dongles: USB
based, parallel port based, and other standalone boxes that run OpenOCD
internally. *Note Debug Adapter Hardware::.
GDB Debug: It allows ARM7 (ARM7TDMI and ARM720t), ARM9 (ARM920T,
ARM922T, ARM926EJ-S, ARM966E-S), XScale (PXA25x, IXP42x) and Cortex-M3
(Stellaris LM3, ST STM32 and Energy Micro EFM32) based cores to be
debugged via the GDB protocol.
Flash Programing: Flash writing is supported for external CFI compatible
NOR flashes (Intel and AMD/Spansion command set) and several internal
flashes (LPC1700, LPC1800, LPC2000, LPC4300, AT91SAM7, AT91SAM3U, STR7x,
STR9x, LM3, STM32x and EFM32). Preliminary support for various NAND
flash controllers (LPC3180, Orion, S3C24xx, more) controller is
included.
OpenOCD Web Site
================
The OpenOCD web site provides the latest public news from the community:
<http://openocd.sourceforge.net/>
Latest User's Guide:
====================
The user's guide you are now reading may not be the latest one
available. A version for more recent code may be available. Its HTML
form is published regularly at:
<http://openocd.sourceforge.net/doc/html/index.html>
PDF form is likewise published at:
<http://openocd.sourceforge.net/doc/pdf/openocd.pdf>
OpenOCD User's Forum
====================
There is an OpenOCD forum (phpBB) hosted by SparkFun, which might be
helpful to you. Note that if you want anything to come to the attention
of developers, you should post it to the OpenOCD Developer Mailing List
instead of this forum.
<http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewforum.php?f=18>
OpenOCD User's Mailing List
===========================
The OpenOCD User Mailing List provides the primary means of
communication between users:
<https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/openocd-user>
OpenOCD IRC
===========
Support can also be found on irc: <irc://irc.freenode.net/openocd>

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1 OpenOCD Developer Resources
*****************************
If you are interested in improving the state of OpenOCD's debugging and
testing support, new contributions will be welcome. Motivated
developers can produce new target, flash or interface drivers, improve
the documentation, as well as more conventional bug fixes and
enhancements.
The resources in this chapter are available for developers wishing to
explore or expand the OpenOCD source code.
1.1 OpenOCD GIT Repository
==========================
During the 0.3.x release cycle, OpenOCD switched from Subversion to a
GIT repository hosted at SourceForge. The repository URL is:
<git://git.code.sf.net/p/openocd/code>
or via http
<http://git.code.sf.net/p/openocd/code>
You may prefer to use a mirror and the HTTP protocol:
<http://repo.or.cz/r/openocd.git>
With standard GIT tools, use 'git clone' to initialize a local
repository, and 'git pull' to update it. There are also gitweb pages
letting you browse the repository with a web browser, or download
arbitrary snapshots without needing a GIT client:
<http://repo.or.cz/w/openocd.git>
The 'README' file contains the instructions for building the project
from the repository or a snapshot.
Developers that want to contribute patches to the OpenOCD system are
strongly encouraged to work against mainline. Patches created against
older versions may require additional work from their submitter in order
to be updated for newer releases.
1.2 Doxygen Developer Manual
============================
During the 0.2.x release cycle, the OpenOCD project began providing a
Doxygen reference manual. This document contains more technical
information about the software internals, development processes, and
similar documentation:
<http://openocd.sourceforge.net/doc/doxygen/html/index.html>
This document is a work-in-progress, but contributions would be welcome
to fill in the gaps. All of the source files are provided in-tree,
listed in the Doxyfile configuration in the top of the source tree.
1.3 OpenOCD Developer Mailing List
==================================
The OpenOCD Developer Mailing List provides the primary means of
communication between developers:
<https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/openocd-devel>
Discuss and submit patches to this list. The 'HACKING' file contains
basic information about how to prepare patches.
1.4 OpenOCD Bug Database
========================
During the 0.4.x release cycle the OpenOCD project team began using Trac
for its bug database:
<https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/openocd>

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2 Debug Adapter Hardware
************************
Defined: dongle: A small device that plugins into a computer and serves
as an adapter .... [snip]
In the OpenOCD case, this generally refers to a small adapter that
attaches to your computer via USB or the Parallel Printer Port. One
exception is the Zylin ZY1000, packaged as a small box you attach via an
ethernet cable. The Zylin ZY1000 has the advantage that it does not
require any drivers to be installed on the developer PC. It also has a
built in web interface. It supports RTCK/RCLK or adaptive clocking and
has a built in relay to power cycle targets remotely.
2.1 Choosing a Dongle
=====================
There are several things you should keep in mind when choosing a dongle.
1. Transport Does it support the kind of communication that you need?
OpenOCD focusses mostly on JTAG. Your version may also support
other ways to communicate with target devices.
2. Voltage What voltage is your target - 1.8, 2.8, 3.3, or 5V? Does
your dongle support it? You might need a level converter.
3. Pinout What pinout does your target board use? Does your dongle
support it? You may be able to use jumper wires, or an "octopus"
connector, to convert pinouts.
4. Connection Does your computer have the USB, printer, or Ethernet
port needed?
5. RTCK Do you expect to use it with ARM chips and boards with RTCK
support? Also known as "adaptive clocking"
2.2 Stand alone Systems
=======================
ZY1000 See:
<http://www.ultsol.com/index.php/component/content/article/8/33-zylin-zy1000-jtag-probe>
Technically, not a dongle, but a standalone box. The ZY1000 has the
advantage that it does not require any drivers installed on the
developer PC. It also has a built in web interface. It supports
RTCK/RCLK or adaptive clocking and has a built in relay to power cycle
targets remotely.
2.3 USB FT2232 Based
====================
There are many USB JTAG dongles on the market, many of them are based on
a chip from "Future Technology Devices International" (FTDI) known as
the FTDI FT2232; this is a USB full speed (12 Mbps) chip. See:
<http://www.ftdichip.com> for more information. In summer 2009, USB
high speed (480 Mbps) versions of these FTDI chips are starting to
become available in JTAG adapters. Around 2012 a new variant appeared -
FT232H - this is a single-channel version of FT2232H. (Adapters using
those high speed FT2232H or FT232H chips may support adaptive clocking.)
The FT2232 chips are flexible enough to support some other transport
options, such as SWD or the SPI variants used to program some chips.
They have two communications channels, and one can be used for a UART
adapter at the same time the other one is used to provide a debug
adapter.
Also, some development boards integrate an FT2232 chip to serve as a
built-in low cost debug adapter and usb-to-serial solution.
* usbjtag
Link
<http://elk.informatik.fh-augsburg.de/hhweb/doc/openocd/usbjtag/usbjtag.html>
* jtagkey
See: <http://www.amontec.com/jtagkey.shtml>
* jtagkey2
See: <http://www.amontec.com/jtagkey2.shtml>
* oocdlink
See: <http://www.oocdlink.com> By Joern Kaipf
* signalyzer
See: <http://www.signalyzer.com>
* Stellaris Eval Boards
See: <http://www.ti.com> - The Stellaris eval boards bundle
FT2232-based JTAG and SWD support, which can be used to debug the
Stellaris chips. Using separate JTAG adapters is optional. These
boards can also be used in a "pass through" mode as JTAG adapters
to other target boards, disabling the Stellaris chip.
* TI/Luminary ICDI
See: <http://www.ti.com> - TI/Luminary In-Circuit Debug Interface
(ICDI) Boards are included in Stellaris LM3S9B9x Evaluation Kits.
Like the non-detachable FT2232 support on the other Stellaris eval
boards, they can be used to debug other target boards.
* olimex-jtag
See: <http://www.olimex.com>
* Flyswatter/Flyswatter2
See: <http://www.tincantools.com>
* turtelizer2
See: Turtelizer 2
(http://www.ethernut.de/en/hardware/turtelizer/index.html), or
<http://www.ethernut.de>
* comstick
Link: <http://www.hitex.com/index.php?id=383>
* stm32stick
Link <http://www.hitex.com/stm32-stick>
* axm0432_jtag
Axiom AXM-0432 Link <http://www.axman.com> - NOTE: This JTAG does
not appear to be available anymore as of April 2012.
* cortino
Link <http://www.hitex.com/index.php?id=cortino>
* dlp-usb1232h
Link <http://www.dlpdesign.com/usb/usb1232h.shtml>
* digilent-hs1
Link <http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Prod=JTAG-HS1>
* opendous
Link <http://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/JTAG> FT2232H-based
(OpenHardware).
* JTAG-lock-pick Tiny 2
Link <http://www.distortec.com/jtag-lock-pick-tiny-2> FT232H-based
2.4 USB-JTAG / Altera USB-Blaster compatibles
=============================================
These devices also show up as FTDI devices, but are not
protocol-compatible with the FT2232 devices. They are, however,
protocol-compatible among themselves. USB-JTAG devices typically
consist of a FT245 followed by a CPLD that understands a particular
protocol, or emulate this protocol using some other hardware.
They may appear under different USB VID/PID depending on the particular
product. The driver can be configured to search for any VID/PID pair
(see the section on driver commands).
* USB-JTAG Kolja Waschk's USB Blaster-compatible adapter
Link: <http://ixo-jtag.sourceforge.net/>
* Altera USB-Blaster
Link: <http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/ug_usb_blstr.pdf>
2.5 USB JLINK based
===================
There are several OEM versions of the Segger JLINK adapter. It is an
example of a micro controller based JTAG adapter, it uses an AT91SAM764
internally.
* ATMEL SAMICE Only works with ATMEL chips!
Link:
<http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3892>
* SEGGER JLINK
Link: <http://www.segger.com/jlink.html>
* IAR J-Link
Link:
<http://www.iar.com/en/products/hardware-debug-probes/iar-j-link/>
2.6 USB RLINK based
===================
Raisonance has an adapter called 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.
* Raisonance RLink
Link:
<http://www.mcu-raisonance.com/~rlink-debugger-programmer__microcontrollers__tool~tool__T018:4cn9ziz4bnx6.html>
* STM32 Primer
Link: <http://www.stm32circle.com/resources/stm32primer.php>
* STM32 Primer2
Link: <http://www.stm32circle.com/resources/stm32primer2.php>
2.7 USB ST-LINK based
=====================
ST Micro has an adapter called ST-LINK. They only work with ST Micro
chips, notably STM32 and STM8.
* ST-LINK
This is available standalone and as part of some kits, eg.
STM32VLDISCOVERY.
Link: <http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/219866.jsp>
* ST-LINK/V2
This is available standalone and as part of some kits, eg.
STM32F4DISCOVERY.
Link: <http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/251168.jsp>
For info the original ST-LINK enumerates using the mass storage usb
class, however it's implementation is completely broken. The result is
this causes issues under linux. The simplest solution is to get linux
to ignore the ST-LINK using one of the following methods:
* modprobe -r usb-storage && modprobe usb-storage quirks=483:3744:i
* add "options usb-storage quirks=483:3744:i" to /etc/modprobe.conf
2.8 USB TI/Stellaris ICDI based
===============================
Texas Instruments has an adapter called ICDI. It is not to be confused
with the FTDI based adapters that were originally fitted to their
evaluation boards. This is the adapter fitted to the Stellaris
LaunchPad.
2.9 USB Other
=============
* USBprog
Link: <http://shop.embedded-projects.net/> - which uses an Atmel
MEGA32 and a UBN9604
* USB - Presto
Link: <http://tools.asix.net/prg_presto.htm>
* Versaloon-Link
Link: <http://www.versaloon.com>
* ARM-JTAG-EW
Link: <http://www.olimex.com/dev/arm-jtag-ew.html>
* Buspirate
Link: <http://dangerousprototypes.com/bus-pirate-manual/>
* opendous
Link: <http://code.google.com/p/opendous-jtag/> - which uses an
AT90USB162
* estick
Link: <http://code.google.com/p/estick-jtag/>
* Keil ULINK v1
Link: <http://www.keil.com/ulink1/>
2.10 IBM PC Parallel Printer Port Based
=======================================
The two well known "JTAG Parallel Ports" cables are the Xilnx DLC5 and
the Macraigor Wiggler. There are many clones and variations of these on
the market.
Note that parallel ports are becoming much less common, so if you have
the choice you should probably avoid these adapters in favor of
USB-based ones.
* Wiggler - There are many clones of this.
Link: <http://www.macraigor.com/wiggler.htm>
* DLC5 - From XILINX - There are many clones of this
Link: Search the web for: "XILINX DLC5" - it is no longer produced,
PDF schematics are easily found and it is easy to make.
* Amontec - JTAG Accelerator
Link: <http://www.amontec.com/jtag_accelerator.shtml>
* GW16402
Link:
<http://www.gateworks.com/products/avila_accessories/gw16042.php>
* Wiggler2
Link:
<http://www.ccac.rwth-aachen.de/~michaels/index.php/hardware/armjtag>
* Wiggler_ntrst_inverted
Yet another variation - See the source code, src/jtag/parport.c
* old_amt_wiggler
Unknown - probably not on the market today
* arm-jtag
Link: Most likely <http://www.olimex.com/dev/arm-jtag.html>
[another wiggler clone]
* chameleon
Link: <http://www.amontec.com/chameleon.shtml>
* Triton
Unknown.
* Lattice
ispDownload from Lattice Semiconductor
<http://www.latticesemi.com/lit/docs/devtools/dlcable.pdf>
* flashlink
From ST Microsystems;
Link:
<http://www.st.com/internet/com/TECHNICAL_RESOURCES/TECHNICAL_LITERATURE/DATA_BRIEF/DM00039500.pdf>
2.11 Other...
=============
* ep93xx
An EP93xx based Linux machine using the GPIO pins directly.
* at91rm9200
Like the EP93xx - but an ATMEL AT91RM9200 based solution using the
GPIO pins on the chip.

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3 About Jim-Tcl
***************
OpenOCD uses a small "Tcl Interpreter" known as Jim-Tcl. This
programming language provides a simple and extensible command
interpreter.
All commands presented in this Guide are extensions to Jim-Tcl. You can
use them as simple commands, without needing to learn much of anything
about Tcl. Alternatively, can write Tcl programs with them.
You can learn more about Jim at its website, <http://jim.berlios.de>.
There is an active and responsive community, get on the mailing list if
you have any questions. Jim-Tcl maintainers also lurk on the OpenOCD
mailing list.
* Jim vs. Tcl
Jim-Tcl is a stripped down version of the well known Tcl language,
which can be found here: <http://www.tcl.tk>. Jim-Tcl has far
fewer features. Jim-Tcl is several dozens of .C files and .H files
and implements the basic Tcl command set. In contrast: Tcl 8.6 is
a 4.2 MB .zip file containing 1540 files.
* Missing Features
Our practice has been: Add/clone the real Tcl feature if/when
needed. We welcome Jim-Tcl improvements, not bloat. Also there
are a large number of optional Jim-Tcl features that are not
enabled in OpenOCD.
* Scripts
OpenOCD configuration scripts are Jim-Tcl Scripts. OpenOCD's
command interpreter today is a mixture of (newer) Jim-Tcl commands,
and (older) the orginal command interpreter.
* Commands
At the OpenOCD telnet command line (or via the GDB monitor command)
one can type a Tcl for() loop, set variables, etc. Some of the
commands documented in this guide are implemented as Tcl scripts,
from a 'startup.tcl' file internal to the server.
* Historical Note
Jim-Tcl was introduced to OpenOCD in spring 2008. Fall 2010,
before OpenOCD 0.5 release OpenOCD switched to using Jim Tcl as a
git submodule, which greatly simplified upgrading Jim Tcl to
benefit from new features and bugfixes in Jim Tcl.
* Need a crash course in Tcl?
*Note Tcl Crash Course::.

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4 Running
*********
Properly installing OpenOCD sets up your operating system to grant it
access to the debug adapters. On Linux, this usually involves
installing a file in '/etc/udev/rules.d,' so OpenOCD has permissions.
MS-Windows needs complex and confusing driver configuration for every
peripheral. Such issues are unique to each operating system, and are
not detailed in this User's Guide.
Then later you will invoke the OpenOCD server, with various options to
tell it how each debug session should work. The '--help' option shows:
bash$ openocd --help
--help | -h display this help
--version | -v display OpenOCD version
--file | -f use configuration file <name>
--search | -s dir to search for config files and scripts
--debug | -d set debug level <0-3>
--log_output | -l redirect log output to file <name>
--command | -c run <command>
If you don't give any '-f' or '-c' options, OpenOCD tries to read the
configuration file 'openocd.cfg'. To specify one or more different
configuration files, use '-f' options. For example:
openocd -f config1.cfg -f config2.cfg -f config3.cfg
Configuration files and scripts are searched for in
1. the current directory,
2. any search dir specified on the command line using the '-s' option,
3. any search dir specified using the 'add_script_search_dir' command,
4. '$HOME/.openocd' (not on Windows),
5. the site wide script library '$pkgdatadir/site' and
6. the OpenOCD-supplied script library '$pkgdatadir/scripts'.
The first found file with a matching file name will be used.
Note: Don't try to use configuration script names or paths which
include the "#" character. That character begins Tcl comments.
4.1 Simple setup, no customization
==================================
In the best case, you can use two scripts from one of the script
libraries, hook up your JTAG adapter, and start the server ... and your
JTAG setup will just work "out of the box". Always try to start by
reusing those scripts, but assume you'll need more customization even if
this works. *Note OpenOCD Project Setup::.
If you find a script for your JTAG adapter, and for your board or
target, you may be able to hook up your JTAG adapter then start the
server like:
openocd -f interface/ADAPTER.cfg -f board/MYBOARD.cfg
You might also need to configure which reset signals are present, using
'-c 'reset_config trst_and_srst'' or something similar. If all goes
well you'll see output something like
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.4.0 (2010-01-14-15:06)
For bug reports, read
http://openocd.sourceforge.net/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
Info : JTAG tap: lm3s.cpu tap/device found: 0x3ba00477
(mfg: 0x23b, part: 0xba00, ver: 0x3)
Seeing that "tap/device found" message, and no warnings, means the JTAG
communication is working. That's a key milestone, but you'll probably
need more project-specific setup.
4.2 What OpenOCD does as it starts
==================================
OpenOCD starts by processing the configuration commands provided on the
command line or, if there were no '-c command' or '-f file.cfg' options
given, in 'openocd.cfg'. *Note Configuration Stage: configurationstage.
At the end of the configuration stage it verifies the JTAG scan chain
defined using those commands; your configuration should ensure that this
always succeeds. Normally, OpenOCD then starts running as a daemon.
Alternatively, commands may be used to terminate the configuration stage
early, perform work (such as updating some flash memory), and then shut
down without acting as a daemon.
Once OpenOCD starts running as a daemon, it waits for connections from
clients (Telnet, GDB, Other) and processes the commands issued through
those channels.
If you are having problems, you can enable internal debug messages via
the '-d' option.
Also it is possible to interleave Jim-Tcl commands w/config scripts
using the '-c' command line switch.
To enable debug output (when reporting problems or working on OpenOCD
itself), use the '-d' command line switch. This sets the 'debug_level'
to "3", outputting the most information, including debug messages. The
default setting is "2", outputting only informational messages, warnings
and errors. You can also change this setting from within a telnet or
gdb session using 'debug_level<n>' (*note debug_level: debuglevel.).
You can redirect all output from the daemon to a file using the '-l
<logfile>' switch.
Note! OpenOCD will launch the GDB & telnet server even if it can not
establish a connection with the target. In general, it is possible for
the JTAG controller to be unresponsive until the target is set up
correctly via e.g. GDB monitor commands in a GDB init script.

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5 OpenOCD Project Setup
***********************
To use OpenOCD with your development projects, you need to do more than
just connecting the JTAG adapter hardware (dongle) to your development
board and then starting the OpenOCD server. You also need to configure
that server so that it knows about that adapter and board, and helps
your work. You may also want to connect OpenOCD to GDB, possibly using
Eclipse or some other GUI.
5.1 Hooking up the JTAG Adapter
===============================
Today's most common case is a dongle with a JTAG cable on one side (such
as a ribbon cable with a 10-pin or 20-pin IDC connector) and a USB cable
on the other. Instead of USB, some cables use Ethernet; older ones may
use a PC parallel port, or even a serial port.
1. _Start with power to your target board turned off_, and nothing
connected to your JTAG adapter. If you're particularly paranoid,
unplug power to the board. It's important to have the ground
signal properly set up, unless you are using a JTAG adapter which
provides galvanic isolation between the target board and the
debugging host.
2. _Be sure it's the right kind of JTAG connector._ If your dongle
has a 20-pin ARM connector, you need some kind of adapter (or
octopus, see below) to hook it up to boards using 14-pin or 10-pin
connectors ... or to 20-pin connectors which don't use ARM's
pinout.
In the same vein, make sure the voltage levels are compatible. Not
all JTAG adapters have the level shifters needed to work with 1.2
Volt boards.
3. _Be certain the cable is properly oriented_ or you might damage
your board. In most cases there are only two possible ways to
connect the cable. Connect the JTAG cable from your adapter to the
board. Be sure it's firmly connected.
In the best case, the connector is keyed to physically prevent you
from inserting it wrong. This is most often done using a slot on
the board's male connector housing, which must match a key on the
JTAG cable's female connector. If there's no housing, then you
must look carefully and make sure pin 1 on the cable hooks up to
pin 1 on the board. Ribbon cables are frequently all grey except
for a wire on one edge, which is red. The red wire is pin 1.
Sometimes dongles provide cables where one end is an "octopus" of
color coded single-wire connectors, instead of a connector block.
These are great when converting from one JTAG pinout to another,
but are tedious to set up. Use these with connector pinout
diagrams to help you match up the adapter signals to the right
board pins.
4. _Connect the adapter's other end_ once the JTAG cable is connected.
A USB, parallel, or serial port connector will go to the host which
you are using to run OpenOCD. For Ethernet, consult the
documentation and your network administrator.
For USB based JTAG adapters you have an easy sanity check at this
point: does the host operating system see the JTAG adapter? If
that host is an MS-Windows host, you'll need to install a driver
before OpenOCD works.
5. _Connect the adapter's power supply, if needed._ This step is
primarily for non-USB adapters, but sometimes USB adapters need
extra power.
6. _Power up the target board._ Unless you just let the magic smoke
escape, you're now ready to set up the OpenOCD server so you can
use JTAG to work with that board.
Talk with the OpenOCD server using telnet ('telnet localhost 4444' on
many systems) or GDB. *Note GDB and OpenOCD::.
5.2 Project Directory
=====================
There are many ways you can configure OpenOCD and start it up.
A simple way to organize them all involves keeping a single directory
for your work with a given board. When you start OpenOCD from that
directory, it searches there first for configuration files, scripts,
files accessed through semihosting, and for code you upload to the
target board. It is also the natural place to write files, such as log
files and data you download from the board.
5.3 Configuration Basics
========================
There are two basic ways of configuring OpenOCD, and a variety of ways
you can mix them. Think of the difference as just being how you start
the server:
* Many '-f file' or '-c command' options on the command line
* No options, but a "user config file" in the current directory named
'openocd.cfg'
Here is an example 'openocd.cfg' file for a setup using a Signalyzer
FT2232-based JTAG adapter to talk to a board with an Atmel AT91SAM7X256
microcontroller:
source [find interface/signalyzer.cfg]
# GDB can also flash my flash!
gdb_memory_map enable
gdb_flash_program enable
source [find target/sam7x256.cfg]
Here is the command line equivalent of that configuration:
openocd -f interface/signalyzer.cfg \
-c "gdb_memory_map enable" \
-c "gdb_flash_program enable" \
-f target/sam7x256.cfg
You could wrap such long command lines in shell scripts, each supporting
a different development task. One might re-flash the board with a
specific firmware version. Another might set up a particular debugging
or run-time environment.
Important: At this writing (October 2009) the command line method
has problems with how it treats variables. For example, after '-c
"set VAR value"', or doing the same in a script, the variable VAR
will have no value that can be tested in a later script.
Here we will focus on the simpler solution: one user config file,
including basic configuration plus any TCL procedures to simplify your
work.
5.4 User Config Files
=====================
A user configuration file ties together all the parts of a project in
one place. One of the following will match your situation best:
* Ideally almost everything comes from configuration files provided
by someone else. For example, OpenOCD distributes a 'scripts'
directory (probably in '/usr/share/openocd/scripts' on Linux).
Board and tool vendors can provide these too, as can individual
user sites; the '-s' command line option lets you say where to find
these files. (*Note Running::.) The AT91SAM7X256 example above
works this way.
Three main types of non-user configuration file each have their own
subdirectory in the 'scripts' directory:
1. interface - one for each different debug adapter;
2. board - one for each different board
3. target - the chips which integrate CPUs and other JTAG TAPs
Best case: include just two files, and they handle everything else.
The first is an interface config file. The second is
board-specific, and it sets up the JTAG TAPs and their GDB targets
(by deferring to some 'target.cfg' file), declares all flash
memory, and leaves you nothing to do except meet your deadline:
source [find interface/olimex-jtag-tiny.cfg]
source [find board/csb337.cfg]
Boards with a single microcontroller often won't need more than the
target config file, as in the AT91SAM7X256 example. That's because
there is no external memory (flash, DDR RAM), and the board
differences are encapsulated by application code.
* Maybe you don't know yet what your board looks like to JTAG. Once
you know the 'interface.cfg' file to use, you may need help from
OpenOCD to discover what's on the board. Once you find the JTAG
TAPs, you can just search for appropriate target and board
configuration files ... or write your own, from the bottom up.
*Note Autoprobing: autoprobing.
* You can often reuse some standard config files but need to write a
few new ones, probably a 'board.cfg' file. You will be using
commands described later in this User's Guide, and working with the
guidelines in the next chapter.
For example, there may be configuration files for your JTAG adapter
and target chip, but you need a new board-specific config file
giving access to your particular flash chips. Or you might need to
write another target chip configuration file for a new chip built
around the Cortex M3 core.
Note: When you write new configuration files, please submit
them for inclusion in the next OpenOCD release. For example,
a 'board/newboard.cfg' file will help the next users of that
board, and a 'target/newcpu.cfg' will help support users of
any board using that chip.
* You may may need to write some C code. It may be as simple as a
supporting a new ft2232 or parport based adapter; a bit more
involved, like a NAND or NOR flash controller driver; or a big
piece of work like supporting a new chip architecture.
Reuse the existing config files when you can. Look first in the
'scripts/boards' area, then 'scripts/targets'. You may find a board
configuration that's a good example to follow.
When you write config files, separate the reusable parts (things every
user of that interface, chip, or board needs) from ones specific to your
environment and debugging approach.
* For example, a 'gdb-attach' event handler that invokes the 'reset
init' command will interfere with debugging early boot code, which
performs some of the same actions that the 'reset-init' event
handler does.
* Likewise, the 'arm9 vector_catch' command (or its siblings 'xscale
vector_catch' and 'cortex_m vector_catch') can be a timesaver
during some debug sessions, but don't make everyone use that
either. Keep those kinds of debugging aids in your user config
file, along with messaging and tracing setup. (*Note Software
Debug Messages and Tracing: softwaredebugmessagesandtracing.)
* You might need to override some defaults. For example, you might
need to move, shrink, or back up the target's work area if your
application needs much SRAM.
* TCP/IP port configuration is another example of something which is
environment-specific, and should only appear in a user config file.
*Note TCP/IP Ports: tcpipports.
5.5 Project-Specific Utilities
==============================
A few project-specific utility routines may well speed up your work.
Write them, and keep them in your project's user config file.
For example, if you are making a boot loader work on a board, it's nice
to be able to debug the "after it's loaded to RAM" parts separately from
the finicky early code which sets up the DDR RAM controller and clocks.
A script like this one, or a more GDB-aware sibling, may help:
proc ramboot { } {
# Reset, running the target's "reset-init" scripts
# to initialize clocks and the DDR RAM controller.
# Leave the CPU halted.
reset init
# Load CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT version into DDR RAM.
load_image u-boot.bin 0x20000000
# Start running.
resume 0x20000000
}
Then once that code is working you will need to make it boot from NOR
flash; a different utility would help. Alternatively, some developers
write to flash using GDB. (You might use a similar script if you're
working with a flash based microcontroller application instead of a boot
loader.)
proc newboot { } {
# Reset, leaving the CPU halted. The "reset-init" event
# proc gives faster access to the CPU and to NOR flash;
# "reset halt" would be slower.
reset init
# Write standard version of U-Boot into the first two
# sectors of NOR flash ... the standard version should
# do the same lowlevel init as "reset-init".
flash protect 0 0 1 off
flash erase_sector 0 0 1
flash write_bank 0 u-boot.bin 0x0
flash protect 0 0 1 on
# Reboot from scratch using that new boot loader.
reset run
}
You may need more complicated utility procedures when booting from NAND.
That often involves an extra bootloader stage, running from on-chip SRAM
to perform DDR RAM setup so it can load the main bootloader code (which
won't fit into that SRAM).
Other helper scripts might be used to write production system images,
involving considerably more than just a three stage bootloader.
5.6 Target Software Changes
===========================
Sometimes you may want to make some small changes to the software you're
developing, to help make JTAG debugging work better. For example, in C
or assembly language code you might use '#ifdef JTAG_DEBUG' (or its
converse) around code handling issues like:
* Watchdog Timers... Watchog timers are typically used to
automatically reset systems if some application task doesn't
periodically reset the timer. (The assumption is that the system
has locked up if the task can't run.) When a JTAG debugger halts
the system, that task won't be able to run and reset the timer ...
potentially causing resets in the middle of your debug sessions.
It's rarely a good idea to disable such watchdogs, since their
usage needs to be debugged just like all other parts of your
firmware. That might however be your only option.
Look instead for chip-specific ways to stop the watchdog from
counting while the system is in a debug halt state. It may be
simplest to set that non-counting mode in your debugger startup
scripts. You may however need a different approach when, for
example, a motor could be physically damaged by firmware remaining
inactive in a debug halt state. That might involve a type of
firmware mode where that "non-counting" mode is disabled at the
beginning then re-enabled at the end; a watchdog reset might fire
and complicate the debug session, but hardware (or people) would be
protected.(1)
* ARM Semihosting... When linked with a special runtime library
provided with many toolchains(2), your target code can use I/O
facilities on the debug host. That library provides a small set of
system calls which are handled by OpenOCD. It can let the debugger
provide your system console and a file system, helping with early
debugging or providing a more capable environment for
sometimes-complex tasks like installing system firmware onto NAND
or SPI flash.
* ARM Wait-For-Interrupt... Many ARM chips synchronize the JTAG
clock using the core clock. Low power states which stop that core
clock thus prevent JTAG access. Idle loops in tasking environments
often enter those low power states via the 'WFI' instruction (or
its coprocessor equivalent, before ARMv7).
You may want to _disable that instruction_ in source code, or
otherwise prevent using that state, to ensure you can get JTAG
access at any time.(3) For example, the OpenOCD 'halt' command may
not work for an idle processor otherwise.
* Delay after reset... Not all chips have good support for debugger
access right after reset; many LPC2xxx chips have issues here.
Similarly, applications that reconfigure pins used for JTAG access
as they start will also block debugger access.
To work with boards like this, _enable a short delay loop_ the
first thing after reset, before "real" startup activities. For
example, one second's delay is usually more than enough time for a
JTAG debugger to attach, so that early code execution can be
debugged or firmware can be replaced.
* Debug Communications Channel (DCC)... Some processors include
mechanisms to send messages over JTAG. Many ARM cores support
these, as do some cores from other vendors. (OpenOCD may be able
to use this DCC internally, speeding up some operations like
writing to memory.)
Your application may want to deliver various debugging messages
over JTAG, by _linking with a small library of code_ provided with
OpenOCD and using the utilities there to send various kinds of
message. *Note Software Debug Messages and Tracing:
softwaredebugmessagesandtracing.
5.7 Target Hardware Setup
=========================
Chip vendors often provide software development boards which are highly
configurable, so that they can support all options that product boards
may require. _Make sure that any jumpers or switches match the system
configuration you are working with._
Common issues include:
* JTAG setup ... Boards may support more than one JTAG
configuration. Examples include jumpers controlling pullups versus
pulldowns on the nTRST and/or nSRST signals, and choice of
connectors (e.g. which of two headers on the base board, or one
from a daughtercard). For some Texas Instruments boards, you may
need to jumper the EMU0 and EMU1 signals (which OpenOCD won't
currently control).
* Boot Modes ... Complex chips often support multiple boot modes,
controlled by external jumpers. Make sure this is set up
correctly. For example many i.MX boards from NXP need to be
jumpered to "ATX mode" to start booting using the on-chip ROM, when
using second stage bootloader code stored in a NAND flash chip.
Such explicit configuration is common, and not limited to booting
from NAND. You might also need to set jumpers to start booting
using code loaded from an MMC/SD card; external SPI flash;
Ethernet, UART, or USB links; NOR flash; OneNAND flash; some
external host; or various other sources.
* Memory Addressing ... Boards which support multiple boot modes may
also have jumpers to configure memory addressing. One board, for
example, jumpers external chipselect 0 (used for booting) to
address either a large SRAM (which must be pre-loaded via JTAG),
NOR flash, or NAND flash. When it's jumpered to address NAND
flash, that board must also be told to start booting from on-chip
ROM.
Your 'board.cfg' file may also need to be told this jumper
configuration, so that it can know whether to declare NOR flash
using 'flash bank' or instead declare NAND flash with 'nand
device'; and likewise which probe to perform in its 'reset-init'
handler.
A closely related issue is bus width. Jumpers might need to
distinguish between 8 bit or 16 bit bus access for the flash used
to start booting.
* Peripheral Access ... Development boards generally provide access
to every peripheral on the chip, sometimes in multiple modes (such
as by providing multiple audio codec chips). This interacts with
software configuration of pin multiplexing, where for example a
given pin may be routed either to the MMC/SD controller or the GPIO
controller. It also often interacts with configuration jumpers.
One jumper may be used to route signals to an MMC/SD card slot or
an expansion bus (which might in turn affect booting); others might
control which audio or video codecs are used.
Plus you should of course have 'reset-init' event handlers which set up
the hardware to match that jumper configuration. That includes in
particular any oscillator or PLL used to clock the CPU, and any memory
controllers needed to access external memory and peripherals. Without
such handlers, you won't be able to access those resources without
working target firmware which can do that setup ... this can be awkward
when you're trying to debug that target firmware. Even if there's a ROM
bootloader which handles a few issues, it rarely provides full access to
all board-specific capabilities.
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) Note that many systems support a "monitor mode" debug that is a
somewhat cleaner way to address such issues. You can think of it as
only halting part of the system, maybe just one task, instead of the
whole thing. At this writing, January 2010, OpenOCD based debugging
does not support monitor mode debug, only "halt mode" debug.
(2) See chapter 8 "Semihosting" in ARM DUI 0203I
(http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.dui0203i/DUI0203I_rvct_developer_guide.pdf),
the "RealView Compilation Tools Developer Guide". The CodeSourcery EABI
toolchain also includes a semihosting library.
(3) As a more polite alternative, some processors have special
debug-oriented registers which can be used to change various features
including how the low power states are clocked while debugging. The
STM32 DBGMCU_CR register is an example; at the cost of extra power
consumption, JTAG can be used during low power states.

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6 Config File Guidelines
************************
This chapter is aimed at any user who needs to write a config file,
including developers and integrators of OpenOCD and any user who needs
to get a new board working smoothly. It provides guidelines for
creating those files.
You should find the following directories under $(INSTALLDIR)/scripts,
with files including the ones listed here. Use them as-is where you
can; or as models for new files.
* 'interface' ... These are for debug adapters. Files that
configure JTAG adapters go here.
$ ls interface -R
interface/:
altera-usb-blaster.cfg hilscher_nxhx50_re.cfg openocd-usb-hs.cfg
arm-jtag-ew.cfg hitex_str9-comstick.cfg openrd.cfg
at91rm9200.cfg icebear.cfg osbdm.cfg
axm0432.cfg jlink.cfg parport.cfg
busblaster.cfg jtagkey2.cfg parport_dlc5.cfg
buspirate.cfg jtagkey2p.cfg redbee-econotag.cfg
calao-usb-a9260-c01.cfg jtagkey.cfg redbee-usb.cfg
calao-usb-a9260-c02.cfg jtagkey-tiny.cfg rlink.cfg
calao-usb-a9260.cfg jtag-lock-pick_tiny_2.cfg sheevaplug.cfg
chameleon.cfg kt-link.cfg signalyzer.cfg
cortino.cfg lisa-l.cfg signalyzer-h2.cfg
digilent-hs1.cfg luminary.cfg signalyzer-h4.cfg
dlp-usb1232h.cfg luminary-icdi.cfg signalyzer-lite.cfg
dummy.cfg luminary-lm3s811.cfg stlink-v1.cfg
estick.cfg minimodule.cfg stlink-v2.cfg
flashlink.cfg neodb.cfg stm32-stick.cfg
flossjtag.cfg ngxtech.cfg sysfsgpio-raspberrypi.cfg
flossjtag-noeeprom.cfg olimex-arm-usb-ocd.cfg ti-icdi.cfg
flyswatter2.cfg olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h.cfg turtelizer2.cfg
flyswatter.cfg olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h.cfg ulink.cfg
ftdi olimex-jtag-tiny.cfg usb-jtag.cfg
hilscher_nxhx10_etm.cfg oocdlink.cfg usbprog.cfg
hilscher_nxhx500_etm.cfg opendous.cfg vpaclink.cfg
hilscher_nxhx500_re.cfg opendous_ftdi.cfg vsllink.cfg
hilscher_nxhx50_etm.cfg openocd-usb.cfg xds100v2.cfg
interface/ftdi:
axm0432.cfg icebear.cfg oocdlink.cfg
calao-usb-a9260-c01.cfg jtagkey2.cfg opendous_ftdi.cfg
calao-usb-a9260-c02.cfg jtagkey2p.cfg openocd-usb.cfg
cortino.cfg jtagkey.cfg openocd-usb-hs.cfg
dlp-usb1232h.cfg jtag-lock-pick_tiny_2.cfg openrd.cfg
dp_busblaster.cfg kt-link.cfg redbee-econotag.cfg
flossjtag.cfg lisa-l.cfg redbee-usb.cfg
flossjtag-noeeprom.cfg luminary.cfg sheevaplug.cfg
flyswatter2.cfg luminary-icdi.cfg signalyzer.cfg
flyswatter.cfg luminary-lm3s811.cfg signalyzer-lite.cfg
hilscher_nxhx10_etm.cfg minimodule.cfg stm32-stick.cfg
hilscher_nxhx500_etm.cfg neodb.cfg turtelizer2-revB.cfg
hilscher_nxhx500_re.cfg ngxtech.cfg turtelizer2-revC.cfg
hilscher_nxhx50_etm.cfg olimex-arm-usb-ocd.cfg vpaclink.cfg
hilscher_nxhx50_re.cfg olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h.cfg xds100v2.cfg
hitex_lpc1768stick.cfg olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h.cfg
hitex_str9-comstick.cfg olimex-jtag-tiny.cfg
$
* 'board' ... think Circuit Board, PWA, PCB, they go by many names.
Board files contain initialization items that are specific to a
board. They reuse target configuration files, since the same
microprocessor chips are used on many boards, but support for
external parts varies widely. For example, the SDRAM
initialization sequence for the board, or the type of external
flash and what address it uses. Any initialization sequence to
enable that external flash or SDRAM should be found in the board
file. Boards may also contain multiple targets: two CPUs; or a CPU
and an FPGA.
$ ls board
actux3.cfg lpc1850_spifi_generic.cfg
am3517evm.cfg lpc4350_spifi_generic.cfg
arm_evaluator7t.cfg lubbock.cfg
at91cap7a-stk-sdram.cfg mcb1700.cfg
at91eb40a.cfg microchip_explorer16.cfg
at91rm9200-dk.cfg mini2440.cfg
at91rm9200-ek.cfg mini6410.cfg
at91sam9261-ek.cfg netgear-dg834v3.cfg
at91sam9263-ek.cfg olimex_LPC2378STK.cfg
at91sam9g20-ek.cfg olimex_lpc_h2148.cfg
atmel_at91sam7s-ek.cfg olimex_sam7_ex256.cfg
atmel_at91sam9260-ek.cfg olimex_sam9_l9260.cfg
atmel_at91sam9rl-ek.cfg olimex_stm32_h103.cfg
atmel_sam3n_ek.cfg olimex_stm32_h107.cfg
atmel_sam3s_ek.cfg olimex_stm32_p107.cfg
atmel_sam3u_ek.cfg omap2420_h4.cfg
atmel_sam3x_ek.cfg open-bldc.cfg
atmel_sam4s_ek.cfg openrd.cfg
balloon3-cpu.cfg osk5912.cfg
colibri.cfg phone_se_j100i.cfg
crossbow_tech_imote2.cfg phytec_lpc3250.cfg
csb337.cfg pic-p32mx.cfg
csb732.cfg propox_mmnet1001.cfg
da850evm.cfg pxa255_sst.cfg
digi_connectcore_wi-9c.cfg redbee.cfg
diolan_lpc4350-db1.cfg rsc-w910.cfg
dm355evm.cfg sheevaplug.cfg
dm365evm.cfg smdk6410.cfg
dm6446evm.cfg spear300evb.cfg
efikamx.cfg spear300evb_mod.cfg
eir.cfg spear310evb20.cfg
ek-lm3s1968.cfg spear310evb20_mod.cfg
ek-lm3s3748.cfg spear320cpu.cfg
ek-lm3s6965.cfg spear320cpu_mod.cfg
ek-lm3s811.cfg steval_pcc010.cfg
ek-lm3s811-revb.cfg stm320518_eval_stlink.cfg
ek-lm3s8962.cfg stm32100b_eval.cfg
ek-lm3s9b9x.cfg stm3210b_eval.cfg
ek-lm3s9d92.cfg stm3210c_eval.cfg
ek-lm4f120xl.cfg stm3210e_eval.cfg
ek-lm4f232.cfg stm3220g_eval.cfg
embedded-artists_lpc2478-32.cfg stm3220g_eval_stlink.cfg
ethernut3.cfg stm3241g_eval.cfg
glyn_tonga2.cfg stm3241g_eval_stlink.cfg
hammer.cfg stm32f0discovery.cfg
hilscher_nxdb500sys.cfg stm32f3discovery.cfg
hilscher_nxeb500hmi.cfg stm32f4discovery.cfg
hilscher_nxhx10.cfg stm32ldiscovery.cfg
hilscher_nxhx500.cfg stm32vldiscovery.cfg
hilscher_nxhx50.cfg str910-eval.cfg
hilscher_nxsb100.cfg telo.cfg
hitex_lpc1768stick.cfg ti_am335xevm.cfg
hitex_lpc2929.cfg ti_beagleboard.cfg
hitex_stm32-performancestick.cfg ti_beagleboard_xm.cfg
hitex_str9-comstick.cfg ti_beaglebone.cfg
iar_lpc1768.cfg ti_blaze.cfg
iar_str912_sk.cfg ti_pandaboard.cfg
icnova_imx53_sodimm.cfg ti_pandaboard_es.cfg
icnova_sam9g45_sodimm.cfg topas910.cfg
imx27ads.cfg topasa900.cfg
imx27lnst.cfg twr-k60f120m.cfg
imx28evk.cfg twr-k60n512.cfg
imx31pdk.cfg tx25_stk5.cfg
imx35pdk.cfg tx27_stk5.cfg
imx53loco.cfg unknown_at91sam9260.cfg
keil_mcb1700.cfg uptech_2410.cfg
keil_mcb2140.cfg verdex.cfg
kwikstik.cfg voipac.cfg
linksys_nslu2.cfg voltcraft_dso-3062c.cfg
lisa-l.cfg x300t.cfg
logicpd_imx27.cfg zy1000.cfg
$
* 'target' ... think chip. The "target" directory represents the
JTAG TAPs on a chip which OpenOCD should control, not a board. Two
common types of targets are ARM chips and FPGA or CPLD chips. When
a chip has multiple TAPs (maybe it has both ARM and DSP cores), the
target config file defines all of them.
$ ls target
aduc702x.cfg lpc1763.cfg
am335x.cfg lpc1764.cfg
amdm37x.cfg lpc1765.cfg
ar71xx.cfg lpc1766.cfg
at32ap7000.cfg lpc1767.cfg
at91r40008.cfg lpc1768.cfg
at91rm9200.cfg lpc1769.cfg
at91sam3ax_4x.cfg lpc1788.cfg
at91sam3ax_8x.cfg lpc17xx.cfg
at91sam3ax_xx.cfg lpc1850.cfg
at91sam3nXX.cfg lpc2103.cfg
at91sam3sXX.cfg lpc2124.cfg
at91sam3u1c.cfg lpc2129.cfg
at91sam3u1e.cfg lpc2148.cfg
at91sam3u2c.cfg lpc2294.cfg
at91sam3u2e.cfg lpc2378.cfg
at91sam3u4c.cfg lpc2460.cfg
at91sam3u4e.cfg lpc2478.cfg
at91sam3uxx.cfg lpc2900.cfg
at91sam3XXX.cfg lpc2xxx.cfg
at91sam4sd32x.cfg lpc3131.cfg
at91sam4sXX.cfg lpc3250.cfg
at91sam4XXX.cfg lpc4350.cfg
at91sam7se512.cfg lpc4350.cfg.orig
at91sam7sx.cfg mc13224v.cfg
at91sam7x256.cfg nuc910.cfg
at91sam7x512.cfg omap2420.cfg
at91sam9260.cfg omap3530.cfg
at91sam9260_ext_RAM_ext_flash.cfg omap4430.cfg
at91sam9261.cfg omap4460.cfg
at91sam9263.cfg omap5912.cfg
at91sam9.cfg omapl138.cfg
at91sam9g10.cfg pic32mx.cfg
at91sam9g20.cfg pxa255.cfg
at91sam9g45.cfg pxa270.cfg
at91sam9rl.cfg pxa3xx.cfg
atmega128.cfg readme.txt
avr32.cfg samsung_s3c2410.cfg
c100.cfg samsung_s3c2440.cfg
c100config.tcl samsung_s3c2450.cfg
c100helper.tcl samsung_s3c4510.cfg
c100regs.tcl samsung_s3c6410.cfg
cs351x.cfg sharp_lh79532.cfg
davinci.cfg smp8634.cfg
dragonite.cfg spear3xx.cfg
dsp56321.cfg stellaris.cfg
dsp568013.cfg stellaris_icdi.cfg
dsp568037.cfg stm32f0x_stlink.cfg
efm32_stlink.cfg stm32f1x.cfg
epc9301.cfg stm32f1x_stlink.cfg
faux.cfg stm32f2x.cfg
feroceon.cfg stm32f2x_stlink.cfg
fm3.cfg stm32f3x.cfg
hilscher_netx10.cfg stm32f3x_stlink.cfg
hilscher_netx500.cfg stm32f4x.cfg
hilscher_netx50.cfg stm32f4x_stlink.cfg
icepick.cfg stm32l.cfg
imx21.cfg stm32lx_dual_bank.cfg
imx25.cfg stm32lx_stlink.cfg
imx27.cfg stm32_stlink.cfg
imx28.cfg stm32w108_stlink.cfg
imx31.cfg stm32xl.cfg
imx35.cfg str710.cfg
imx51.cfg str730.cfg
imx53.cfg str750.cfg
imx6.cfg str912.cfg
imx.cfg swj-dp.tcl
is5114.cfg test_reset_syntax_error.cfg
ixp42x.cfg test_syntax_error.cfg
k40.cfg ti-ar7.cfg
k60.cfg ti_calypso.cfg
lpc1751.cfg ti_dm355.cfg
lpc1752.cfg ti_dm365.cfg
lpc1754.cfg ti_dm6446.cfg
lpc1756.cfg tmpa900.cfg
lpc1758.cfg tmpa910.cfg
lpc1759.cfg u8500.cfg
* _more_ ... browse for other library files which may be useful.
For example, there are various generic and CPU-specific utilities.
The 'openocd.cfg' user config file may override features in any of the
above files by setting variables before sourcing the target file, or by
adding commands specific to their situation.
6.1 Interface Config Files
==========================
The user config file should be able to source one of these files with a
command like this:
source [find interface/FOOBAR.cfg]
A preconfigured interface file should exist for every debug adapter in
use today with OpenOCD. That said, perhaps some of these config files
have only been used by the developer who created it.
A separate chapter gives information about how to set these up. *Note
Debug Adapter Configuration::. Read the OpenOCD source code (and
Developer's Guide) if you have a new kind of hardware interface and need
to provide a driver for it.
6.2 Board Config Files
======================
The user config file should be able to source one of these files with a
command like this:
source [find board/FOOBAR.cfg]
The point of a board config file is to package everything about a given
board that user config files need to know. In summary the board files
should contain (if present)
1. One or more 'source [target/...cfg]' statements
2. NOR flash configuration (*note NOR Configuration:
norconfiguration.)
3. NAND flash configuration (*note NAND Configuration:
nandconfiguration.)
4. Target 'reset' handlers for SDRAM and I/O configuration
5. JTAG adapter reset configuration (*note Reset Configuration::)
6. All things that are not "inside a chip"
Generic things inside target chips belong in target config files, not
board config files. So for example a 'reset-init' event handler should
know board-specific oscillator and PLL parameters, which it passes to
target-specific utility code.
The most complex task of a board config file is creating such a
'reset-init' event handler. Define those handlers last, after you
verify the rest of the board configuration works.
6.2.1 Communication Between Config files
----------------------------------------
In addition to target-specific utility code, another way that board and
target config files communicate is by following a convention on how to
use certain variables.
The full Tcl/Tk language supports "namespaces", but Jim-Tcl does not.
Thus the rule we follow in OpenOCD is this: Variables that begin with a
leading underscore are temporary in nature, and can be modified and used
at will within a target configuration file.
Complex board config files can do the things like this, for a board with
three chips:
# Chip #1: PXA270 for network side, big endian
set CHIPNAME network
set ENDIAN big
source [find target/pxa270.cfg]
# on return: _TARGETNAME = network.cpu
# other commands can refer to the "network.cpu" target.
$_TARGETNAME configure .... events for this CPU..
# Chip #2: PXA270 for video side, little endian
set CHIPNAME video
set ENDIAN little
source [find target/pxa270.cfg]
# on return: _TARGETNAME = video.cpu
# other commands can refer to the "video.cpu" target.
$_TARGETNAME configure .... events for this CPU..
# Chip #3: Xilinx FPGA for glue logic
set CHIPNAME xilinx
unset ENDIAN
source [find target/spartan3.cfg]
That example is oversimplified because it doesn't show any flash memory,
or the 'reset-init' event handlers to initialize external DRAM or
(assuming it needs it) load a configuration into the FPGA. Such features
are usually needed for low-level work with many boards, where "low
level" implies that the board initialization software may not be
working. (That's a common reason to need JTAG tools. Another is to
enable working with microcontroller-based systems, which often have no
debugging support except a JTAG connector.)
Target config files may also export utility functions to board and user
config files. Such functions should use name prefixes, to help avoid
naming collisions.
Board files could also accept input variables from user config files.
For example, there might be a 'J4_JUMPER' setting used to identify what
kind of flash memory a development board is using, or how to set up
other clocks and peripherals.
6.2.2 Variable Naming Convention
--------------------------------
Most boards have only one instance of a chip. However, it should be
easy to create a board with more than one such chip (as shown above).
Accordingly, we encourage these conventions for naming variables
associated with different 'target.cfg' files, to promote consistency and
so that board files can override target defaults.
Inputs to target config files include:
* 'CHIPNAME' ... This gives a name to the overall chip, and is used
as part of tap identifier dotted names. While the default is
normally provided by the chip manufacturer, board files may need to
distinguish between instances of a chip.
* 'ENDIAN' ... By default 'little' - although chips may hard-wire
'big'. Chips that can't change endianness don't need to use this
variable.
* 'CPUTAPID' ... When OpenOCD examines the JTAG chain, it can be
told verify the chips against the JTAG IDCODE register. The target
file will hold one or more defaults, but sometimes the chip in a
board will use a different ID (perhaps a newer revision).
Outputs from target config files include:
* '_TARGETNAME' ... By convention, this variable is created by the
target configuration script. The board configuration file may make
use of this variable to configure things like a "reset init"
script, or other things specific to that board and that target. If
the chip has 2 targets, the names are '_TARGETNAME0',
'_TARGETNAME1', ... etc.
6.2.3 The reset-init Event Handler
----------------------------------
Board config files run in the OpenOCD configuration stage; they can't
use TAPs or targets, since they haven't been fully set up yet. This
means you can't write memory or access chip registers; you can't even
verify that a flash chip is present. That's done later in event
handlers, of which the target 'reset-init' handler is one of the most
important.
Except on microcontrollers, the basic job of 'reset-init' event handlers
is setting up flash and DRAM, as normally handled by boot loaders.
Microcontrollers rarely use boot loaders; they run right out of their
on-chip flash and SRAM memory. But they may want to use one of these
handlers too, if just for developer convenience.
Note: Because this is so very board-specific, and chip-specific, no
examples are included here. Instead, look at the board config
files distributed with OpenOCD. If you have a boot loader, its
source code will help; so will configuration files for other JTAG
tools (*note Translating Configuration Files:
translatingconfigurationfiles.).
Some of this code could probably be shared between different boards.
For example, setting up a DRAM controller often doesn't differ by much
except the bus width (16 bits or 32?) and memory timings, so a reusable
TCL procedure loaded by the 'target.cfg' file might take those as
parameters. Similarly with oscillator, PLL, and clock setup; and
disabling the watchdog. Structure the code cleanly, and provide
comments to help the next developer doing such work. (_You might be
that next person_ trying to reuse init code!)
The last thing normally done in a 'reset-init' handler is probing
whatever flash memory was configured. For most chips that needs to be
done while the associated target is halted, either because JTAG memory
access uses the CPU or to prevent conflicting CPU access.
6.2.4 JTAG Clock Rate
---------------------
Before your 'reset-init' handler has set up the PLLs and clocking, you
may need to run with a low JTAG clock rate. *Note JTAG Speed:
jtagspeed. Then you'd increase that rate after your handler has made it
possible to use the faster JTAG clock. When the initial low speed is
board-specific, for example because it depends on a board-specific
oscillator speed, then you should probably set it up in the board config
file; if it's target-specific, it belongs in the target config file.
For most ARM-based processors the fastest JTAG clock(1) is one sixth of
the CPU clock; or one eighth for ARM11 cores. Consult chip
documentation to determine the peak JTAG clock rate, which might be less
than that.
Warning: On most ARMs, JTAG clock detection is coupled to the core
clock, so software using a 'wait for interrupt' operation blocks
JTAG access. Adaptive clocking provides a partial workaround, but
a more complete solution just avoids using that instruction with
JTAG debuggers.
If both the chip and the board support adaptive clocking, use the
'jtag_rclk' command, in case your board is used with JTAG adapter which
also supports it. Otherwise use 'adapter_khz'. Set the slow rate at
the beginning of the reset sequence, and the faster rate as soon as the
clocks are at full speed.
6.2.5 The init_board procedure
------------------------------
The concept of 'init_board' procedure is very similar to 'init_targets'
(*Note The init_targets procedure: theinittargetsprocedure.) - it's a
replacement of "linear" configuration scripts. This procedure is meant
to be executed when OpenOCD enters run stage (*Note Entering the Run
Stage: enteringtherunstage,) after 'init_targets'. The idea to have
spearate 'init_targets' and 'init_board' procedures is to allow the
first one to configure everything target specific (internal flash,
internal RAM, etc.) and the second one to configure everything board
specific (reset signals, chip frequency, reset-init event handler,
external memory, etc.). Additionally "linear" board config file will
most likely fail when target config file uses 'init_targets' scheme
("linear" script is executed before 'init' and 'init_targets' - after),
so separating these two configuration stages is very convenient, as the
easiest way to overcome this problem is to convert board config file to
use 'init_board' procedure. Board config scripts don't need to override
'init_targets' defined in target config files when they only need to to
add some specifics.
Just as 'init_targets', the 'init_board' procedure can be overriden by
"next level" script (which sources the original), allowing greater code
reuse.
### board_file.cfg ###
# source target file that does most of the config in init_targets
source [find target/target.cfg]
proc enable_fast_clock {} {
# enables fast on-board clock source
# configures the chip to use it
}
# initialize only board specifics - reset, clock, adapter frequency
proc init_board {} {
reset_config trst_and_srst trst_pulls_srst
$_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-init {
adapter_khz 1
enable_fast_clock
adapter_khz 10000
}
}
6.3 Target Config Files
=======================
Board config files communicate with target config files using naming
conventions as described above, and may source one or more target config
files like this:
source [find target/FOOBAR.cfg]
The point of a target config file is to package everything about a given
chip that board config files need to know. In summary the target files
should contain
1. Set defaults
2. Add TAPs to the scan chain
3. Add CPU targets (includes GDB support)
4. CPU/Chip/CPU-Core specific features
5. On-Chip flash
As a rule of thumb, a target file sets up only one chip. For a
microcontroller, that will often include a single TAP, which is a CPU
needing a GDB target, and its on-chip flash.
More complex chips may include multiple TAPs, and the target config file
may need to define them all before OpenOCD can talk to the chip. For
example, some phone chips have JTAG scan chains that include an ARM core
for operating system use, a DSP, another ARM core embedded in an image
processing engine, and other processing engines.
6.3.1 Default Value Boiler Plate Code
-------------------------------------
All target configuration files should start with code like this, letting
board config files express environment-specific differences in how
things should be set up.
# Boards may override chip names, perhaps based on role,
# but the default should match what the vendor uses
if { [info exists CHIPNAME] } {
set _CHIPNAME $CHIPNAME
} else {
set _CHIPNAME sam7x256
}
# ONLY use ENDIAN with targets that can change it.
if { [info exists ENDIAN] } {
set _ENDIAN $ENDIAN
} else {
set _ENDIAN little
}
# TAP identifiers may change as chips mature, for example with
# new revision fields (the "3" here). Pick a good default; you
# can pass several such identifiers to the "jtag newtap" command.
if { [info exists CPUTAPID ] } {
set _CPUTAPID $CPUTAPID
} else {
set _CPUTAPID 0x3f0f0f0f
}
_Remember:_ Board config files may include multiple target config files,
or the same target file multiple times (changing at least 'CHIPNAME').
Likewise, the target configuration file should define '_TARGETNAME' (or
'_TARGETNAME0' etc) and use it later on when defining debug targets:
set _TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.cpu
target create $_TARGETNAME arm7tdmi -chain-position $_TARGETNAME
6.3.2 Adding TAPs to the Scan Chain
-----------------------------------
After the "defaults" are set up, add the TAPs on each chip to the JTAG
scan chain. *Note TAP Declaration::, and the naming convention for
taps.
In the simplest case the chip has only one TAP, probably for a CPU or
FPGA. The config file for the Atmel AT91SAM7X256 looks (in part) like
this:
jtag newtap $_CHIPNAME cpu -irlen 4 -expected-id $_CPUTAPID
A board with two such at91sam7 chips would be able to source such a
config file twice, with different values for 'CHIPNAME', so it adds a
different TAP each time.
If there are nonzero '-expected-id' values, OpenOCD attempts to verify
the actual tap id against those values. It will issue error messages if
there is mismatch, which can help to pinpoint problems in OpenOCD
configurations.
JTAG tap: sam7x256.cpu tap/device found: 0x3f0f0f0f
(Manufacturer: 0x787, Part: 0xf0f0, Version: 0x3)
ERROR: Tap: sam7x256.cpu - Expected id: 0x12345678, Got: 0x3f0f0f0f
ERROR: expected: mfg: 0x33c, part: 0x2345, ver: 0x1
ERROR: got: mfg: 0x787, part: 0xf0f0, ver: 0x3
There are more complex examples too, with chips that have multiple TAPs.
Ones worth looking at include:
* 'target/omap3530.cfg' - with disabled ARM and DSP, plus a JRC to
enable them
* 'target/str912.cfg' - with flash, CPU, and boundary scan
* 'target/ti_dm355.cfg' - with ETM, ARM, and JRC (this JRC is not
currently used)
6.3.3 Add CPU targets
---------------------
After adding a TAP for a CPU, you should set it up so that GDB and other
commands can use it. *Note CPU Configuration::. For the at91sam7
example above, the command can look like this; note that '$_ENDIAN' is
not needed, since OpenOCD defaults to little endian, and this chip
doesn't support changing that.
set _TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.cpu
target create $_TARGETNAME arm7tdmi -chain-position $_TARGETNAME
Work areas are small RAM areas associated with CPU targets. They are
used by OpenOCD to speed up downloads, and to download small snippets of
code to program flash chips. If the chip includes a form of
"on-chip-ram" - and many do - define a work area if you can. Again
using the at91sam7 as an example, this can look like:
$_TARGETNAME configure -work-area-phys 0x00200000 \
-work-area-size 0x4000 -work-area-backup 0
6.3.4 Define CPU targets working in SMP
---------------------------------------
After setting targets, you can define a list of targets working in SMP.
set _TARGETNAME_1 $_CHIPNAME.cpu1
set _TARGETNAME_2 $_CHIPNAME.cpu2
target create $_TARGETNAME_1 cortex_a -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap \
-coreid 0 -dbgbase $_DAP_DBG1
target create $_TARGETNAME_2 cortex_a -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap \
-coreid 1 -dbgbase $_DAP_DBG2
#define 2 targets working in smp.
target smp $_CHIPNAME.cpu2 $_CHIPNAME.cpu1
In the above example on cortex_a, 2 cpus are working in SMP. In SMP only
one GDB instance is created and :
* a set of hardware breakpoint sets the same breakpoint on all
targets in the list.
* halt command triggers the halt of all targets in the list.
* resume command triggers the write context and the restart of all
targets in the list.
* following a breakpoint: the target stopped by the breakpoint is
displayed to the GDB session.
* dedicated GDB serial protocol packets are implemented for
switching/retrieving the target displayed by the GDB session *note
Using OpenOCD SMP with GDB: usingopenocdsmpwithgdb.
The SMP behaviour can be disabled/enabled dynamically. On cortex_a
following command have been implemented.
* cortex_a smp_on : enable SMP mode, behaviour is as described above.
* cortex_a smp_off : disable SMP mode, the current target is the one
displayed in the GDB session, only this target is now controlled by
GDB session. This behaviour is useful during system boot up.
* cortex_a smp_gdb : display/fix the core id displayed in GDB session
see following example.
>cortex_a smp_gdb
gdb coreid 0 -> -1
#0 : coreid 0 is displayed to GDB ,
#-> -1 : next resume triggers a real resume
> cortex_a smp_gdb 1
gdb coreid 0 -> 1
#0 :coreid 0 is displayed to GDB ,
#->1 : next resume displays coreid 1 to GDB
> resume
> cortex_a smp_gdb
gdb coreid 1 -> 1
#1 :coreid 1 is displayed to GDB ,
#->1 : next resume displays coreid 1 to GDB
> cortex_a smp_gdb -1
gdb coreid 1 -> -1
#1 :coreid 1 is displayed to GDB,
#->-1 : next resume triggers a real resume
6.3.5 Chip Reset Setup
----------------------
As a rule, you should put the 'reset_config' command into the board
file. Most things you think you know about a chip can be tweaked by the
board.
Some chips have specific ways the TRST and SRST signals are managed. In
the unusual case that these are _chip specific_ and can never be changed
by board wiring, they could go here. For example, some chips can't
support JTAG debugging without both signals.
Provide a 'reset-assert' event handler if you can. Such a handler uses
JTAG operations to reset the target, letting this target config be used
in systems which don't provide the optional SRST signal, or on systems
where you don't want to reset all targets at once. Such a handler might
write to chip registers to force a reset, use a JRC to do that
(preferable - the target may be wedged!), or force a watchdog timer to
trigger. (For Cortex-M targets, this is not necessary. The target
driver knows how to use trigger an NVIC reset when SRST is not
available.)
Some chips need special attention during reset handling if they're going
to be used with JTAG. An example might be needing to send some commands
right after the target's TAP has been reset, providing a
'reset-deassert-post' event handler that writes a chip register to
report that JTAG debugging is being done. Another would be
reconfiguring the watchdog so that it stops counting while the core is
halted in the debugger.
JTAG clocking constraints often change during reset, and in some cases
target config files (rather than board config files) are the right
places to handle some of those issues. For example, immediately after
reset most chips run using a slower clock than they will use later.
That means that after reset (and potentially, as OpenOCD first starts
up) they must use a slower JTAG clock rate than they will use later.
*Note JTAG Speed: jtagspeed.
Important: When you are debugging code that runs right after chip
reset, getting these issues right is critical. In particular, if
you see intermittent failures when OpenOCD verifies the scan chain
after reset, look at how you are setting up JTAG clocking.
6.3.6 The init_targets procedure
--------------------------------
Target config files can either be "linear" (script executed line-by-line
when parsed in configuration stage, *Note Configuration Stage:
configurationstage,) or they can contain a special procedure called
'init_targets', which will be executed when entering run stage (after
parsing all config files or after 'init' command, *Note Entering the Run
Stage: enteringtherunstage.) Such procedure can be overriden by "next
level" script (which sources the original). This concept faciliates
code reuse when basic target config files provide generic configuration
procedures and 'init_targets' procedure, which can then be sourced and
enchanced or changed in a "more specific" target config file. This is
not possible with "linear" config scripts, because sourcing them
executes every initialization commands they provide.
### generic_file.cfg ###
proc setup_my_chip {chip_name flash_size ram_size} {
# basic initialization procedure ...
}
proc init_targets {} {
# initializes generic chip with 4kB of flash and 1kB of RAM
setup_my_chip MY_GENERIC_CHIP 4096 1024
}
### specific_file.cfg ###
source [find target/generic_file.cfg]
proc init_targets {} {
# initializes specific chip with 128kB of flash and 64kB of RAM
setup_my_chip MY_CHIP_WITH_128K_FLASH_64KB_RAM 131072 65536
}
The easiest way to convert "linear" config files to 'init_targets'
version is to enclose every line of "code" (i.e. not 'source' commands,
procedures, etc.) in this procedure.
For an example of this scheme see LPC2000 target config files.
The 'init_boards' procedure is a similar concept concerning board config
files (*Note The init_board procedure: theinitboardprocedure.)
6.3.7 ARM Core Specific Hacks
-----------------------------
If the chip has a DCC, enable it. If the chip is an ARM9 with some
special high speed download features - enable it.
If present, the MMU, the MPU and the CACHE should be disabled.
Some ARM cores are equipped with trace support, which permits
examination of the instruction and data bus activity. Trace activity is
controlled through an "Embedded Trace Module" (ETM) on one of the core's
scan chains. The ETM emits voluminous data through a "trace port".
(*Note ARM Hardware Tracing: armhardwaretracing.) If you are using an
external trace port, configure it in your board config file. If you are
using an on-chip "Embedded Trace Buffer" (ETB), configure it in your
target config file.
etm config $_TARGETNAME 16 normal full etb
etb config $_TARGETNAME $_CHIPNAME.etb
6.3.8 Internal Flash Configuration
----------------------------------
This applies ONLY TO MICROCONTROLLERS that have flash built in.
Never ever in the "target configuration file" define any type of flash
that is external to the chip. (For example a BOOT flash on Chip Select
0.) Such flash information goes in a board file - not the TARGET (chip)
file.
Examples:
* at91sam7x256 - has 256K flash YES enable it.
* str912 - has flash internal YES enable it.
* imx27 - uses boot flash on CS0 - it goes in the board file.
* pxa270 - again - CS0 flash - it goes in the board file.
6.4 Translating Configuration Files
===================================
If you have a configuration file for another hardware debugger or
toolset (Abatron, BDI2000, BDI3000, CCS, Lauterbach, Segger, Macraigor,
etc.), translating it into OpenOCD syntax is often quite
straightforward. The most tricky part of creating a configuration
script is oftentimes the reset init sequence where e.g. PLLs, DRAM and
the like is set up.
One trick that you can use when translating is to write small Tcl
procedures to translate the syntax into OpenOCD syntax. This can avoid
manual translation errors and make it easier to convert other scripts
later on.
Example of transforming quirky arguments to a simple search and replace
job:
# Lauterbach syntax(?)
#
# Data.Set c15:0x042f %long 0x40000015
#
# OpenOCD syntax when using procedure below.
#
# setc15 0x01 0x00050078
proc setc15 {regs value} {
global TARGETNAME
echo [format "set p15 0x%04x, 0x%08x" $regs $value]
arm mcr 15 [expr ($regs>>12)&0x7] \
[expr ($regs>>0)&0xf] [expr ($regs>>4)&0xf] \
[expr ($regs>>8)&0x7] $value
}
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) A FAQ <http://www.arm.com/support/faqdev/4170.html> gives
details.

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7 Daemon Configuration
**********************
The commands here are commonly found in the openocd.cfg file and are
used to specify what TCP/IP ports are used, and how GDB should be
supported.
7.1 Configuration Stage
=======================
When the OpenOCD server process starts up, it enters a _configuration
stage_ which is the only time that certain commands, _configuration
commands_, may be issued. Normally, configuration commands are only
available inside startup scripts.
In this manual, the definition of a configuration command is presented
as a _Config Command_, not as a _Command_ which may be issued
interactively. The runtime 'help' command also highlights configuration
commands, and those which may be issued at any time.
Those configuration commands include declaration of TAPs, flash banks,
the interface used for JTAG communication, and other basic setup. The
server must leave the configuration stage before it may access or
activate TAPs. After it leaves this stage, configuration commands may
no longer be issued.
7.2 Entering the Run Stage
==========================
The first thing OpenOCD does after leaving the configuration stage is to
verify that it can talk to the scan chain (list of TAPs) which has been
configured. It will warn if it doesn't find TAPs it expects to find, or
finds TAPs that aren't supposed to be there. You should see no errors
at this point. If you see errors, resolve them by correcting the
commands you used to configure the server. Common errors include using
an initial JTAG speed that's too fast, and not providing the right
IDCODE values for the TAPs on the scan chain.
Once OpenOCD has entered the run stage, a number of commands become
available. A number of these relate to the debug targets you may have
declared. For example, the 'mww' command will not be available until a
target has been successfuly instantiated. If you want to use those
commands, you may need to force entry to the run stage.
-- Config Command: init
This command terminates the configuration stage and enters the run
stage. This helps when you need to have the startup scripts manage
tasks such as resetting the target, programming flash, etc. To
reset the CPU upon startup, add "init" and "reset" at the end of
the config script or at the end of the OpenOCD command line using
the '-c' command line switch.
If this command does not appear in any startup/configuration file
OpenOCD executes the command for you after processing all
configuration files and/or command line options.
NOTE: This command normally occurs at or near the end of your
openocd.cfg file to force OpenOCD to "initialize" and make the
targets ready. For example: If your openocd.cfg file needs to
read/write memory on your target, 'init' must occur before the
memory read/write commands. This includes 'nand probe'.
-- Overridable Procedure: jtag_init
This is invoked at server startup to verify that it can talk to the
scan chain (list of TAPs) which has been configured.
The default implementation first tries 'jtag arp_init', which uses
only a lightweight JTAG reset before examining the scan chain. If
that fails, it tries again, using a harder reset from the
overridable procedure 'init_reset'.
Implementations must have verified the JTAG scan chain before they
return. This is done by calling 'jtag arp_init' (or 'jtag
arp_init-reset').
7.3 TCP/IP Ports
================
The OpenOCD server accepts remote commands in several syntaxes. Each
syntax uses a different TCP/IP port, which you may specify only during
configuration (before those ports are opened).
For reasons including security, you may wish to prevent remote access
using one or more of these ports. In such cases, just specify the
relevant port number as zero. If you disable all access through TCP/IP,
you will need to use the command line '-pipe' option.
-- Command: gdb_port [number]
Normally gdb listens to a TCP/IP port, but GDB can also communicate
via pipes(stdin/out or named pipes). The name "gdb_port" stuck
because it covers probably more than 90% of the normal use cases.
No arguments reports GDB port. "pipe" means listen to stdin output
to stdout, an integer is base port number, "disable" disables the
gdb server.
When using "pipe", also use log_output to redirect the log output
to a file so as not to flood the stdin/out pipes.
The -p/-pipe option is deprecated and a warning is printed as it is
equivalent to passing in -c "gdb_port pipe; log_output
openocd.log".
Any other string is interpreted as named pipe to listen to. Output
pipe is the same name as input pipe, but with 'o' appended, e.g.
/var/gdb, /var/gdbo.
The GDB port for the first target will be the base port, the second
target will listen on gdb_port + 1, and so on. When not specified
during the configuration stage, the port NUMBER defaults to 3333.
-- Command: tcl_port [number]
Specify or query the port used for a simplified RPC connection that
can be used by clients to issue TCL commands and get the output
from the Tcl engine. Intended as a machine interface. When not
specified during the configuration stage, the port NUMBER defaults
to 6666.
-- Command: telnet_port [number]
Specify or query the port on which to listen for incoming telnet
connections. This port is intended for interaction with one human
through TCL commands. When not specified during the configuration
stage, the port NUMBER defaults to 4444. When specified as zero,
this port is not activated.
7.4 GDB Configuration
=====================
You can reconfigure some GDB behaviors if needed. The ones listed here
are static and global. *Note Target Configuration: targetconfiguration,
about configuring individual targets. *Note Target Events:
targetevents, about configuring target-specific event handling.
-- Command: gdb_breakpoint_override ['hard'|'soft'|'disable']
Force breakpoint type for gdb 'break' commands. This option
supports GDB GUIs which don't distinguish hard versus soft
breakpoints, if the default OpenOCD and GDB behaviour is not
sufficient. GDB normally uses hardware breakpoints if the memory
map has been set up for flash regions.
-- Config Command: gdb_flash_program ('enable'|'disable')
Set to 'enable' to cause OpenOCD to program the flash memory when a
vFlash packet is received. The default behaviour is 'enable'.
-- Config Command: gdb_memory_map ('enable'|'disable')
Set to 'enable' to cause OpenOCD to send the memory configuration
to GDB when requested. GDB will then know when to set hardware
breakpoints, and program flash using the GDB load command.
'gdb_flash_program enable' must also be enabled for flash
programming to work. Default behaviour is 'enable'. *Note
gdb_flash_program: gdbflashprogram.
-- Config Command: gdb_report_data_abort ('enable'|'disable')
Specifies whether data aborts cause an error to be reported by GDB
memory read packets. The default behaviour is 'disable'; use
'enable' see these errors reported.
7.5 Event Polling
=================
Hardware debuggers are parts of asynchronous systems, where significant
events can happen at any time. The OpenOCD server needs to detect some
of these events, so it can report them to through TCL command line or to
GDB.
Examples of such events include:
* One of the targets can stop running ... maybe it triggers a code
breakpoint or data watchpoint, or halts itself.
* Messages may be sent over "debug message" channels ... many
targets support such messages sent over JTAG, for receipt by the
person debugging or tools.
* Loss of power ... some adapters can detect these events.
* Resets not issued through JTAG ... such reset sources can include
button presses or other system hardware, sometimes including the
target itself (perhaps through a watchdog).
* Debug instrumentation sometimes supports event triggering such as
"trace buffer full" (so it can quickly be emptied) or other signals
(to correlate with code behavior).
None of those events are signaled through standard JTAG signals.
However, most conventions for JTAG connectors include voltage level and
system reset (SRST) signal detection. Some connectors also include
instrumentation signals, which can imply events when those signals are
inputs.
In general, OpenOCD needs to periodically check for those events, either
by looking at the status of signals on the JTAG connector or by sending
synchronous "tell me your status" JTAG requests to the various active
targets. There is a command to manage and monitor that polling, which
is normally done in the background.
-- Command: poll ['on'|'off']
Poll the current target for its current state. (Also, *note target
curstate: targetcurstate.) If that target is in debug mode,
architecture specific information about the current state is
printed. An optional parameter allows background polling to be
enabled and disabled.
You could use this from the TCL command shell, or from GDB using
'monitor poll' command. Leave background polling enabled while
you're using GDB.
> poll
background polling: on
target state: halted
target halted in ARM state due to debug-request, \
current mode: Supervisor
cpsr: 0x800000d3 pc: 0x11081bfc
MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: enabled
>

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8 Debug Adapter Configuration
*****************************
Correctly installing OpenOCD includes making your operating system give
OpenOCD access to debug adapters. Once that has been done, Tcl commands
are used to select which one is used, and to configure how it is used.
Note: Because OpenOCD started out with a focus purely on JTAG, you
may find places where it wrongly presumes JTAG is the only
transport protocol in use. Be aware that recent versions of
OpenOCD are removing that limitation. JTAG remains more functional
than most other transports. Other transports do not support
boundary scan operations, or may be specific to a given chip
vendor. Some might be usable only for programming flash memory,
instead of also for debugging.
Debug Adapters/Interfaces/Dongles are normally configured through
commands in an interface configuration file which is sourced by your
'openocd.cfg' file, or through a command line '-f interface/....cfg'
option.
source [find interface/olimex-jtag-tiny.cfg]
These commands tell OpenOCD what type of JTAG adapter you have, and how
to talk to it. A few cases are so simple that you only need to say what
driver to use:
# jlink interface
interface jlink
Most adapters need a bit more configuration than that.
8.1 Interface Configuration
===========================
The interface command tells OpenOCD what type of debug adapter you are
using. Depending on the type of adapter, you may need to use one or
more additional commands to further identify or configure the adapter.
-- Config Command: interface name
Use the interface driver NAME to connect to the target.
-- Command: interface_list
List the debug adapter drivers that have been built into the
running copy of OpenOCD.
-- Command: interface transports transport_name+
Specifies the transports supported by this debug adapter. The
adapter driver builds-in similar knowledge; use this only when
external configuration (such as jumpering) changes what the
hardware can support.
-- Command: adapter_name
Returns the name of the debug adapter driver being used.
8.2 Interface Drivers
=====================
Each of the interface drivers listed here must be explicitly enabled
when OpenOCD is configured, in order to be made available at run time.
-- Interface Driver: amt_jtagaccel
Amontec Chameleon in its JTAG Accelerator configuration, connected
to a PC's EPP mode parallel port. This defines some
driver-specific commands:
-- Config Command: parport_port number
Specifies either the address of the I/O port (default: 0x378
for LPT1) or the number of the '/dev/parport' device.
-- Config Command: rtck ['enable'|'disable']
Displays status of RTCK option. Optionally sets that option
first.
-- Interface Driver: arm-jtag-ew
Olimex ARM-JTAG-EW USB adapter This has one driver-specific
command:
-- Command: armjtagew_info
Logs some status
-- Interface Driver: at91rm9200
Supports bitbanged JTAG from the local system, presuming that
system is an Atmel AT91rm9200 and a specific set of GPIOs is used.
-- Interface Driver: dummy
A dummy software-only driver for debugging.
-- Interface Driver: ep93xx
Cirrus Logic EP93xx based single-board computer bit-banging (in
development)
-- Interface Driver: ft2232
FTDI FT2232 (USB) based devices over one of the userspace
libraries.
Note that this driver has several flaws and the 'ftdi' driver is
recommended as its replacement.
These interfaces have several commands, used to configure the
driver before initializing the JTAG scan chain:
-- Config Command: ft2232_device_desc description
Provides the USB device description (the _iProduct string_) of
the FTDI FT2232 device. If not specified, the FTDI default
value is used. This setting is only valid if compiled with
FTD2XX support.
-- Config Command: ft2232_serial serial-number
Specifies the SERIAL-NUMBER of the FTDI FT2232 device to use,
in case the vendor provides unique IDs and more than one
FT2232 device is connected to the host. If not specified,
serial numbers are not considered. (Note that USB serial
numbers can be arbitrary Unicode strings, and are not
restricted to containing only decimal digits.)
-- Config Command: ft2232_layout name
Each vendor's FT2232 device can use different GPIO signals to
control output-enables, reset signals, and LEDs. Currently
valid layout NAME values include:
- axm0432_jtag Axiom AXM-0432
- comstick Hitex STR9 comstick
- cortino Hitex Cortino JTAG interface
- evb_lm3s811 TI/Luminary Micro EVB_LM3S811 as a JTAG
interface, either for the local Cortex-M3 (SRST only) or
in a passthrough mode (neither SRST nor TRST) This layout
can not support the SWO trace mechanism, and should be
used only for older boards (before rev C).
- luminary_icdi This layout should be used with most
TI/Luminary eval boards, including Rev C LM3S811 eval
boards and the eponymous ICDI boards, to debug either the
local Cortex-M3 or in passthrough mode to debug some
other target. It can support the SWO trace mechanism.
- flyswatter Tin Can Tools Flyswatter
- icebear ICEbear JTAG adapter from Section 5
- jtagkey Amontec JTAGkey and JTAGkey-Tiny (and
compatibles)
- jtagkey2 Amontec JTAGkey2 (and compatibles)
- m5960 American Microsystems M5960
- olimex-jtag Olimex ARM-USB-OCD and ARM-USB-Tiny
- oocdlink OOCDLink
- redbee-econotag Integrated with a Redbee development
board.
- redbee-usb Integrated with a Redbee USB-stick development
board.
- sheevaplug Marvell Sheevaplug development kit
- signalyzer Xverve Signalyzer
- stm32stick Hitex STM32 Performance Stick
- turtelizer2 egnite Software turtelizer2
- usbjtag "USBJTAG-1" layout described in the OpenOCD
diploma thesis
-- Config Command: ft2232_vid_pid [vid pid]+
The vendor ID and product ID of the FTDI FT2232 device. If
not specified, the FTDI default values are used. Currently,
up to eight [VID, PID] pairs may be given, e.g.
ft2232_vid_pid 0x0403 0xcff8 0x15ba 0x0003
-- Config Command: ft2232_latency ms
On some systems using FT2232 based JTAG interfaces the FT_Read
function call in ft2232_read() fails to return the expected
number of bytes. This can be caused by USB communication
delays and has proved hard to reproduce and debug. Setting
the FT2232 latency timer to a larger value increases delays
for short USB packets but it also reduces the risk of timeouts
before receiving the expected number of bytes. The OpenOCD
default value is 2 and for some systems a value of 10 has
proved useful.
-- Config Command: ft2232_channel channel
Used to select the channel of the ft2232 chip to use (between
1 and 4). The default value is 1.
For example, the interface config file for a Turtelizer JTAG
Adapter looks something like this:
interface ft2232
ft2232_device_desc "Turtelizer JTAG/RS232 Adapter"
ft2232_layout turtelizer2
ft2232_vid_pid 0x0403 0xbdc8
-- Interface Driver: ftdi
This driver is for adapters using the MPSSE (Multi-Protocol
Synchronous Serial Engine) mode built into many FTDI chips, such as
the FT2232, FT4232 and FT232H. It is a complete rewrite to address
a large number of problems with the ft2232 interface driver.
The driver is using libusb-1.0 in asynchronous mode to talk to the
FTDI device, bypassing intermediate libraries like libftdi of D2XX.
Performance-wise it is consistently faster than the ft2232 driver,
sometimes several times faster.
A major improvement of this driver is that support for new FTDI
based adapters can be added competely through configuration files,
without the need to patch and rebuild OpenOCD.
The driver uses a signal abstraction to enable Tcl configuration
files to define outputs for one or several FTDI GPIO. These outputs
can then be controlled using the 'ftdi_set_signal' command.
Special signal names are reserved for nTRST, nSRST and LED (for
blink) so that they, if defined, will be used for their customary
purpose.
Depending on the type of buffer attached to the FTDI GPIO, the
outputs have to be controlled differently. In order to support
tristateable signals such as nSRST, both a data GPIO and an
output-enable GPIO can be specified for each signal. The following
output buffer configurations are supported:
- Push-pull with one FTDI output as (non-)inverted data line
- Open drain with one FTDI output as (non-)inverted
output-enable
- Tristate with one FTDI output as (non-)inverted data line and
another FTDI output as (non-)inverted output-enable
- Unbuffered, using the FTDI GPIO as a tristate output directly
by switching data and direction as necessary
These interfaces have several commands, used to configure the
driver before initializing the JTAG scan chain:
-- Config Command: ftdi_vid_pid [vid pid]+
The vendor ID and product ID of the adapter. If not
specified, the FTDI default values are used. Currently, up to
eight [VID, PID] pairs may be given, e.g.
ftdi_vid_pid 0x0403 0xcff8 0x15ba 0x0003
-- Config Command: ftdi_device_desc description
Provides the USB device description (the _iProduct string_) of
the adapter. If not specified, the device description is
ignored during device selection.
-- Config Command: ftdi_serial serial-number
Specifies the SERIAL-NUMBER of the adapter to use, in case the
vendor provides unique IDs and more than one adapter is
connected to the host. If not specified, serial numbers are
not considered. (Note that USB serial numbers can be
arbitrary Unicode strings, and are not restricted to
containing only decimal digits.)
-- Config Command: ftdi_channel channel
Selects the channel of the FTDI device to use for MPSSE
operations. Most adapters use the default, channel 0, but
there are exceptions.
-- Config Command: ftdi_layout_init data direction
Specifies the initial values of the FTDI GPIO data and
direction registers. Each value is a 16-bit number
corresponding to the concatenation of the high and low FTDI
GPIO registers. The values should be selected based on the
schematics of the adapter, such that all signals are set to
safe levels with minimal impact on the target system. Avoid
floating inputs, conflicting outputs and initially asserted
reset signals.
-- Config Command: ftdi_layout_signal name ['-data'|'-ndata'
data_mask] ['-oe'|'-noe' oe_mask]
Creates a signal with the specified NAME, controlled by one or
more FTDI GPIO pins via a range of possible buffer
connections. The masks are FTDI GPIO register bitmasks to
tell the driver the connection and type of the output buffer
driving the respective signal. DATA_MASK is the bitmask for
the pin(s) connected to the data input of the output buffer.
'-ndata' is used with inverting data inputs and '-data' with
non-inverting inputs. The '-oe' (or '-noe') option tells
where the output-enable (or not-output-enable) input to the
output buffer is connected.
Both DATA_MASK and OE_MASK need not be specified. For
example, a simple open-collector transistor driver would be
specified with '-oe' only. In that case the signal can only
be set to drive low or to Hi-Z and the driver will complain if
the signal is set to drive high. Which means that if it's a
reset signal, 'reset_config' must be specified as
'srst_open_drain', not 'srst_push_pull'.
A special case is provided when '-data' and '-oe' is set to
the same bitmask. Then the FTDI pin is considered being
connected straight to the target without any buffer. The FTDI
pin is then switched between output and input as necessary to
provide the full set of low, high and Hi-Z characteristics.
In all other cases, the pins specified in a signal definition
are always driven by the FTDI.
-- Command: ftdi_set_signal name '0'|'1'|'z'
Set a previously defined signal to the specified level.
- '0', drive low
- '1', drive high
- 'z', set to high-impedance
For example adapter definitions, see the configuration files
shipped in the 'interface/ftdi' directory.
-- Interface Driver: remote_bitbang
Drive JTAG from a remote process. This sets up a UNIX or TCP
socket connection with a remote process and sends ASCII encoded
bitbang requests to that process instead of directly driving JTAG.
The remote_bitbang driver is useful for debugging software running
on processors which are being simulated.
-- Config Command: remote_bitbang_port number
Specifies the TCP port of the remote process to connect to or
0 to use UNIX sockets instead of TCP.
-- Config Command: remote_bitbang_host hostname
Specifies the hostname of the remote process to connect to
using TCP, or the name of the UNIX socket to use if
remote_bitbang_port is 0.
For example, to connect remotely via TCP to the host foobar you
might have something like:
interface remote_bitbang
remote_bitbang_port 3335
remote_bitbang_host foobar
To connect to another process running locally via UNIX sockets with
socket named mysocket:
interface remote_bitbang
remote_bitbang_port 0
remote_bitbang_host mysocket
-- Interface Driver: usb_blaster
USB JTAG/USB-Blaster compatibles over one of the userspace
libraries for FTDI chips. These interfaces have several commands,
used to configure the driver before initializing the JTAG scan
chain:
-- Config Command: usb_blaster_device_desc description
Provides the USB device description (the _iProduct string_) of
the FTDI FT245 device. If not specified, the FTDI default
value is used. This setting is only valid if compiled with
FTD2XX support.
-- Config Command: usb_blaster_vid_pid vid pid
The vendor ID and product ID of the FTDI FT245 device. If not
specified, default values are used. Currently, only one VID,
PID pair may be given, e.g. for Altera USB-Blaster (default):
usb_blaster_vid_pid 0x09FB 0x6001
The following VID/PID is for Kolja Waschk's USB JTAG:
usb_blaster_vid_pid 0x16C0 0x06AD
-- Command: usb_blaster ('pin6'|'pin8') ('0'|'1')
Sets the state of the unused GPIO pins on USB-Blasters (pins 6
and 8 on the female JTAG header). These pins can be used as
SRST and/or TRST provided the appropriate connections are made
on the target board.
For example, to use pin 6 as SRST (as with an AVR board):
$_TARGETNAME configure -event reset-assert \
"usb_blaster pin6 1; wait 1; usb_blaster pin6 0"
-- Interface Driver: gw16012
Gateworks GW16012 JTAG programmer. This has one driver-specific
command:
-- Config Command: parport_port [port_number]
Display either the address of the I/O port (default: 0x378 for
LPT1) or the number of the '/dev/parport' device. If a
parameter is provided, first switch to use that port. This is
a write-once setting.
-- Interface Driver: jlink
Segger J-Link family of USB adapters. It currently supports only
the JTAG transport.
Compatibility Note: Segger released many firmware versions for
the many harware versions they produced. OpenOCD was
extensively tested and intended to run on all of them, but
some combinations were reported as incompatible. As a general
recommendation, it is advisable to use the latest firmware
version available for each hardware version. However the
current V8 is a moving target, and Segger firmware versions
released after the OpenOCD was released may not be compatible.
In such cases it is recommended to revert to the last known
functional version. For 0.5.0, this is from "Feb 8 2012
14:30:39", packed with 4.42c. For 0.6.0, the last known
version is from "May 3 2012 18:36:22", packed with 4.46f.
-- Command: jlink caps
Display the device firmware capabilities.
-- Command: jlink info
Display various device information, like hardware version,
firmware version, current bus status.
-- Command: jlink hw_jtag ['2'|'3']
Set the JTAG protocol version to be used. Without argument,
show the actual JTAG protocol version.
-- Command: jlink config
Display the J-Link configuration.
-- Command: jlink config kickstart [val]
Set the Kickstart power on JTAG-pin 19. Without argument,
show the Kickstart configuration.
-- Command: jlink config mac_address ['ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff']
Set the MAC address of the J-Link Pro. Without argument, show
the MAC address.
-- Command: jlink config ip ['A.B.C.D'('/E'|'F.G.H.I')]
Set the IP configuration of the J-Link Pro, where A.B.C.D is
the IP address, E the bit of the subnet mask and F.G.H.I the
subnet mask. Without arguments, show the IP configuration.
-- Command: jlink config usb_address ['0x00' to '0x03' or '0xff']
Set the USB address; this will also change the product id.
Without argument, show the USB address.
-- Command: jlink config reset
Reset the current configuration.
-- Command: jlink config save
Save the current configuration to the internal persistent
storage.
-- Config: jlink pid val
Set the USB PID of the interface. As a configuration command,
it can be used only before 'init'.
-- Interface Driver: parport
Supports PC parallel port bit-banging cables: Wigglers, PLD
download cable, and more. These interfaces have several commands,
used to configure the driver before initializing the JTAG scan
chain:
-- Config Command: parport_cable name
Set the layout of the parallel port cable used to connect to
the target. This is a write-once setting. Currently valid
cable NAME values include:
- altium Altium Universal JTAG cable.
- arm-jtag Same as original wiggler except SRST and TRST
connections reversed and TRST is also inverted.
- chameleon The Amontec Chameleon's CPLD when operated in
configuration mode. This is only used to program the
Chameleon itself, not a connected target.
- dlc5 The Xilinx Parallel cable III.
- flashlink The ST Parallel cable.
- lattice Lattice ispDOWNLOAD Cable
- old_amt_wiggler The Wiggler configuration that comes with
some versions of Amontec's Chameleon Programmer. The new
version available from the website uses the original
Wiggler layout ('WIGGLER')
- triton The parallel port adapter found on the "Karo
Triton 1 Development Board". This is also the layout
used by the HollyGates design (see
<http://www.lartmaker.nl/projects/jtag/>).
- wiggler The original Wiggler layout, also supported by
several clones, such as the Olimex ARM-JTAG
- wiggler2 Same as original wiggler except an led is fitted
on D5.
- wiggler_ntrst_inverted Same as original wiggler except
TRST is inverted.
-- Config Command: parport_port [port_number]
Display either the address of the I/O port (default: 0x378 for
LPT1) or the number of the '/dev/parport' device. If a
parameter is provided, first switch to use that port. This is
a write-once setting.
When using PPDEV to access the parallel port, use the number
of the parallel port: 'parport_port 0' (the default). If
'parport_port 0x378' is specified you may encounter a problem.
-- Command: parport_toggling_time [nanoseconds]
Displays how many nanoseconds the hardware needs to toggle
TCK; the parport driver uses this value to obey the
'adapter_khz' configuration. When the optional NANOSECONDS
parameter is given, that setting is changed before displaying
the current value.
The default setting should work reasonably well on commodity
PC hardware. However, you may want to calibrate for your
specific hardware.
Tip: To measure the toggling time with a logic analyzer
or a digital storage oscilloscope, follow the procedure
below:
> parport_toggling_time 1000
> adapter_khz 500
This sets the maximum JTAG clock speed of the hardware,
but the actual speed probably deviates from the requested
500 kHz. Now, measure the time between the two closest
spaced TCK transitions. You can use 'runtest 1000' or
something similar to generate a large set of samples.
Update the setting to match your measurement:
> parport_toggling_time <measured nanoseconds>
Now the clock speed will be a better match for
'adapter_khz rate' commands given in OpenOCD scripts and
event handlers.
You can do something similar with many digital
multimeters, but note that you'll probably need to run
the clock continuously for several seconds before it
decides what clock rate to show. Adjust the toggling
time up or down until the measured clock rate is a good
match for the adapter_khz rate you specified; be
conservative.
-- Config Command: parport_write_on_exit ('on'|'off')
This will configure the parallel driver to write a known
cable-specific value to the parallel interface on exiting
OpenOCD.
For example, the interface configuration file for a classic
"Wiggler" cable on LPT2 might look something like this:
interface parport
parport_port 0x278
parport_cable wiggler
-- Interface Driver: presto
ASIX PRESTO USB JTAG programmer.
-- Config Command: presto_serial serial_string
Configures the USB serial number of the Presto device to use.
-- Interface Driver: rlink
Raisonance RLink USB adapter
-- Interface Driver: usbprog
usbprog is a freely programmable USB adapter.
-- Interface Driver: vsllink
vsllink is part of Versaloon which is a versatile USB programmer.
Note: This defines quite a few driver-specific commands, which
are not currently documented here.
-- Interface Driver: hla
This is a driver that supports multiple High Level Adapters. This
type of adapter does not expose some of the lower level api's that
OpenOCD would normally use to access the target.
Currently supported adapters include the ST STLINK and TI ICDI.
-- Config Command: hla_device_desc description
Currently Not Supported.
-- Config Command: hla_serial serial
Currently Not Supported.
-- Config Command: hla_layout ('stlink'|'icdi')
Specifies the adapter layout to use.
-- Config Command: hla_vid_pid vid pid
The vendor ID and product ID of the device.
-- Config Command: stlink_api api_level
Manually sets the stlink api used, valid options are 1 or 2.
(STLINK Only).
-- Interface Driver: opendous
opendous-jtag is a freely programmable USB adapter.
-- Interface Driver: ulink
This is the Keil ULINK v1 JTAG debugger.
-- Interface Driver: ZY1000
This is the Zylin ZY1000 JTAG debugger.
Note: This defines some driver-specific commands, which are not
currently documented here.
-- Command: power ['on'|'off']
Turn power switch to target on/off. No arguments: print status.
8.3 Transport Configuration
===========================
As noted earlier, depending on the version of OpenOCD you use, and the
debug adapter you are using, several transports may be available to
communicate with debug targets (or perhaps to program flash memory).
-- Command: transport list
displays the names of the transports supported by this version of
OpenOCD.
-- Command: transport select transport_name
Select which of the supported transports to use in this OpenOCD
session. The transport must be supported by the debug adapter
hardware and by the version of OPenOCD you are using (including the
adapter's driver). No arguments: returns name of session's
selected transport.
8.3.1 JTAG Transport
--------------------
JTAG is the original transport supported by OpenOCD, and most of the
OpenOCD commands support it. JTAG transports expose a chain of one or
more Test Access Points (TAPs), each of which must be explicitly
declared. JTAG supports both debugging and boundary scan testing.
Flash programming support is built on top of debug support.
8.3.2 SWD Transport
-------------------
SWD (Serial Wire Debug) is an ARM-specific transport which exposes one
Debug Access Point (DAP, which must be explicitly declared. (SWD uses
fewer signal wires than JTAG.) SWD is debug-oriented, and does not
support boundary scan testing. Flash programming support is built on
top of debug support. (Some processors support both JTAG and SWD.)
-- Command: swd newdap ...
Declares a single DAP which uses SWD transport. Parameters are
currently the same as "jtag newtap" but this is expected to change.
-- Command: swd wcr trn prescale
Updates TRN (turnaraound delay) and prescaling.fields of the Wire
Control Register (WCR). No parameters: displays current settings.
8.3.3 SPI Transport
-------------------
The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a general purpose transport
which uses four wire signaling. Some processors use it as part of a
solution for flash programming.
8.4 JTAG Speed
==============
JTAG clock setup is part of system setup. It _does not belong with
interface setup_ since any interface only knows a few of the constraints
for the JTAG clock speed. Sometimes the JTAG speed is changed during
the target initialization process: (1) slow at reset, (2) program the
CPU clocks, (3) run fast. Both the "slow" and "fast" clock rates are
functions of the oscillators used, the chip, the board design, and
sometimes power management software that may be active.
The speed used during reset, and the scan chain verification which
follows reset, can be adjusted using a 'reset-start' target event
handler. It can then be reconfigured to a faster speed by a
'reset-init' target event handler after it reprograms those CPU clocks,
or manually (if something else, such as a boot loader, sets up those
clocks). *Note Target Events: targetevents. When the initial low JTAG
speed is a chip characteristic, perhaps because of a required oscillator
speed, provide such a handler in the target config file. When that
speed is a function of a board-specific characteristic such as which
speed oscillator is used, it belongs in the board config file instead.
In both cases it's safest to also set the initial JTAG clock rate to
that same slow speed, so that OpenOCD never starts up using a clock
speed that's faster than the scan chain can support.
jtag_rclk 3000
$_TARGET.cpu configure -event reset-start { jtag_rclk 3000 }
If your system supports adaptive clocking (RTCK), configuring JTAG to
use that is probably the most robust approach. However, it introduces
delays to synchronize clocks; so it may not be the fastest solution.
NOTE: Script writers should consider using 'jtag_rclk' instead of
'adapter_khz', but only for (ARM) cores and boards which support
adaptive clocking.
-- Command: adapter_khz max_speed_kHz
A non-zero speed is in KHZ. Hence: 3000 is 3mhz. JTAG interfaces
usually support a limited number of speeds. The speed actually
used won't be faster than the speed specified.
Chip data sheets generally include a top JTAG clock rate. The
actual rate is often a function of a CPU core clock, and is
normally less than that peak rate. For example, most ARM cores
accept at most one sixth of the CPU clock.
Speed 0 (khz) selects RTCK method. *Note FAQ RTCK: faqrtck. If
your system uses RTCK, you won't need to change the JTAG clocking
after setup. Not all interfaces, boards, or targets support
"rtck". If the interface device can not support it, an error is
returned when you try to use RTCK.
-- Function: jtag_rclk fallback_speed_kHz
This Tcl proc (defined in 'startup.tcl') attempts to enable
RTCK/RCLK. If that fails (maybe the interface, board, or target
doesn't support it), falls back to the specified frequency.
# Fall back to 3mhz if RTCK is not supported
jtag_rclk 3000

File: openocd.info, Node: Reset Configuration, Next: TAP Declaration, Prev: Debug Adapter Configuration, Up: Top
9 Reset Configuration
*********************
Every system configuration may require a different reset configuration.
This can also be quite confusing. Resets also interact with RESET-INIT
event handlers, which do things like setting up clocks and DRAM, and
JTAG clock rates. (*Note JTAG Speed: jtagspeed.) They can also
interact with JTAG routers. Please see the various board files for
examples.
Note: To maintainers and integrators: Reset configuration touches
several things at once. Normally the board configuration file
should define it and assume that the JTAG adapter supports
everything that's wired up to the board's JTAG connector.
However, the target configuration file could also make note of
something the silicon vendor has done inside the chip, which will
be true for most (or all) boards using that chip. And when the
JTAG adapter doesn't support everything, the user configuration
file will need to override parts of the reset configuration
provided by other files.
9.1 Types of Reset
==================
There are many kinds of reset possible through JTAG, but they may not
all work with a given board and adapter. That's part of why reset
configuration can be error prone.
* _System Reset_ ... the _SRST_ hardware signal resets all chips
connected to the JTAG adapter, such as processors, power management
chips, and I/O controllers. Normally resets triggered with this
signal behave exactly like pressing a RESET button.
* _JTAG TAP Reset_ ... the _TRST_ hardware signal resets just the
TAP controllers connected to the JTAG adapter. Such resets should
not be visible to the rest of the system; resetting a device's TAP
controller just puts that controller into a known state.
* _Emulation Reset_ ... many devices can be reset through JTAG
commands. These resets are often distinguishable from system
resets, either explicitly (a "reset reason" register says so) or
implicitly (not all parts of the chip get reset).
* _Other Resets_ ... system-on-chip devices often support several
other types of reset. You may need to arrange that a watchdog
timer stops while debugging, preventing a watchdog reset. There
may be individual module resets.
In the best case, OpenOCD can hold SRST, then reset the TAPs via TRST
and send commands through JTAG to halt the CPU at the reset vector
before the 1st instruction is executed. Then when it finally releases
the SRST signal, the system is halted under debugger control before any
code has executed. This is the behavior required to support the 'reset
halt' and 'reset init' commands; after 'reset init' a board-specific
script might do things like setting up DRAM. (*Note Reset Command:
resetcommand.)
9.2 SRST and TRST Issues
========================
Because SRST and TRST are hardware signals, they can have a variety of
system-specific constraints. Some of the most common issues are:
* _Signal not available_ ... Some boards don't wire SRST or TRST to
the JTAG connector. Some JTAG adapters don't support such signals
even if they are wired up. Use the 'reset_config' SIGNALS options
to say when either of those signals is not connected. When SRST is
not available, your code might not be able to rely on controllers
having been fully reset during code startup. Missing TRST is not a
problem, since JTAG-level resets can be triggered using with TMS
signaling.
* _Signals shorted_ ... Sometimes a chip, board, or adapter will
connect SRST to TRST, instead of keeping them separate. Use the
'reset_config' COMBINATION options to say when those signals aren't
properly independent.
* _Timing_ ... Reset circuitry like a resistor/capacitor delay
circuit, reset supervisor, or on-chip features can extend the
effect of a JTAG adapter's reset for some time after the adapter
stops issuing the reset. For example, there may be chip or board
requirements that all reset pulses last for at least a certain
amount of time; and reset buttons commonly have hardware
debouncing. Use the 'adapter_nsrst_delay' and 'jtag_ntrst_delay'
commands to say when extra delays are needed.
* _Drive type_ ... Reset lines often have a pullup resistor, letting
the JTAG interface treat them as open-drain signals. But that's
not a requirement, so the adapter may need to use push/pull output
drivers. Also, with weak pullups it may be advisable to drive
signals to both levels (push/pull) to minimize rise times. Use the
'reset_config' TRST_TYPE and SRST_TYPE parameters to say how to
drive reset signals.
* _Special initialization_ ... Targets sometimes need special JTAG
initialization sequences to handle chip-specific issues (not
limited to errata). For example, certain JTAG commands might need
to be issued while the system as a whole is in a reset state (SRST
active) but the JTAG scan chain is usable (TRST inactive). Many
systems treat combined assertion of SRST and TRST as a trigger for
a harder reset than SRST alone. Such custom reset handling is
discussed later in this chapter.
There can also be other issues. Some devices don't fully conform to the
JTAG specifications. Trivial system-specific differences are common,
such as SRST and TRST using slightly different names. There are also
vendors who distribute key JTAG documentation for their chips only to
developers who have signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
Sometimes there are chip-specific extensions like a requirement to use
the normally-optional TRST signal (precluding use of JTAG adapters which
don't pass TRST through), or needing extra steps to complete a TAP
reset.
In short, SRST and especially TRST handling may be very finicky, needing
to cope with both architecture and board specific constraints.
9.3 Commands for Handling Resets
================================
-- Command: adapter_nsrst_assert_width milliseconds
Minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) OpenOCD should wait after
asserting nSRST (active-low system reset) before allowing it to be
deasserted.
-- Command: adapter_nsrst_delay milliseconds
How long (in milliseconds) OpenOCD should wait after deasserting
nSRST (active-low system reset) before starting new JTAG
operations. When a board has a reset button connected to SRST line
it will probably have hardware debouncing, implying you should use
this.
-- Command: jtag_ntrst_assert_width milliseconds
Minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) OpenOCD should wait after
asserting nTRST (active-low JTAG TAP reset) before allowing it to
be deasserted.
-- Command: jtag_ntrst_delay milliseconds
How long (in milliseconds) OpenOCD should wait after deasserting
nTRST (active-low JTAG TAP reset) before starting new JTAG
operations.
-- Command: reset_config mode_flag ...
This command displays or modifies the reset configuration of your
combination of JTAG board and target in target configuration
scripts.
Information earlier in this section describes the kind of problems
the command is intended to address (*note SRST and TRST Issues:
srstandtrstissues.). As a rule this command belongs only in board
config files, describing issues like _board doesn't connect TRST_;
or in user config files, addressing limitations derived from a
particular combination of interface and board. (An unlikely
example would be using a TRST-only adapter with a board that only
wires up SRST.)
The MODE_FLAG options can be specified in any order, but only one
of each type - SIGNALS, COMBINATION, GATES, TRST_TYPE, SRST_TYPE
and CONNECT_TYPE - may be specified at a time. If you don't
provide a new value for a given type, its previous value (perhaps
the default) is unchanged. For example, this means that you don't
need to say anything at all about TRST just to declare that if the
JTAG adapter should want to drive SRST, it must explicitly be
driven high ('srst_push_pull').
* SIGNALS can specify which of the reset signals are connected.
For example, If the JTAG interface provides SRST, but the
board doesn't connect that signal properly, then OpenOCD can't
use it. Possible values are 'none' (the default),
'trst_only', 'srst_only' and 'trst_and_srst'.
Tip: If your board provides SRST and/or TRST through the
JTAG connector, you must declare that so those signals
can be used.
* The COMBINATION is an optional value specifying broken reset
signal implementations. The default behaviour if no option
given is 'separate', indicating everything behaves normally.
'srst_pulls_trst' states that the test logic is reset together
with the reset of the system (e.g. NXP LPC2000, "broken"
board layout), 'trst_pulls_srst' says that the system is reset
together with the test logic (only hypothetical, I haven't
seen hardware with such a bug, and can be worked around).
'combined' implies both 'srst_pulls_trst' and
'trst_pulls_srst'.
* The GATES tokens control flags that describe some cases where
JTAG may be unvailable during reset. 'srst_gates_jtag'
(default) indicates that asserting SRST gates the JTAG clock.
This means that no communication can happen on JTAG while SRST
is asserted. Its converse is 'srst_nogate', indicating that
JTAG commands can safely be issued while SRST is active.
* The CONNECT_TYPE tokens control flags that describe some cases
where SRST is asserted while connecting to the target.
'srst_nogate' is required to use this option.
'connect_deassert_srst' (default) indicates that SRST will not
be asserted while connecting to the target. Its converse is
'connect_assert_srst', indicating that SRST will be asserted
before any target connection. Only some targets support this
feature, STM32 and STR9 are examples. This feature is useful
if you are unable to connect to your target due to incorrect
options byte config or illegal program execution.
The optional TRST_TYPE and SRST_TYPE parameters allow the driver
mode of each reset line to be specified. These values only affect
JTAG interfaces with support for different driver modes, like the
Amontec JTAGkey and JTAG Accelerator. Also, they are necessarily
ignored if the relevant signal (TRST or SRST) is not connected.
* Possible TRST_TYPE driver modes for the test reset signal
(TRST) are the default 'trst_push_pull', and
'trst_open_drain'. Most boards connect this signal to a
pulldown, so the JTAG TAPs never leave reset unless they are
hooked up to a JTAG adapter.
* Possible SRST_TYPE driver modes for the system reset signal
(SRST) are the default 'srst_open_drain', and
'srst_push_pull'. Most boards connect this signal to a
pullup, and allow the signal to be pulled low by various
events including system powerup and pressing a reset button.
9.4 Custom Reset Handling
=========================
OpenOCD has several ways to help support the various reset mechanisms
provided by chip and board vendors. The commands shown in the previous
section give standard parameters. There are also _event handlers_
associated with TAPs or Targets. Those handlers are Tcl procedures you
can provide, which are invoked at particular points in the reset
sequence.
_When SRST is not an option_ you must set up a 'reset-assert' event
handler for your target. For example, some JTAG adapters don't include
the SRST signal; and some boards have multiple targets, and you won't
always want to reset everything at once.
After configuring those mechanisms, you might still find your board
doesn't start up or reset correctly. For example, maybe it needs a
slightly different sequence of SRST and/or TRST manipulations, because
of quirks that the 'reset_config' mechanism doesn't address; or
asserting both might trigger a stronger reset, which needs special
attention.
Experiment with lower level operations, such as 'jtag_reset' and the
'jtag arp_*' operations shown here, to find a sequence of operations
that works. *Note JTAG Commands::. When you find a working sequence,
it can be used to override 'jtag_init', which fires during OpenOCD
startup (*note Configuration Stage: configurationstage.); or
'init_reset', which fires during reset processing.
You might also want to provide some project-specific reset schemes. For
example, on a multi-target board the standard 'reset' command would
reset all targets, but you may need the ability to reset only one target
at time and thus want to avoid using the board-wide SRST signal.
-- Overridable Procedure: init_reset mode
This is invoked near the beginning of the 'reset' command, usually
to provide as much of a cold (power-up) reset as practical. By
default it is also invoked from 'jtag_init' if the scan chain does
not respond to pure JTAG operations. The MODE parameter is the
parameter given to the low level reset command ('halt', 'init', or
'run'), 'setup', or potentially some other value.
The default implementation just invokes 'jtag arp_init-reset'.
Replacements will normally build on low level JTAG operations such
as 'jtag_reset'. Operations here must not address individual TAPs
(or their associated targets) until the JTAG scan chain has first
been verified to work.
Implementations must have verified the JTAG scan chain before they
return. This is done by calling 'jtag arp_init' (or 'jtag
arp_init-reset').
-- Command: jtag arp_init
This validates the scan chain using just the four standard JTAG
signals (TMS, TCK, TDI, TDO). It starts by issuing a JTAG-only
reset. Then it performs checks to verify that the scan chain
configuration matches the TAPs it can observe. Those checks
include checking IDCODE values for each active TAP, and verifying
the length of their instruction registers using TAP '-ircapture'
and '-irmask' values. If these tests all pass, TAP 'setup' events
are issued to all TAPs with handlers for that event.
-- Command: jtag arp_init-reset
This uses TRST and SRST to try resetting everything on the JTAG
scan chain (and anything else connected to SRST). It then invokes
the logic of 'jtag arp_init'.

File: openocd.info, Node: TAP Declaration, Next: CPU Configuration, Prev: Reset Configuration, Up: Top
10 TAP Declaration
******************
_Test Access Ports_ (TAPs) are the core of JTAG. TAPs serve many roles,
including:
* Debug Target A CPU TAP can be used as a GDB debug target
* Flash Programing Some chips program the flash directly via JTAG.
Others do it indirectly, making a CPU do it.
* Program Download Using the same CPU support GDB uses, you can
initialize a DRAM controller, download code to DRAM, and then start
running that code.
* Boundary Scan Most chips support boundary scan, which helps test
for board assembly problems like solder bridges and missing
connections
OpenOCD must know about the active TAPs on your board(s). Setting up
the TAPs is the core task of your configuration files. Once those TAPs
are set up, you can pass their names to code which sets up CPUs and
exports them as GDB targets, probes flash memory, performs low-level
JTAG operations, and more.
10.1 Scan Chains
================
TAPs are part of a hardware "scan chain", which is daisy chain of TAPs.
They also need to be added to OpenOCD's software mirror of that hardware
list, giving each member a name and associating other data with it.
Simple scan chains, with a single TAP, are common in systems with a
single microcontroller or microprocessor. More complex chips may have
several TAPs internally. Very complex scan chains might have a dozen or
more TAPs: several in one chip, more in the next, and connecting to
other boards with their own chips and TAPs.
You can display the list with the 'scan_chain' command. (Don't confuse
this with the list displayed by the 'targets' command, presented in the
next chapter. That only displays TAPs for CPUs which are configured as
debugging targets.) Here's what the scan chain might look like for a
chip more than one TAP:
TapName Enabled IdCode Expected IrLen IrCap IrMask
-- ------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- ----- ----- ------
0 omap5912.dsp Y 0x03df1d81 0x03df1d81 38 0x01 0x03
1 omap5912.arm Y 0x0692602f 0x0692602f 4 0x01 0x0f
2 omap5912.unknown Y 0x00000000 0x00000000 8 0x01 0x03
OpenOCD can detect some of that information, but not all of it. *Note
Autoprobing: autoprobing. Unfortunately those TAPs can't always be
autoconfigured, because not all devices provide good support for that.
JTAG doesn't require supporting IDCODE instructions, and chips with JTAG
routers may not link TAPs into the chain until they are told to do so.
The configuration mechanism currently supported by OpenOCD requires
explicit configuration of all TAP devices using 'jtag newtap' commands,
as detailed later in this chapter. A command like this would declare
one tap and name it 'chip1.cpu':
jtag newtap chip1 cpu -irlen 4 -expected-id 0x3ba00477
Each target configuration file lists the TAPs provided by a given chip.
Board configuration files combine all the targets on a board, and so
forth. Note that _the order in which TAPs are declared is very
important._ It must match the order in the JTAG scan chain, both inside
a single chip and between them. *Note FAQ TAP Order: faqtaporder.
For example, the ST Microsystems STR912 chip has three separate TAPs(1).
To configure those taps, 'target/str912.cfg' includes commands something
like this:
jtag newtap str912 flash ... params ...
jtag newtap str912 cpu ... params ...
jtag newtap str912 bs ... params ...
Actual config files use a variable instead of literals like 'str912', to
support more than one chip of each type. *Note Config File
Guidelines::.
-- Command: jtag names
Returns the names of all current TAPs in the scan chain. Use 'jtag
cget' or 'jtag tapisenabled' to examine attributes and state of
each TAP.
foreach t [jtag names] {
puts [format "TAP: %s\n" $t]
}
-- Command: scan_chain
Displays the TAPs in the scan chain configuration, and their
status. The set of TAPs listed by this command is fixed by exiting
the OpenOCD configuration stage, but systems with a JTAG router can
enable or disable TAPs dynamically.
10.2 TAP Names
==============
When TAP objects are declared with 'jtag newtap', a "dotted.name" is
created for the TAP, combining the name of a module (usually a chip) and
a label for the TAP. For example: 'xilinx.tap', 'str912.flash',
'omap3530.jrc', 'dm6446.dsp', or 'stm32.cpu'. Many other commands use
that dotted.name to manipulate or refer to the TAP. For example, CPU
configuration uses the name, as does declaration of NAND or NOR flash
banks.
The components of a dotted name should follow "C" symbol name rules:
start with an alphabetic character, then numbers and underscores are OK;
while others (including dots!) are not.
Tip: In older code, JTAG TAPs were numbered from 0..N. This feature
is still present. However its use is highly discouraged, and
should not be relied on; it will be removed by mid-2010. Update
all of your scripts to use TAP names rather than numbers, by paying
attention to the runtime warnings they trigger. Using TAP numbers
in target configuration scripts prevents reusing those scripts on
boards with multiple targets.
10.3 TAP Declaration Commands
=============================
-- Command: jtag newtap chipname tapname configparams...
Declares a new TAP with the dotted name CHIPNAME.TAPNAME, and
configured according to the various CONFIGPARAMS.
The CHIPNAME is a symbolic name for the chip. Conventionally
target config files use '$_CHIPNAME', defaulting to the model name
given by the chip vendor but overridable.
The TAPNAME reflects the role of that TAP, and should follow this
convention:
* 'bs' - For boundary scan if this is a seperate TAP;
* 'cpu' - The main CPU of the chip, alternatively 'arm' and
'dsp' on chips with both ARM and DSP CPUs, 'arm1' and 'arm2'
on chips two ARMs, and so forth;
* 'etb' - For an embedded trace buffer (example: an ARM ETB11);
* 'flash' - If the chip has a flash TAP, like the str912;
* 'jrc' - For JTAG route controller (example: the ICEpick
modules on many Texas Instruments chips, like the OMAP3530 on
Beagleboards);
* 'tap' - Should be used only FPGA or CPLD like devices with a
single TAP;
* 'unknownN' - If you have no idea what the TAP is for (N is a
number);
* _when in doubt_ - Use the chip maker's name in their data
sheet. For example, the Freescale IMX31 has a SDMA (Smart
DMA) with a JTAG TAP; that TAP should be named 'sdma'.
Every TAP requires at least the following CONFIGPARAMS:
* '-irlen' NUMBER
The length in bits of the instruction register, such as 4 or 5
bits.
A TAP may also provide optional CONFIGPARAMS:
* '-disable' (or '-enable')
Use the '-disable' parameter to flag a TAP which is not linked
in to the scan chain after a reset using either TRST or the
JTAG state machine's RESET state. You may use '-enable' to
highlight the default state (the TAP is linked in). *Note
Enabling and Disabling TAPs: enablinganddisablingtaps.
* '-expected-id' NUMBER
A non-zero NUMBER represents a 32-bit IDCODE which you expect
to find when the scan chain is examined. These codes are not
required by all JTAG devices. _Repeat the option_ as many
times as required if more than one ID code could appear (for
example, multiple versions). Specify NUMBER as zero to
suppress warnings about IDCODE values that were found but not
included in the list.
Provide this value if at all possible, since it lets OpenOCD
tell when the scan chain it sees isn't right. These values
are provided in vendors' chip documentation, usually a
technical reference manual. Sometimes you may need to probe
the JTAG hardware to find these values. *Note Autoprobing:
autoprobing.
* '-ignore-version'
Specify this to ignore the JTAG version field in the
'-expected-id' option. When vendors put out multiple versions
of a chip, or use the same JTAG-level ID for several
largely-compatible chips, it may be more practical to ignore
the version field than to update config files to handle all of
the various chip IDs. The version field is defined as bit
28-31 of the IDCODE.
* '-ircapture' NUMBER
The bit pattern loaded by the TAP into the JTAG shift register
on entry to the IRCAPTURE state, such as 0x01. JTAG requires
the two LSBs of this value to be 01. By default, '-ircapture'
and '-irmask' are set up to verify that two-bit value. You
may provide additional bits, if you know them, or indicate
that a TAP doesn't conform to the JTAG specification.
* '-irmask' NUMBER
A mask used with '-ircapture' to verify that instruction scans
work correctly. Such scans are not used by OpenOCD except to
verify that there seems to be no problems with JTAG scan chain
operations.
10.4 Other TAP commands
=======================
-- Command: jtag cget dotted.name '-event' name
-- Command: jtag configure dotted.name '-event' name string
At this writing this TAP attribute mechanism is used only for event
handling. (It is not a direct analogue of the 'cget'/'configure'
mechanism for debugger targets.) See the next section for
information about the available events.
The 'configure' subcommand assigns an event handler, a TCL string
which is evaluated when the event is triggered. The 'cget'
subcommand returns that handler.
10.5 TAP Events
===============
OpenOCD includes two event mechanisms. The one presented here applies
to all JTAG TAPs. The other applies to debugger targets, which are
associated with certain TAPs.
The TAP events currently defined are:
* post-reset
The TAP has just completed a JTAG reset. The tap may still be in
the JTAG RESET state. Handlers for these events might perform
initialization sequences such as issuing TCK cycles, TMS sequences
to ensure exit from the ARM SWD mode, and more.
Because the scan chain has not yet been verified, handlers for
these events _should not issue commands which scan the JTAG IR or
DR registers_ of any particular target. NOTE: As this is written
(September 2009), nothing prevents such access.
* setup
The scan chain has been reset and verified. This handler may
enable TAPs as needed.
* tap-disable
The TAP needs to be disabled. This handler should implement 'jtag
tapdisable' by issuing the relevant JTAG commands.
* tap-enable
The TAP needs to be enabled. This handler should implement 'jtag
tapenable' by issuing the relevant JTAG commands.
If you need some action after each JTAG reset, which isn't actually
specific to any TAP (since you can't yet trust the scan chain's contents
to be accurate), you might:
jtag configure CHIP.jrc -event post-reset {
echo "JTAG Reset done"
... non-scan jtag operations to be done after reset
}
10.6 Enabling and Disabling TAPs
================================
In some systems, a "JTAG Route Controller" (JRC) is used to enable
and/or disable specific JTAG TAPs. Many ARM based chips from Texas
Instruments include an "ICEpick" module, which is a JRC. Such chips
include DaVinci and OMAP3 processors.
A given TAP may not be visible until the JRC has been told to link it
into the scan chain; and if the JRC has been told to unlink that TAP, it
will no longer be visible. Such routers address problems that JTAG
"bypass mode" ignores, such as:
* The scan chain can only go as fast as its slowest TAP.
* Having many TAPs slows instruction scans, since all TAPs receive
new instructions.
* TAPs in the scan chain must be powered up, which wastes power and
prevents debugging some power management mechanisms.
The IEEE 1149.1 JTAG standard has no concept of a "disabled" tap, as
implied by the existence of JTAG routers. However, the upcoming IEEE
1149.7 framework (layered on top of JTAG) does include a kind of JTAG
router functionality.
In OpenOCD, tap enabling/disabling is invoked by the Tcl commands shown
below, and is implemented using TAP event handlers. So for example,
when defining a TAP for a CPU connected to a JTAG router, your
'target.cfg' file should define TAP event handlers using code that looks
something like this:
jtag configure CHIP.cpu -event tap-enable {
... jtag operations using CHIP.jrc
}
jtag configure CHIP.cpu -event tap-disable {
... jtag operations using CHIP.jrc
}
Then you might want that CPU's TAP enabled almost all the time:
jtag configure $CHIP.jrc -event setup "jtag tapenable $CHIP.cpu"
Note how that particular setup event handler declaration uses quotes to
evaluate '$CHIP' when the event is configured. Using brackets { } would
cause it to be evaluated later, at runtime, when it might have a
different value.
-- Command: jtag tapdisable dotted.name
If necessary, disables the tap by sending it a 'tap-disable' event.
Returns the string "1" if the tap specified by DOTTED.NAME is
enabled, and "0" if it is disabled.
-- Command: jtag tapenable dotted.name
If necessary, enables the tap by sending it a 'tap-enable' event.
Returns the string "1" if the tap specified by DOTTED.NAME is
enabled, and "0" if it is disabled.
-- Command: jtag tapisenabled dotted.name
Returns the string "1" if the tap specified by DOTTED.NAME is
enabled, and "0" if it is disabled.
Note: Humans will find the 'scan_chain' command more helpful
for querying the state of the JTAG taps.
10.7 Autoprobing
================
TAP configuration is the first thing that needs to be done after
interface and reset configuration. Sometimes it's hard finding out what
TAPs exist, or how they are identified. Vendor documentation is not
always easy to find and use.
To help you get past such problems, OpenOCD has a limited _autoprobing_
ability to look at the scan chain, doing a "blind interrogation" and
then reporting the TAPs it finds. To use this mechanism, start the
OpenOCD server with only data that configures your JTAG interface, and
arranges to come up with a slow clock (many devices don't support fast
JTAG clocks right when they come out of reset).
For example, your 'openocd.cfg' file might have:
source [find interface/olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h.cfg]
reset_config trst_and_srst
jtag_rclk 8
When you start the server without any TAPs configured, it will attempt
to autoconfigure the TAPs. There are two parts to this:
1. _TAP discovery_ ... After a JTAG reset (sometimes a system reset
may be needed too), each TAP's data registers will hold the
contents of either the IDCODE or BYPASS register. If JTAG
communication is working, OpenOCD will see each TAP, and report
what '-expected-id' to use with it.
2. _IR Length discovery_ ... Unfortunately JTAG does not provide a
reliable way to find out the value of the '-irlen' parameter to use
with a TAP that is discovered. If OpenOCD can discover the length
of a TAP's instruction register, it will report it. Otherwise you
may need to consult vendor documentation, such as chip data sheets
or BSDL files.
In many cases your board will have a simple scan chain with just a
single device. Here's what OpenOCD reported with one board that's a bit
more complex:
clock speed 8 kHz
There are no enabled taps. AUTO PROBING MIGHT NOT WORK!!
AUTO auto0.tap - use "jtag newtap auto0 tap -expected-id 0x2b900f0f ..."
AUTO auto1.tap - use "jtag newtap auto1 tap -expected-id 0x07926001 ..."
AUTO auto2.tap - use "jtag newtap auto2 tap -expected-id 0x0b73b02f ..."
AUTO auto0.tap - use "... -irlen 4"
AUTO auto1.tap - use "... -irlen 4"
AUTO auto2.tap - use "... -irlen 6"
no gdb ports allocated as no target has been specified
Given that information, you should be able to either find some existing
config files to use, or create your own. If you create your own, you
would configure from the bottom up: first a 'target.cfg' file with these
TAPs, any targets associated with them, and any on-chip resources; then
a 'board.cfg' with off-chip resources, clocking, and so forth.
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) See the ST document titled: _STR91xFAxxx, Section 3.15 Jtag
Interface, Page: 28/102, Figure 3: JTAG chaining inside the STR91xFA_.
<http://eu.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/13495.pdf>

File: openocd.info, Node: CPU Configuration, Next: Flash Commands, Prev: TAP Declaration, Up: Top
11 CPU Configuration
********************
This chapter discusses how to set up GDB debug targets for CPUs. You
can also access these targets without GDB (*note Architecture and Core
Commands::, and *note Target State handling: targetstatehandling.) and
through various kinds of NAND and NOR flash commands. If you have
multiple CPUs you can have multiple such targets.
We'll start by looking at how to examine the targets you have, then look
at how to add one more target and how to configure it.
11.1 Target List
================
All targets that have been set up are part of a list, where each member
has a name. That name should normally be the same as the TAP name. You
can display the list with the 'targets' (plural!) command. This
display often has only one CPU; here's what it might look like with more
than one:
TargetName Type Endian TapName State
-- ------------------ ---------- ------ ------------------ ------------
0* at91rm9200.cpu arm920t little at91rm9200.cpu running
1 MyTarget cortex_m little mychip.foo tap-disabled
One member of that list is the "current target", which is implicitly
referenced by many commands. It's the one marked with a '*' near the
target name. In particular, memory addresses often refer to the address
space seen by that current target. Commands like 'mdw' (memory display
words) and 'flash erase_address' (erase NOR flash blocks) are examples;
and there are many more.
Several commands let you examine the list of targets:
-- Command: target count
_Note: target numbers are deprecated; don't use them. They will be
removed shortly after August 2010, including this command. Iterate
target using 'target names', not by counting._
Returns the number of targets, N. The highest numbered target is N
- 1.
set c [target count]
for { set x 0 } { $x < $c } { incr x } {
# Assuming you have created this function
print_target_details $x
}
-- Command: target current
Returns the name of the current target.
-- Command: target names
Lists the names of all current targets in the list.
foreach t [target names] {
puts [format "Target: %s\n" $t]
}
-- Command: target number number
_Note: target numbers are deprecated; don't use them. They will be
removed shortly after August 2010, including this command._
The list of targets is numbered starting at zero. This command
returns the name of the target at index NUMBER.
set thename [target number $x]
puts [format "Target %d is: %s\n" $x $thename]
-- Command: targets [name]
_Note: the name of this command is plural. Other target command
names are singular._
With no parameter, this command displays a table of all known
targets in a user friendly form.
With a parameter, this command sets the current target to the given
target with the given NAME; this is only relevant on boards which
have more than one target.
11.2 Target CPU Types and Variants
==================================
Each target has a "CPU type", as shown in the output of the 'targets'
command. You need to specify that type when calling 'target create'.
The CPU type indicates more than just the instruction set. It also
indicates how that instruction set is implemented, what kind of debug
support it integrates, whether it has an MMU (and if so, what kind),
what core-specific commands may be available (*note Architecture and
Core Commands::), and more.
For some CPU types, OpenOCD also defines "variants" which indicate
differences that affect their handling. For example, a particular
implementation bug might need to be worked around in some chip versions.
It's easy to see what target types are supported, since there's a
command to list them. However, there is currently no way to list what
target variants are supported (other than by reading the OpenOCD source
code).
-- Command: target types
Lists all supported target types. At this writing, the supported
CPU types and variants are:
* 'arm11' - this is a generation of ARMv6 cores
* 'arm720t' - this is an ARMv4 core with an MMU
* 'arm7tdmi' - this is an ARMv4 core
* 'arm920t' - this is an ARMv4 core with an MMU
* 'arm926ejs' - this is an ARMv5 core with an MMU
* 'arm966e' - this is an ARMv5 core
* 'arm9tdmi' - this is an ARMv4 core
* 'avr' - implements Atmel's 8-bit AVR instruction set.
(Support for this is preliminary and incomplete.)
* 'cortex_a' - this is an ARMv7 core with an MMU
* 'cortex_m' - this is an ARMv7 core, supporting only the
compact Thumb2 instruction set.
* 'dragonite' - resembles arm966e
* 'dsp563xx' - implements Freescale's 24-bit DSP. (Support for
this is still incomplete.)
* 'fa526' - resembles arm920 (w/o Thumb)
* 'feroceon' - resembles arm926
* 'mips_m4k' - a MIPS core. This supports one variant:
* 'xscale' - this is actually an architecture, not a CPU type.
It is based on the ARMv5 architecture. There are several
variants defined:
- 'ixp42x', 'ixp45x', 'ixp46x', 'pxa27x' ... instruction
register length is 7 bits
- 'pxa250', 'pxa255', 'pxa26x' ... instruction register
length is 5 bits
- 'pxa3xx' ... instruction register length is 11 bits
To avoid being confused by the variety of ARM based cores, remember this
key point: _ARM is a technology licencing company_. (See:
<http://www.arm.com>.) The CPU name used by OpenOCD will reflect the
CPU design that was licenced, not a vendor brand which incorporates that
design. Name prefixes like arm7, arm9, arm11, and cortex reflect design
generations; while names like ARMv4, ARMv5, ARMv6, and ARMv7 reflect an
architecture version implemented by a CPU design.
11.3 Target Configuration
=========================
Before creating a "target", you must have added its TAP to the scan
chain. When you've added that TAP, you will have a 'dotted.name' which
is used to set up the CPU support. The chip-specific configuration file
will normally configure its CPU(s) right after it adds all of the chip's
TAPs to the scan chain.
Although you can set up a target in one step, it's often clearer if you
use shorter commands and do it in two steps: create it, then configure
optional parts. All operations on the target after it's created will
use a new command, created as part of target creation.
The two main things to configure after target creation are a work area,
which usually has target-specific defaults even if the board setup code
overrides them later; and event handlers (*note Target Events:
targetevents.), which tend to be much more board-specific. The key
steps you use might look something like this
target create MyTarget cortex_m -chain-position mychip.cpu
$MyTarget configure -work-area-phys 0x08000 -work-area-size 8096
$MyTarget configure -event reset-deassert-pre { jtag_rclk 5 }
$MyTarget configure -event reset-init { myboard_reinit }
You should specify a working area if you can; typically it uses some
on-chip SRAM. Such a working area can speed up many things, including
bulk writes to target memory; flash operations like checking to see if
memory needs to be erased; GDB memory checksumming; and more.
Warning: On more complex chips, the work area can become
inaccessible when application code (such as an operating system)
enables or disables the MMU. For example, the particular MMU
context used to acess the virtual address will probably matter ...
and that context might not have easy access to other addresses
needed. At this writing, OpenOCD doesn't have much MMU
intelligence.
It's often very useful to define a 'reset-init' event handler. For
systems that are normally used with a boot loader, common tasks include
updating clocks and initializing memory controllers. That may be needed
to let you write the boot loader into flash, in order to "de-brick" your
board; or to load programs into external DDR memory without having run
the boot loader.
-- Command: target create target_name type configparams...
This command creates a GDB debug target that refers to a specific
JTAG tap. It enters that target into a list, and creates a new
command ('TARGET_NAME') which is used for various purposes
including additional configuration.
* TARGET_NAME ... is the name of the debug target. By
convention this should be the same as the _dotted.name_ of the
TAP associated with this target, which must be specified here
using the '-chain-position DOTTED.NAME' configparam.
This name is also used to create the target object command,
referred to here as '$target_name', and in other places the
target needs to be identified.
* TYPE ... specifies the target type. *Note target types:
targettypes.
* CONFIGPARAMS ... all parameters accepted by '$target_name
configure' are permitted. If the target is big-endian, set it
here with '-endian big'. If the variant matters, set it here
with '-variant'.
You _must_ set the '-chain-position DOTTED.NAME' here.
-- Command: $target_name configure configparams...
The options accepted by this command may also be specified as
parameters to 'target create'. Their values can later be queried
one at a time by using the '$target_name cget' command.
_Warning:_ changing some of these after setup is dangerous. For
example, moving a target from one TAP to another; and changing its
endianness or variant.
* '-chain-position' DOTTED.NAME - names the TAP used to access
this target.
* '-endian' ('big'|'little') - specifies whether the CPU uses
big or little endian conventions
* '-event' EVENT_NAME EVENT_BODY - *Note Target Events:
targetevents. Note that this updates a list of named event
handlers. Calling this twice with two different event names
assigns two different handlers, but calling it twice with the
same event name assigns only one handler.
* '-variant' NAME - specifies a variant of the target, which
OpenOCD needs to know about.
* '-work-area-backup' ('0'|'1') - says whether the work area
gets backed up; by default, _it is not backed up._ When
possible, use a working_area that doesn't need to be backed
up, since performing a backup slows down operations. For
example, the beginning of an SRAM block is likely to be used
by most build systems, but the end is often unused.
* '-work-area-size' SIZE - specify work are size, in bytes. The
same size applies regardless of whether its physical or
virtual address is being used.
* '-work-area-phys' ADDRESS - set the work area base ADDRESS to
be used when no MMU is active.
* '-work-area-virt' ADDRESS - set the work area base ADDRESS to
be used when an MMU is active. _Do not specify a value for
this except on targets with an MMU._ The value should normally
correspond to a static mapping for the '-work-area-phys'
address, set up by the current operating system.
* '-rtos' RTOS_TYPE - enable rtos support for target, RTOS_TYPE
can be one of 'auto'|'eCos'|'ThreadX'|
'FreeRTOS'|'linux'|'ChibiOS'.
11.4 Other $target_name Commands
================================
The Tcl/Tk language has the concept of object commands, and OpenOCD
adopts that same model for targets.
A good Tk example is a on screen button. Once a button is created a
button has a name (a path in Tk terms) and that name is useable as a
first class command. For example in Tk, one can create a button and
later configure it like this:
# Create
button .foobar -background red -command { foo }
# Modify
.foobar configure -foreground blue
# Query
set x [.foobar cget -background]
# Report
puts [format "The button is %s" $x]
In OpenOCD's terms, the "target" is an object just like a Tcl/Tk button,
and its object commands are invoked the same way.
str912.cpu mww 0x1234 0x42
omap3530.cpu mww 0x5555 123
The commands supported by OpenOCD target objects are:
-- Command: $target_name arp_examine
-- Command: $target_name arp_halt
-- Command: $target_name arp_poll
-- Command: $target_name arp_reset
-- Command: $target_name arp_waitstate
Internal OpenOCD scripts (most notably 'startup.tcl') use these to
deal with specific reset cases. They are not otherwise documented
here.
-- Command: $target_name array2mem arrayname width address count
-- Command: $target_name mem2array arrayname width address count
These provide an efficient script-oriented interface to memory.
The 'array2mem' primitive writes bytes, halfwords, or words; while
'mem2array' reads them. In both cases, the TCL side uses an array,
and the target side uses raw memory.
The efficiency comes from enabling the use of bulk JTAG data
transfer operations. The script orientation comes from working
with data values that are packaged for use by TCL scripts; 'mdw'
type primitives only print data they retrieve, and neither store
nor return those values.
* ARRAYNAME ... is the name of an array variable
* WIDTH ... is 8/16/32 - indicating the memory access size
* ADDRESS ... is the target memory address
* COUNT ... is the number of elements to process
-- Command: $target_name cget queryparm
Each configuration parameter accepted by '$target_name configure'
can be individually queried, to return its current value. The
QUERYPARM is a parameter name accepted by that command, such as
'-work-area-phys'. There are a few special cases:
* '-event' EVENT_NAME - returns the handler for the event named
EVENT_NAME. This is a special case because setting a handler
requires two parameters.
* '-type' - returns the target type. This is a special case
because this is set using 'target create' and can't be changed
using '$target_name configure'.
For example, if you wanted to summarize information about all the
targets you might use something like this:
foreach name [target names] {
set y [$name cget -endian]
set z [$name cget -type]
puts [format "Chip %d is %s, Endian: %s, type: %s" \
$x $name $y $z]
}
-- Command: $target_name curstate
Displays the current target state: 'debug-running', 'halted',
'reset', 'running', or 'unknown'. (Also, *note Event Polling:
eventpolling.)
-- Command: $target_name eventlist
Displays a table listing all event handlers currently associated
with this target. *Note Target Events: targetevents.
-- Command: $target_name invoke-event event_name
Invokes the handler for the event named EVENT_NAME. (This is
primarily intended for use by OpenOCD framework code, for example
by the reset code in 'startup.tcl'.)
-- Command: $target_name mdw addr [count]
-- Command: $target_name mdh addr [count]
-- Command: $target_name mdb addr [count]
Display contents of address ADDR, as 32-bit words ('mdw'), 16-bit
halfwords ('mdh'), or 8-bit bytes ('mdb'). If COUNT is specified,
displays that many units. (If you want to manipulate the data
instead of displaying it, see the 'mem2array' primitives.)
-- Command: $target_name mww addr word
-- Command: $target_name mwh addr halfword
-- Command: $target_name mwb addr byte
Writes the specified WORD (32 bits), HALFWORD (16 bits), or BYTE
(8-bit) pattern, at the specified address ADDR.
11.5 Target Events
==================
At various times, certain things can happen, or you want them to happen.
For example:
* What should happen when GDB connects? Should your target reset?
* When GDB tries to flash the target, do you need to enable the flash
via a special command?
* Is using SRST appropriate (and possible) on your system? Or
instead of that, do you need to issue JTAG commands to trigger
reset? SRST usually resets everything on the scan chain, which can
be inappropriate.
* During reset, do you need to write to certain memory locations to
set up system clocks or to reconfigure the SDRAM? How about
configuring the watchdog timer, or other peripherals, to stop
running while you hold the core stopped for debugging?
All of the above items can be addressed by target event handlers. These
are set up by '$target_name configure -event' or 'target create ...
-event'.
The programmer's model matches the '-command' option used in Tcl/Tk
buttons and events. The two examples below act the same, but one
creates and invokes a small procedure while the other inlines it.
proc my_attach_proc { } {
echo "Reset..."
reset halt
}
mychip.cpu configure -event gdb-attach my_attach_proc
mychip.cpu configure -event gdb-attach {
echo "Reset..."
# To make flash probe and gdb load to flash work we need a reset init.
reset init
}
The following target events are defined:
* debug-halted
The target has halted for debug reasons (i.e.: breakpoint)
* debug-resumed
The target has resumed (i.e.: gdb said run)
* early-halted
Occurs early in the halt process
* examine-start
Before target examine is called.
* examine-end
After target examine is called with no errors.
* gdb-attach
When GDB connects. This is before any communication with the
target, so this can be used to set up the target so it is possible
to probe flash. Probing flash is necessary during gdb connect if
gdb load is to write the image to flash. Another use of the flash
memory map is for GDB to automatically hardware/software
breakpoints depending on whether the breakpoint is in RAM or read
only memory.
* gdb-detach
When GDB disconnects
* gdb-end
When the target has halted and GDB is not doing anything (see early
halt)
* gdb-flash-erase-start
Before the GDB flash process tries to erase the flash
* gdb-flash-erase-end
After the GDB flash process has finished erasing the flash
* gdb-flash-write-start
Before GDB writes to the flash
* gdb-flash-write-end
After GDB writes to the flash
* gdb-start
Before the target steps, gdb is trying to start/resume the target
* halted
The target has halted
* reset-assert-pre
Issued as part of 'reset' processing after 'reset_init' was
triggered but before either SRST alone is re-asserted on the scan
chain, or 'reset-assert' is triggered.
* reset-assert
Issued as part of 'reset' processing after 'reset-assert-pre' was
triggered. When such a handler is present, cores which support
this event will use it instead of asserting SRST. This support is
essential for debugging with JTAG interfaces which don't include an
SRST line (JTAG doesn't require SRST), and for selective reset on
scan chains that have multiple targets.
* reset-assert-post
Issued as part of 'reset' processing after 'reset-assert' has been
triggered. or the target asserted SRST on the entire scan chain.
* reset-deassert-pre
Issued as part of 'reset' processing after 'reset-assert-post' has
been triggered.
* reset-deassert-post
Issued as part of 'reset' processing after 'reset-deassert-pre' has
been triggered and (if the target is using it) after SRST has been
released on the scan chain.
* reset-end
Issued as the final step in 'reset' processing.
* reset-init
Used by reset init command for board-specific initialization. This
event fires after _reset-deassert-post_.
This is where you would configure PLLs and clocking, set up DRAM so
you can download programs that don't fit in on-chip SRAM, set up
pin multiplexing, and so on. (You may be able to switch to a fast
JTAG clock rate here, after the target clocks are fully set up.)
* reset-start
Issued as part of 'reset' processing before 'reset_init' is called.
This is the most robust place to use 'jtag_rclk' or 'adapter_khz'
to switch to a low JTAG clock rate, when reset disables PLLs needed
to use a fast clock.
* resume-start
Before any target is resumed
* resume-end
After all targets have resumed
* resumed
Target has resumed

File: openocd.info, Node: Flash Commands, Next: Flash Programming, Prev: CPU Configuration, Up: Top
12 Flash Commands
*****************
OpenOCD has different commands for NOR and NAND flash; the "flash"
command works with NOR flash, while the "nand" command works with NAND
flash. This partially reflects different hardware technologies: NOR
flash usually supports direct CPU instruction and data bus access, while
data from a NAND flash must be copied to memory before it can be used.
(SPI flash must also be copied to memory before use.) However, the
documentation also uses "flash" as a generic term; for example, "Put
flash configuration in board-specific files".
Flash Steps:
1. Configure via the command 'flash bank'
Do this in a board-specific configuration file, passing parameters
as needed by the driver.
2. Operate on the flash via 'flash subcommand'
Often commands to manipulate the flash are typed by a human, or run
via a script in some automated way. Common tasks include writing a
boot loader, operating system, or other data.
3. GDB Flashing
Flashing via GDB requires the flash be configured via "flash bank",
and the GDB flash features be enabled. *Note GDB Configuration:
gdbconfiguration.
Many CPUs have the ablity to "boot" from the first flash bank. This
means that misprogramming that bank can "brick" a system, so that it
can't boot. JTAG tools, like OpenOCD, are often then used to "de-brick"
the board by (re)installing working boot firmware.
12.1 Flash Configuration Commands
=================================
-- Config Command: flash bank name driver base size chip_width
bus_width target [driver_options]
Configures a flash bank which provides persistent storage for
addresses from base to base + size - 1. These banks will often be
visible to GDB through the target's memory map. In some cases,
configuring a flash bank will activate extra commands; see the
driver-specific documentation.
* NAME ... may be used to reference the flash bank in other
flash commands. A number is also available.
* DRIVER ... identifies the controller driver associated with
the flash bank being declared. This is usually 'cfi' for
external flash, or else the name of a microcontroller with
embedded flash memory. *Note Flash Driver List:
flashdriverlist.
* BASE ... Base address of the flash chip.
* SIZE ... Size of the chip, in bytes. For some drivers, this
value is detected from the hardware.
* CHIP_WIDTH ... Width of the flash chip, in bytes; ignored for
most microcontroller drivers.
* BUS_WIDTH ... Width of the data bus used to access the chip,
in bytes; ignored for most microcontroller drivers.
* TARGET ... Names the target used to issue commands to the
flash controller.
* DRIVER_OPTIONS ... drivers may support, or require,
additional parameters. See the driver-specific documentation
for more information.
Note: This command is not available after OpenOCD
initialization has completed. Use it in board specific
configuration files, not interactively.
-- Command: flash banks
Prints a one-line summary of each device that was declared using
'flash bank', numbered from zero. Note that this is the _plural_
form; the _singular_ form is a very different command.
-- Command: flash list
Retrieves a list of associative arrays for each device that was
declared using 'flash bank', numbered from zero. This returned
list can be manipulated easily from within scripts.
-- Command: flash probe num
Identify the flash, or validate the parameters of the configured
flash. Operation depends on the flash type. The NUM parameter is
a value shown by 'flash banks'. Most flash commands will
implicitly _autoprobe_ the bank; flash drivers can distinguish
between probing and autoprobing, but most don't bother.
12.2 Erasing, Reading, Writing to Flash
=======================================
One feature distinguishing NOR flash from NAND or serial flash
technologies is that for read access, it acts exactly like any other
addressible memory. This means you can use normal memory read commands
like 'mdw' or 'dump_image' with it, with no special 'flash' subcommands.
*Note Memory access: memoryaccess, and *note Image access: imageaccess.
Write access works differently. Flash memory normally needs to be
erased before it's written. Erasing a sector turns all of its bits to
ones, and writing can turn ones into zeroes. This is why there are
special commands for interactive erasing and writing, and why GDB needs
to know which parts of the address space hold NOR flash memory.
Note: Most of these erase and write commands leverage the fact that
NOR flash chips consume target address space. They implicitly
refer to the current JTAG target, and map from an address in that
target's address space back to a flash bank. A few commands use
abstract addressing based on bank and sector numbers, and don't
depend on searching the current target and its address space.
Avoid confusing the two command models.
Some flash chips implement software protection against accidental
writes, since such buggy writes could in some cases "brick" a system.
For such systems, erasing and writing may require sector protection to
be disabled first. Examples include CFI flash such as "Intel Advanced
Bootblock flash", and AT91SAM7 on-chip flash. *Note flash protect:
flashprotect.
-- Command: flash erase_sector num first last
Erase sectors in bank NUM, starting at sector FIRST up to and
including LAST. Sector numbering starts at 0. Providing a LAST
sector of 'last' specifies "to the end of the flash bank". The NUM
parameter is a value shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: flash erase_address ['pad'] ['unlock'] address length
Erase sectors starting at ADDRESS for LENGTH bytes. Unless 'pad'
is specified, address must begin a flash sector, and address +
length - 1 must end a sector. Specifying 'pad' erases extra data
at the beginning and/or end of the specified region, as needed to
erase only full sectors. The flash bank to use is inferred from
the ADDRESS, and the specified length must stay within that bank.
As a special case, when LENGTH is zero and ADDRESS is the start of
the bank, the whole flash is erased. If 'unlock' is specified,
then the flash is unprotected before erase starts.
-- Command: flash fillw address word length
-- Command: flash fillh address halfword length
-- Command: flash fillb address byte length
Fills flash memory with the specified WORD (32 bits), HALFWORD (16
bits), or BYTE (8-bit) pattern, starting at ADDRESS and continuing
for LENGTH units (word/halfword/byte). No erasure is done before
writing; when needed, that must be done before issuing this
command. Writes are done in blocks of up to 1024 bytes, and each
write is verified by reading back the data and comparing it to what
was written. The flash bank to use is inferred from the ADDRESS of
each block, and the specified length must stay within that bank.
-- Command: flash write_bank num filename offset
Write the binary 'filename' to flash bank NUM, starting at OFFSET
bytes from the beginning of the bank. The NUM parameter is a value
shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: flash write_image [erase] [unlock] filename [offset] [type]
Write the image 'filename' to the current target's flash bank(s).
A relocation OFFSET may be specified, in which case it is added to
the base address for each section in the image. The file [TYPE]
can be specified explicitly as 'bin' (binary), 'ihex' (Intel hex),
'elf' (ELF file), 's19' (Motorola s19). 'mem', or 'builder'. The
relevant flash sectors will be erased prior to programming if the
'erase' parameter is given. If 'unlock' is provided, then the
flash banks are unlocked before erase and program. The flash bank
to use is inferred from the address of each image section.
Warning: Be careful using the 'erase' flag when the flash is
holding data you want to preserve. Portions of the flash
outside those described in the image's sections might be
erased with no notice.
* When a section of the image being written does not fill
out all the sectors it uses, the unwritten parts of those
sectors are necessarily also erased, because sectors
can't be partially erased.
* Data stored in sector "holes" between image sections are
also affected. For example, "'flash write_image erase
...'" of an image with one byte at the beginning of a
flash bank and one byte at the end erases the entire bank
- not just the two sectors being written.
Also, when flash protection is important, you must re-apply it
after it has been removed by the 'unlock' flag.
12.3 Other Flash commands
=========================
-- Command: flash erase_check num
Check erase state of sectors in flash bank NUM, and display that
status. The NUM parameter is a value shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: flash info num
Print info about flash bank NUM The NUM parameter is a value shown
by 'flash banks'. This command will first query the hardware, it
does not print cached and possibly stale information.
-- Command: flash protect num first last ('on'|'off')
Enable ('on') or disable ('off') protection of flash sectors in
flash bank NUM, starting at sector FIRST and continuing up to and
including LAST. Providing a LAST sector of 'last' specifies "to
the end of the flash bank". The NUM parameter is a value shown by
'flash banks'.
-- Command: program filename [verify] [reset] [offset]
This is a helper script that simplifies using OpenOCD as a
standalone programmer. The only required parameter is 'filename',
the others are optional. *Note Flash Programming::.
12.4 Flash Driver List
======================
As noted above, the 'flash bank' command requires a driver name, and
allows driver-specific options and behaviors. Some drivers also
activate driver-specific commands.
12.4.1 External Flash
---------------------
-- Flash Driver: cfi
The "Common Flash Interface" (CFI) is the main standard for
external NOR flash chips, each of which connects to a specific
external chip select on the CPU. Frequently the first such chip is
used to boot the system. Your board's 'reset-init' handler might
need to configure additional chip selects using other commands
(like: 'mww' to configure a bus and its timings), or perhaps
configure a GPIO pin that controls the "write protect" pin on the
flash chip. The CFI driver can use a target-specific working area
to significantly speed up operation.
The CFI driver can accept the following optional parameters, in any
order:
* JEDEC_PROBE ... is used to detect certain non-CFI flash ROMs,
like AM29LV010 and similar types.
* X16_AS_X8 ... when a 16-bit flash is hooked up to an 8-bit
bus.
To configure two adjacent banks of 16 MBytes each, both sixteen
bits (two bytes) wide on a sixteen bit bus:
flash bank $_FLASHNAME cfi 0x00000000 0x01000000 2 2 $_TARGETNAME
flash bank $_FLASHNAME cfi 0x01000000 0x01000000 2 2 $_TARGETNAME
To configure one bank of 32 MBytes built from two sixteen bit (two
byte) wide parts wired in parallel to create a thirty-two bit (four
byte) bus with doubled throughput:
flash bank $_FLASHNAME cfi 0x00000000 0x02000000 2 4 $_TARGETNAME
-- Flash Driver: lpcspifi
NXP's LPC43xx and LPC18xx families include a proprietary SPI Flash
Interface (SPIFI) peripheral that can drive and provide memory
mapped access to external SPI flash devices.
The lpcspifi driver initializes this interface and provides program
and erase functionality for these serial flash devices. Use of
this driver requires a working area of at least 1kB to be
configured on the target device; more than this will significantly
reduce flash programming times.
The setup command only requires the BASE parameter. All other
parameters are ignored, and the flash size and layout are
configured by the driver.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME lpcspifi 0x14000000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
-- Flash Driver: stmsmi
Some devices form STMicroelectronics (e.g. STR75x MCU family,
SPEAr MPU family) include a proprietary "Serial Memory Interface"
(SMI) controller able to drive external SPI flash devices.
Depending on specific device and board configuration, up to 4
external flash devices can be connected.
SMI makes the flash content directly accessible in the CPU address
space; each external device is mapped in a memory bank. CPU can
directly read data, execute code and boot from SMI banks. Normal
OpenOCD commands like 'mdw' can be used to display the flash
content.
The setup command only requires the BASE parameter in order to
identify the memory bank. All other parameters are ignored.
Additional information, like flash size, are detected
automatically.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stmsmi 0xf8000000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
12.4.2 Internal Flash (Microcontrollers)
----------------------------------------
-- Flash Driver: aduc702x
The ADUC702x analog microcontrollers from Analog Devices include
internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores. The aduc702x flash driver
works with models ADUC7019 through ADUC7028. The setup command
only requires the TARGET argument since all devices in this family
have the same memory layout.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME aduc702x 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
-- Flash Driver: at91sam3
All members of the AT91SAM3 microcontroller family from Atmel
include internal flash and use ARM's Cortex-M3 core. The driver
currently (6/22/09) recognizes the AT91SAM3U[1/2/4][C/E] chips.
Note that the driver was orginaly developed and tested using the
AT91SAM3U4E, using a SAM3U-EK eval board. Support for other chips
in the family was cribbed from the data sheet. _Note to future
readers/updaters: Please remove this worrysome comment after other
chips are confirmed._
The AT91SAM3U4[E/C] (256K) chips have two flash banks; most other
chips have one flash bank. In all cases the flash banks are at the
following fixed locations:
# Flash bank 0 - all chips
flash bank $_FLASHNAME at91sam3 0x00080000 0 1 1 $_TARGETNAME
# Flash bank 1 - only 256K chips
flash bank $_FLASHNAME at91sam3 0x00100000 0 1 1 $_TARGETNAME
Internally, the AT91SAM3 flash memory is organized as follows.
Unlike the AT91SAM7 chips, these are not used as parameters to the
'flash bank' command:
* _N-Banks:_ 256K chips have 2 banks, others have 1 bank.
* _Bank Size:_ 128K/64K Per flash bank
* _Sectors:_ 16 or 8 per bank
* _SectorSize:_ 8K Per Sector
* _PageSize:_ 256 bytes per page. Note that OpenOCD operates on
'sector' sizes, not page sizes.
The AT91SAM3 driver adds some additional commands:
-- Command: at91sam3 gpnvm
-- Command: at91sam3 gpnvm clear number
-- Command: at91sam3 gpnvm set number
-- Command: at91sam3 gpnvm show ['all'|number]
With no parameters, 'show' or 'show all', shows the status of
all GPNVM bits. With 'show' NUMBER, displays that bit.
With 'set' NUMBER or 'clear' NUMBER, modifies that GPNVM bit.
-- Command: at91sam3 info
This command attempts to display information about the
AT91SAM3 chip. _First_ it read the 'CHIPID_CIDR' [address
0x400e0740, see Section 28.2.1, page 505 of the AT91SAM3U
29/may/2009 datasheet, document id: doc6430A] and decodes the
values. _Second_ it reads the various clock configuration
registers and attempts to display how it believes the chip is
configured. By default, the SLOWCLK is assumed to be 32768
Hz, see the command 'at91sam3 slowclk'.
-- Command: at91sam3 slowclk [value]
This command shows/sets the slow clock frequency used in the
'at91sam3 info' command calculations above.
-- Flash Driver: at91sam4
All members of the AT91SAM4 microcontroller family from Atmel
include internal flash and use ARM's Cortex-M4 core. This driver
uses the same cmd names/syntax as *Note at91sam3::.
-- Flash Driver: at91sam7
All members of the AT91SAM7 microcontroller family from Atmel
include internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores. The driver
automatically recognizes a number of these chips using the chip
identification register, and autoconfigures itself.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME at91sam7 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
For chips which are not recognized by the controller driver, you
must provide additional parameters in the following order:
* CHIP_MODEL ... label used with 'flash info'
* BANKS
* SECTORS_PER_BANK
* PAGES_PER_SECTOR
* PAGES_SIZE
* NUM_NVM_BITS
* FREQ_KHZ ... required if an external clock is provided,
optional (but recommended) when the oscillator frequency is
known
It is recommended that you provide zeroes for all of those values
except the clock frequency, so that everything except that
frequency will be autoconfigured. Knowing the frequency helps
ensure correct timings for flash access.
The flash controller handles erases automatically on a page
(128/256 byte) basis, so explicit erase commands are not necessary
for flash programming. However, there is an "EraseAll" command
that can erase an entire flash plane (of up to 256KB), and it will
be used automatically when you issue 'flash erase_sector' or 'flash
erase_address' commands.
-- Command: at91sam7 gpnvm bitnum ('set'|'clear')
Set or clear a "General Purpose Non-Volatile Memory" (GPNVM)
bit for the processor. Each processor has a number of such
bits, used for controlling features such as brownout detection
(so they are not truly general purpose).
Note: This assumes that the first flash bank (number 0)
is associated with the appropriate at91sam7 target.
-- Flash Driver: avr
The AVR 8-bit microcontrollers from Atmel integrate flash memory.
_The current implementation is incomplete._
-- Flash Driver: efm32
All members of the EFM32 microcontroller family from Energy Micro
include internal flash and use ARM Cortex M3 cores. The driver
automatically recognizes a number of these chips using the chip
identification register, and autoconfigures itself.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME efm32 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
_The current implementation is incomplete. Unprotecting flash
pages is not supported._
-- Flash Driver: lpc2000
Most members of the LPC1700, LPC1800, LPC2000 and LPC4300
microcontroller families from NXP include internal flash and use
Cortex-M3 (LPC1700, LPC1800), Cortex-M4 (LPC4300) or ARM7TDMI
(LPC2000) cores.
Note: There are LPC2000 devices which are not supported by the
LPC2000 driver: The LPC2888 is supported by the LPC288X
driver. The LPC29xx family is supported by the LPC2900
driver.
The LPC2000 driver defines two mandatory and one optional
parameters, which must appear in the following order:
* VARIANT ... required, may be 'lpc2000_v1' (older LPC21xx and
LPC22xx) 'lpc2000_v2' (LPC213x, LPC214x, LPC210[123], LPC23xx
and LPC24xx) 'lpc1700' (LPC175x and LPC176x) or 'lpc4300' -
available also as 'lpc1800' alias (LPC18x[2357] and
LPC43x[2357])
* CLOCK_KHZ ... the frequency, in kiloHertz, at which the core
is running
* 'calc_checksum' ... optional (but you probably want to
provide this!), telling the driver to calculate a valid
checksum for the exception vector table.
Note: If you don't provide 'calc_checksum' when you're
writing the vector table, the boot ROM will almost
certainly ignore your flash image. However, if you do
provide it, with most tool chains 'verify_image' will
fail.
LPC flashes don't require the chip and bus width to be specified.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME lpc2000 0x0 0x7d000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME \
lpc2000_v2 14765 calc_checksum
-- Command: lpc2000 part_id bank
Displays the four byte part identifier associated with the
specified flash BANK.
-- Flash Driver: lpc288x
The LPC2888 microcontroller from NXP needs slightly different flash
support from its lpc2000 siblings. The LPC288X driver defines one
mandatory parameter, the programming clock rate in Hz. LPC flashes
don't require the chip and bus width to be specified.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME lpc288x 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME 12000000
-- Flash Driver: lpc2900
This driver supports the LPC29xx ARM968E based microcontroller
family from NXP.
The predefined parameters BASE, SIZE, CHIP_WIDTH and BUS_WIDTH of
the 'flash bank' command are ignored. Flash size and sector layout
are auto-configured by the driver. The driver has one additional
mandatory parameter: The CPU clock rate (in kHz) at the time the
flash operations will take place. Most of the time this will not
be the crystal frequency, but a higher PLL frequency. The
'reset-init' event handler in the board script is usually the place
where you start the PLL.
The driver rejects flashless devices (currently the LPC2930).
The EEPROM in LPC2900 devices is not mapped directly into the
address space. It must be handled much more like NAND flash
memory, and will therefore be handled by a separate
'lpc2900_eeprom' driver (not yet available).
Sector protection in terms of the LPC2900 is handled transparently.
Every time a sector needs to be erased or programmed, it is
automatically unprotected. What is shown as protection status in
the 'flash info' command, is actually the LPC2900 _sector
security_. This is a mechanism to prevent a sector from ever being
erased or programmed again. As this is an irreversible mechanism,
it is handled by a special command ('lpc2900 secure_sector'), and
not by the standard 'flash protect' command.
Example for a 125 MHz clock frequency:
flash bank $_FLASHNAME lpc2900 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME 125000
Some 'lpc2900'-specific commands are defined. In the following
command list, the BANK parameter is the bank number as obtained by
the 'flash banks' command.
-- Command: lpc2900 signature bank
Calculates a 128-bit hash value, the _signature_, from the
whole flash content. This is a hardware feature of the flash
block, hence the calculation is very fast. You may use this
to verify the content of a programmed device against a known
signature. Example:
lpc2900 signature 0
signature: 0x5f40cdc8:0xc64e592e:0x10490f89:0x32a0f317
-- Command: lpc2900 read_custom bank filename
Reads the 912 bytes of customer information from the flash
index sector, and saves it to a file in binary format.
Example:
lpc2900 read_custom 0 /path_to/customer_info.bin
The index sector of the flash is a _write-only_ sector. It cannot
be erased! In order to guard against unintentional write access,
all following commands need to be preceeded by a successful call to
the 'password' command:
-- Command: lpc2900 password bank password
You need to use this command right before each of the
following commands: 'lpc2900 write_custom', 'lpc2900
secure_sector', 'lpc2900 secure_jtag'.
The password string is fixed to "I_know_what_I_am_doing".
Example:
lpc2900 password 0 I_know_what_I_am_doing
Potentially dangerous operation allowed in next command!
-- Command: lpc2900 write_custom bank filename type
Writes the content of the file into the customer info space of
the flash index sector. The filetype can be specified with
the TYPE field. Possible values for TYPE are: BIN (binary),
IHEX (Intel hex format), ELF (ELF binary) or S19 (Motorola
S-records). The file must contain a single section, and the
contained data length must be exactly 912 bytes.
Attention: This cannot be reverted! Be careful!
Example:
lpc2900 write_custom 0 /path_to/customer_info.bin bin
-- Command: lpc2900 secure_sector bank first last
Secures the sector range from FIRST to LAST (including)
against further program and erase operations. The sector
security will be effective after the next power cycle.
Attention: This cannot be reverted! Be careful!
Secured sectors appear as _protected_ in the 'flash info'
command. Example:
lpc2900 secure_sector 0 1 1
flash info 0
#0 : lpc2900 at 0x20000000, size 0x000c0000, (...)
# 0: 0x00000000 (0x2000 8kB) not protected
# 1: 0x00002000 (0x2000 8kB) protected
# 2: 0x00004000 (0x2000 8kB) not protected
-- Command: lpc2900 secure_jtag bank
Irreversibly disable the JTAG port. The new JTAG security
setting will be effective after the next power cycle.
Attention: This cannot be reverted! Be careful!
Examples:
lpc2900 secure_jtag 0
-- Flash Driver: ocl
_No idea what this is, other than using some arm7/arm9 core._
flash bank $_FLASHNAME ocl 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
-- Flash Driver: pic32mx
The PIC32MX microcontrollers are based on the MIPS 4K cores, and
integrate flash memory.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME pix32mx 0x1fc00000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
flash bank $_FLASHNAME pix32mx 0x1d000000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
Some pic32mx-specific commands are defined:
-- Command: pic32mx pgm_word address value bank
Programs the specified 32-bit VALUE at the given ADDRESS in
the specified chip BANK.
-- Command: pic32mx unlock bank
Unlock and erase specified chip BANK. This will remove any
Code Protection.
-- Flash Driver: stellaris
All members of the Stellaris LM3Sxxx microcontroller family from
Texas Instruments include internal flash and use ARM Cortex M3
cores. The driver automatically recognizes a number of these chips
using the chip identification register, and autoconfigures itself.
(1)
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stellaris 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
-- Command: stellaris recover bank_id
Performs the _Recovering a "Locked" Device_ procedure to
restore the flash specified by BANK_ID and its associated
nonvolatile registers to their factory default values
(erased). This is the only way to remove flash protection or
re-enable debugging if that capability has been disabled.
Note that the final "power cycle the chip" step in this
procedure must be performed by hand, since OpenOCD can't do
it.
Warning: if more than one Stellaris chip is connected,
the procedure is applied to all of them.
-- Flash Driver: stm32f1x
All members of the STM32F0, STM32F1 and STM32F3 microcontroller
families from ST Microelectronics include internal flash and use
ARM Cortex-M0/M3/M4 cores. The driver automatically recognizes a
number of these chips using the chip identification register, and
autoconfigures itself.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stm32f1x 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
Note that some devices have been found that have a flash size
register that contains an invalid value, to workaround this issue
you can override the probed value used by the flash driver.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stm32f1x 0 0x20000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
If you have a target with dual flash banks then define the second
bank as per the following example.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stm32f1x 0x08080000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
Some stm32f1x-specific commands (2) are defined:
-- Command: stm32f1x lock num
Locks the entire stm32 device. The NUM parameter is a value
shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: stm32f1x unlock num
Unlocks the entire stm32 device. The NUM parameter is a value
shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: stm32f1x options_read num
Read and display the stm32 option bytes written by the
'stm32f1x options_write' command. The NUM parameter is a
value shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: stm32f1x options_write num ('SWWDG'|'HWWDG')
('RSTSTNDBY'|'NORSTSTNDBY') ('RSTSTOP'|'NORSTSTOP')
Writes the stm32 option byte with the specified values. The
NUM parameter is a value shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Flash Driver: stm32f2x
All members of the STM32F2 and STM32F4 microcontroller families
from ST Microelectronics include internal flash and use ARM
Cortex-M3/M4 cores. The driver automatically recognizes a number
of these chips using the chip identification register, and
autoconfigures itself.
Note that some devices have been found that have a flash size
register that contains an invalid value, to workaround this issue
you can override the probed value used by the flash driver.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stm32f2x 0 0x20000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
Some stm32f2x-specific commands are defined:
-- Command: stm32f2x lock num
Locks the entire stm32 device. The NUM parameter is a value
shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Command: stm32f2x unlock num
Unlocks the entire stm32 device. The NUM parameter is a value
shown by 'flash banks'.
-- Flash Driver: stm32lx
All members of the STM32L microcontroller families from ST
Microelectronics include internal flash and use ARM Cortex-M3
cores. The driver automatically recognizes a number of these chips
using the chip identification register, and autoconfigures itself.
Note that some devices have been found that have a flash size
register that contains an invalid value, to workaround this issue
you can override the probed value used by the flash driver.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME stm32lx 0 0x20000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
-- Flash Driver: str7x
All members of the STR7 microcontroller family from ST
Microelectronics include internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores.
The STR7X driver defines one mandatory parameter, VARIANT, which is
either 'STR71x', 'STR73x' or 'STR75x'.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME str7x 0x40000000 0x00040000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME STR71x
-- Command: str7x disable_jtag bank
Activate the Debug/Readout protection mechanism for the
specified flash bank.
-- Flash Driver: str9x
Most members of the STR9 microcontroller family from ST
Microelectronics include internal flash and use ARM966E cores. The
str9 needs the flash controller to be configured using the 'str9x
flash_config' command prior to Flash programming.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME str9x 0x40000000 0x00040000 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
str9x flash_config 0 4 2 0 0x80000
-- Command: str9x flash_config num bbsr nbbsr bbadr nbbadr
Configures the str9 flash controller. The NUM parameter is a
value shown by 'flash banks'.
* BBSR - Boot Bank Size register
* NBBSR - Non Boot Bank Size register
* BBADR - Boot Bank Start Address register
* NBBADR - Boot Bank Start Address register
-- Flash Driver: tms470
Most members of the TMS470 microcontroller family from Texas
Instruments include internal flash and use ARM7TDMI cores. This
driver doesn't require the chip and bus width to be specified.
Some tms470-specific commands are defined:
-- Command: tms470 flash_keyset key0 key1 key2 key3
Saves programming keys in a register, to enable flash erase
and write commands.
-- Command: tms470 osc_mhz clock_mhz
Reports the clock speed, which is used to calculate timings.
-- Command: tms470 plldis (0|1)
Disables (1) or enables (0) use of the PLL to speed up the
flash clock.
-- Flash Driver: virtual
This is a special driver that maps a previously defined bank to
another address. All bank settings will be copied from the master
physical bank.
The VIRTUAL driver defines one mandatory parameters,
* MASTER_BANK The bank that this virtual address refers to.
So in the following example addresses 0xbfc00000 and 0x9fc00000
refer to the flash bank defined at address 0x1fc00000. Any cmds
executed on the virtual banks are actually performed on the
physical banks.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME pic32mx 0x1fc00000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
flash bank vbank0 virtual 0xbfc00000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME $_FLASHNAME
flash bank vbank1 virtual 0x9fc00000 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME $_FLASHNAME
-- Flash Driver: fm3
All members of the FM3 microcontroller family from Fujitsu include
internal flash and use ARM Cortex M3 cores. The FM3 driver uses
the TARGET parameter to select the correct bank config, it can
currently be one of the following: 'mb9bfxx1.cpu', 'mb9bfxx2.cpu',
'mb9bfxx3.cpu', 'mb9bfxx4.cpu', 'mb9bfxx5.cpu' or 'mb9bfxx6.cpu'.
flash bank $_FLASHNAME fm3 0 0 0 0 $_TARGETNAME
12.4.3 str9xpec driver
----------------------
Here is some background info to help you better understand how this
driver works. OpenOCD has two flash drivers for the str9:
1. Standard driver 'str9x' programmed via the str9 core. Normally
used for flash programming as it is faster than the 'str9xpec'
driver.
2. Direct programming 'str9xpec' using the flash controller. This is
an ISC compilant (IEEE 1532) tap connected in series with the str9
core. The str9 core does not need to be running to program using
this flash driver. Typical use for this driver is
locking/unlocking the target and programming the option bytes.
Before we run any commands using the 'str9xpec' driver we must first
disable the str9 core. This example assumes the 'str9xpec' driver has
been configured for flash bank 0.
# assert srst, we do not want core running
# while accessing str9xpec flash driver
jtag_reset 0 1
# turn off target polling
poll off
# disable str9 core
str9xpec enable_turbo 0
# read option bytes
str9xpec options_read 0
# re-enable str9 core
str9xpec disable_turbo 0
poll on
reset halt
The above example will read the str9 option bytes. When performing a
unlock remember that you will not be able to halt the str9 - it has been
locked. Halting the core is not required for the 'str9xpec' driver as
mentioned above, just issue the commands above manually or from a telnet
prompt.
-- Flash Driver: str9xpec
Only use this driver for locking/unlocking the device or
configuring the option bytes. Use the standard str9 driver for
programming. Before using the flash commands the turbo mode must
be enabled using the 'str9xpec enable_turbo' command.
Several str9xpec-specific commands are defined:
-- Command: str9xpec disable_turbo num
Restore the str9 into JTAG chain.
-- Command: str9xpec enable_turbo num
Enable turbo mode, will simply remove the str9 from the chain
and talk directly to the embedded flash controller.
-- Command: str9xpec lock num
Lock str9 device. The str9 will only respond to an unlock
command that will erase the device.
-- Command: str9xpec part_id num
Prints the part identifier for bank NUM.
-- Command: str9xpec options_cmap num ('bank0'|'bank1')
Configure str9 boot bank.
-- Command: str9xpec options_lvdsel num ('vdd'|'vdd_vddq')
Configure str9 lvd source.
-- Command: str9xpec options_lvdthd num ('2.4v'|'2.7v')
Configure str9 lvd threshold.
-- Command: str9xpec options_lvdwarn bank ('vdd'|'vdd_vddq')
Configure str9 lvd reset warning source.
-- Command: str9xpec options_read num
Read str9 option bytes.
-- Command: str9xpec options_write num
Write str9 option bytes.
-- Command: str9xpec unlock num
unlock str9 device.
12.5 mFlash
===========
12.5.1 mFlash Configuration
---------------------------
-- Config Command: mflash bank soc base RST_pin target
Configures a mflash for SOC host bank at address BASE. The pin
number format depends on the host GPIO naming convention.
Currently, the mflash driver supports s3c2440 and pxa270.
Example for s3c2440 mflash where RST PIN is GPIO B1:
mflash bank $_FLASHNAME s3c2440 0x10000000 1b 0
Example for pxa270 mflash where RST PIN is GPIO 43:
mflash bank $_FLASHNAME pxa270 0x08000000 43 0
12.5.2 mFlash commands
----------------------
-- Command: mflash config pll frequency
Configure mflash PLL. The FREQUENCY is the mflash input frequency,
in Hz. Issuing this command will erase mflash's whole internal
nand and write new pll. After this command, mflash needs
power-on-reset for normal operation. If pll was newly configured,
storage and boot(optional) info also need to be update.
-- Command: mflash config boot
Configure bootable option. If bootable option is set, mflash offer
the first 8 sectors (4kB) for boot.
-- Command: mflash config storage
Configure storage information. For the normal storage operation,
this information must be written.
-- Command: mflash dump num filename offset size
Dump SIZE bytes, starting at OFFSET bytes from the beginning of the
bank NUM, to the file named FILENAME.
-- Command: mflash probe
Probe mflash.
-- Command: mflash write num filename offset
Write the binary file FILENAME to mflash bank NUM, starting at
OFFSET bytes from the beginning of the bank.
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) Currently there is a 'stellaris mass_erase' command. That seems
pointless since the same effect can be had using the standard 'flash
erase_address' command.
(2) Currently there is a 'stm32f1x mass_erase' command. That seems
pointless since the same effect can be had using the standard 'flash
erase_address' command.

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13 Flash Programming
********************
OpenOCD implements numerous ways to program the target flash, whether
internal or external. Programming can be acheived by either using GDB
*note Programming using GDB: programmingusinggdb, or using the cmds
given in *note Flash Programming Commands: flashprogrammingcommands.
To simplify using the flash cmds directly a jimtcl script is available
that handles the programming and verify stage. OpenOCD will
program/verify/reset the target and shutdown.
The script is executed as follows and by default the following actions
will be peformed.
1. 'init' is executed.
2. 'reset init' is called to reset and halt the target, any 'reset
init' scripts are executed.
3. 'flash write_image' is called to erase and write any flash using
the filename given.
4. 'verify_image' is called if 'verify' parameter is given.
5. 'reset run' is called if 'reset' parameter is given.
6. OpenOCD is shutdown.
An example of usage is given below. *Note program::.
# program and verify using elf/hex/s19. verify and reset
# are optional parameters
openocd -f board/stm32f3discovery.cfg \
-c "program filename.elf verify reset"
# binary files need the flash address passing
openocd -f board/stm32f3discovery.cfg \
-c "program filename.bin 0x08000000"

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14 NAND Flash Commands
**********************
Compared to NOR or SPI flash, NAND devices are inexpensive and high
density. Today's NAND chips, and multi-chip modules, commonly hold
multiple GigaBytes of data.
NAND chips consist of a number of "erase blocks" of a given size (such
as 128 KBytes), each of which is divided into a number of pages (of
perhaps 512 or 2048 bytes each). Each page of a NAND flash has an "out
of band" (OOB) area to hold Error Correcting Code (ECC) and other
metadata, usually 16 bytes of OOB for every 512 bytes of page data.
One key characteristic of NAND flash is that its error rate is higher
than that of NOR flash. In normal operation, that ECC is used to
correct and detect errors. However, NAND blocks can also wear out and
become unusable; those blocks are then marked "bad". NAND chips are
even shipped from the manufacturer with a few bad blocks. The highest
density chips use a technology (MLC) that wears out more quickly, so ECC
support is increasingly important as a way to detect blocks that have
begun to fail, and help to preserve data integrity with techniques such
as wear leveling.
Software is used to manage the ECC. Some controllers don't support ECC
directly; in those cases, software ECC is used. Other controllers speed
up the ECC calculations with hardware. Single-bit error correction
hardware is routine. Controllers geared for newer MLC chips may correct
4 or more errors for every 512 bytes of data.
You will need to make sure that any data you write using OpenOCD
includes the apppropriate kind of ECC. For example, that may mean
passing the 'oob_softecc' flag when writing NAND data, or ensuring that
the correct hardware ECC mode is used.
The basic steps for using NAND devices include:
1. Declare via the command 'nand device'
Do this in a board-specific configuration file, passing parameters
as needed by the controller.
2. Configure each device using 'nand probe'.
Do this only after the associated target is set up, such as in its
reset-init script or in procures defined to access that device.
3. Operate on the flash via 'nand subcommand'
Often commands to manipulate the flash are typed by a human, or run
via a script in some automated way. Common task include writing a
boot loader, operating system, or other data needed to initialize
or de-brick a board.
NOTE: At the time this text was written, the largest NAND flash fully
supported by OpenOCD is 2 GiBytes (16 GiBits). This is because the
variables used to hold offsets and lengths are only 32 bits wide.
(Larger chips may work in some cases, unless an offset or length is
larger than 0xffffffff, the largest 32-bit unsigned integer.) Some
larger devices will work, since they are actually multi-chip modules
with two smaller chips and individual chipselect lines.
14.1 NAND Configuration Commands
================================
NAND chips must be declared in configuration scripts, plus some
additional configuration that's done after OpenOCD has initialized.
-- Config Command: nand device name driver target [configparams...]
Declares a NAND device, which can be read and written to after it
has been configured through 'nand probe'. In OpenOCD, devices are
single chips; this is unlike some operating systems, which may
manage multiple chips as if they were a single (larger) device. In
some cases, configuring a device will activate extra commands; see
the controller-specific documentation.
NOTE: This command is not available after OpenOCD initialization
has completed. Use it in board specific configuration files, not
interactively.
* NAME ... may be used to reference the NAND bank in most other
NAND commands. A number is also available.
* DRIVER ... identifies the NAND controller driver associated
with the NAND device being declared. *Note NAND Driver List:
nanddriverlist.
* TARGET ... names the target used when issuing commands to the
NAND controller.
* CONFIGPARAMS ... controllers may support, or require,
additional parameters. See the controller-specific
documentation for more information.
-- Command: nand list
Prints a summary of each device declared using 'nand device',
numbered from zero. Note that un-probed devices show no details.
> nand list
#0: NAND 1GiB 3,3V 8-bit (Micron) pagesize: 2048, buswidth: 8,
blocksize: 131072, blocks: 8192
#1: NAND 1GiB 3,3V 8-bit (Micron) pagesize: 2048, buswidth: 8,
blocksize: 131072, blocks: 8192
>
-- Command: nand probe num
Probes the specified device to determine key characteristics like
its page and block sizes, and how many blocks it has. The NUM
parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'. You must
(successfully) probe a device before you can use it with most other
NAND commands.
14.2 Erasing, Reading, Writing to NAND Flash
============================================
-- Command: nand dump num filename offset length [oob_option]
Reads binary data from the NAND device and writes it to the file,
starting at the specified offset. The NUM parameter is the value
shown by 'nand list'.
Use a complete path name for FILENAME, so you don't depend on the
directory used to start the OpenOCD server.
The OFFSET and LENGTH must be exact multiples of the device's page
size. They describe a data region; the OOB data associated with
each such page may also be accessed.
NOTE: At the time this text was written, no error correction was
done on the data that's read, unless raw access was disabled and
the underlying NAND controller driver had a 'read_page' method
which handled that error correction.
By default, only page data is saved to the specified file. Use an
OOB_OPTION parameter to save OOB data:
* no oob_* parameter
Output file holds only page data; OOB is discarded.
* 'oob_raw'
Output file interleaves page data and OOB data; the file will
be longer than "length" by the size of the spare areas
associated with each data page. Note that this kind of "raw"
access is different from what's implied by 'nand raw_access',
which just controls whether a hardware-aware access method is
used.
* 'oob_only'
Output file has only raw OOB data, and will be smaller than
"length" since it will contain only the spare areas associated
with each data page.
-- Command: nand erase num [offset length]
Erases blocks on the specified NAND device, starting at the
specified OFFSET and continuing for LENGTH bytes. Both of those
values must be exact multiples of the device's block size, and the
region they specify must fit entirely in the chip. If those
parameters are not specified, the whole NAND chip will be erased.
The NUM parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
NOTE: This command will try to erase bad blocks, when told to do
so, which will probably invalidate the manufacturer's bad block
marker. For the remainder of the current server session, 'nand
info' will still report that the block "is" bad.
-- Command: nand write num filename offset [option...]
Writes binary data from the file into the specified NAND device,
starting at the specified offset. Those pages should already have
been erased; you can't change zero bits to one bits. The NUM
parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
Use a complete path name for FILENAME, so you don't depend on the
directory used to start the OpenOCD server.
The OFFSET must be an exact multiple of the device's page size.
All data in the file will be written, assuming it doesn't run past
the end of the device. Only full pages are written, and any extra
space in the last page will be filled with 0xff bytes. (That
includes OOB data, if that's being written.)
NOTE: At the time this text was written, bad blocks are ignored.
That is, this routine will not skip bad blocks, but will instead
try to write them. This can cause problems.
Provide at most one OPTION parameter. With some NAND drivers, the
meanings of these parameters may change if 'nand raw_access' was
used to disable hardware ECC.
* no oob_* parameter
File has only page data, which is written. If raw acccess is
in use, the OOB area will not be written. Otherwise, if the
underlying NAND controller driver has a 'write_page' routine,
that routine may write the OOB with hardware-computed ECC
data.
* 'oob_only'
File has only raw OOB data, which is written to the OOB area.
Each page's data area stays untouched. This can be a
dangerous option, since it can invalidate the ECC data. You
may need to force raw access to use this mode.
* 'oob_raw'
File interleaves data and OOB data, both of which are written
If raw access is enabled, the data is written first, then the
un-altered OOB. Otherwise, if the underlying NAND controller
driver has a 'write_page' routine, that routine may modify the
OOB before it's written, to include hardware-computed ECC
data.
* 'oob_softecc'
File has only page data, which is written. The OOB area is
filled with 0xff, except for a standard 1-bit software ECC
code stored in conventional locations. You might need to
force raw access to use this mode, to prevent the underlying
driver from applying hardware ECC.
* 'oob_softecc_kw'
File has only page data, which is written. The OOB area is
filled with 0xff, except for a 4-bit software ECC specific to
the boot ROM in Marvell Kirkwood SoCs. You might need to
force raw access to use this mode, to prevent the underlying
driver from applying hardware ECC.
-- Command: nand verify num filename offset [option...]
Verify the binary data in the file has been programmed to the
specified NAND device, starting at the specified offset. The NUM
parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
Use a complete path name for FILENAME, so you don't depend on the
directory used to start the OpenOCD server.
The OFFSET must be an exact multiple of the device's page size.
All data in the file will be read and compared to the contents of
the flash, assuming it doesn't run past the end of the device. As
with 'nand write', only full pages are verified, so any extra space
in the last page will be filled with 0xff bytes.
The same OPTIONS accepted by 'nand write', and the file will be
processed similarly to produce the buffers that can be compared
against the contents produced from 'nand dump'.
NOTE: This will not work when the underlying NAND controller
driver's 'write_page' routine must update the OOB with a
hardward-computed ECC before the data is written. This limitation
may be removed in a future release.
14.3 Other NAND commands
========================
-- Command: nand check_bad_blocks num [offset length]
Checks for manufacturer bad block markers on the specified NAND
device. If no parameters are provided, checks the whole device;
otherwise, starts at the specified OFFSET and continues for LENGTH
bytes. Both of those values must be exact multiples of the
device's block size, and the region they specify must fit entirely
in the chip. The NUM parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
NOTE: Before using this command you should force raw access with
'nand raw_access enable' to ensure that the underlying driver will
not try to apply hardware ECC.
-- Command: nand info num
The NUM parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'. This prints
the one-line summary from "nand list", plus for devices which have
been probed this also prints any known status for each block.
-- Command: nand raw_access num ('enable'|'disable')
Sets or clears an flag affecting how page I/O is done. The NUM
parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
This flag is cleared (disabled) by default, but changing that value
won't affect all NAND devices. The key factor is whether the
underlying driver provides 'read_page' or 'write_page' methods. If
it doesn't provide those methods, the setting of this flag is
irrelevant; all access is effectively "raw".
When those methods exist, they are normally used when reading data
('nand dump' or reading bad block markers) or writing it ('nand
write'). However, enabling raw access (setting the flag) prevents
use of those methods, bypassing hardware ECC logic. This can be a
dangerous option, since writing blocks with the wrong ECC data can
cause them to be marked as bad.
14.4 NAND Driver List
=====================
As noted above, the 'nand device' command allows driver-specific options
and behaviors. Some controllers also activate controller-specific
commands.
-- NAND Driver: at91sam9
This driver handles the NAND controllers found on AT91SAM9 family
chips from Atmel. It takes two extra parameters: address of the
NAND chip; address of the ECC controller.
nand device $NANDFLASH at91sam9 $CHIPNAME 0x40000000 0xfffffe800
AT91SAM9 chips support single-bit ECC hardware. The 'write_page'
and 'read_page' methods are used to utilize the ECC hardware unless
they are disabled by using the 'nand raw_access' command. There
are four additional commands that are needed to fully configure the
AT91SAM9 NAND controller. Two are optional; most boards use the
same wiring for ALE/CLE:
-- Command: at91sam9 cle num addr_line
Configure the address line used for latching commands. The
NUM parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
-- Command: at91sam9 ale num addr_line
Configure the address line used for latching addresses. The
NUM parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'.
For the next two commands, it is assumed that the pins have already
been properly configured for input or output.
-- Command: at91sam9 rdy_busy num pio_base_addr pin
Configure the RDY/nBUSY input from the NAND device. The NUM
parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'. PIO_BASE_ADDR is
the base address of the PIO controller and PIN is the pin
number.
-- Command: at91sam9 ce num pio_base_addr pin
Configure the chip enable input to the NAND device. The NUM
parameter is the value shown by 'nand list'. PIO_BASE_ADDR is
the base address of the PIO controller and PIN is the pin
number.
-- NAND Driver: davinci
This driver handles the NAND controllers found on DaVinci family
chips from Texas Instruments. It takes three extra parameters:
address of the NAND chip; hardware ECC mode to use ('hwecc1',
'hwecc4', 'hwecc4_infix'); address of the AEMIF controller on this
processor.
nand device davinci dm355.arm 0x02000000 hwecc4 0x01e10000
All DaVinci processors support the single-bit ECC hardware, and
newer ones also support the four-bit ECC hardware. The
'write_page' and 'read_page' methods are used to implement those
ECC modes, unless they are disabled using the 'nand raw_access'
command.
-- NAND Driver: lpc3180
These controllers require an extra 'nand device' parameter: the
clock rate used by the controller.
-- Command: lpc3180 select num [mlc|slc]
Configures use of the MLC or SLC controller mode. MLC implies
use of hardware ECC. The NUM parameter is the value shown by
'nand list'.
At this writing, this driver includes 'write_page' and 'read_page'
methods. Using 'nand raw_access' to disable those methods will
prevent use of hardware ECC in the MLC controller mode, but won't
change SLC behavior.
-- NAND Driver: mx3
This driver handles the NAND controller in i.MX31. The mxc driver
should work for this chip aswell.
-- NAND Driver: mxc
This driver handles the NAND controller found in Freescale i.MX
chips. It has support for v1 (i.MX27 and i.MX31) and v2 (i.MX35).
The driver takes 3 extra arguments, chip ('mx27', 'mx31', 'mx35'),
ecc ('noecc', 'hwecc') and optionally if bad block information
should be swapped between main area and spare area ('biswap'),
defaults to off.
nand device mx35.nand mxc imx35.cpu mx35 hwecc biswap
-- Command: mxc biswap bank_num [enable|disable]
Turns on/off bad block information swaping from main area,
without parameter query status.
-- NAND Driver: orion
These controllers require an extra 'nand device' parameter: the
address of the controller.
nand device orion 0xd8000000
These controllers don't define any specialized commands. At this
writing, their drivers don't include 'write_page' or 'read_page'
methods, so 'nand raw_access' won't change any behavior.
-- NAND Driver: s3c2410
-- NAND Driver: s3c2412
-- NAND Driver: s3c2440
-- NAND Driver: s3c2443
-- NAND Driver: s3c6400
These S3C family controllers don't have any special 'nand device'
options, and don't define any specialized commands. At this
writing, their drivers don't include 'write_page' or 'read_page'
methods, so 'nand raw_access' won't change any behavior.

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15 PLD/FPGA Commands
********************
Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) and the more flexible Field
Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are both types of programmable
hardware. OpenOCD can support programming them. Although PLDs are
generally restrictive (cells are less functional, and there are no
special purpose cells for memory or computational tasks), they share the
same OpenOCD infrastructure. Accordingly, both are called PLDs here.
15.1 PLD/FPGA Configuration and Commands
========================================
As it does for JTAG TAPs, debug targets, and flash chips (both NOR and
NAND), OpenOCD maintains a list of PLDs available for use in various
commands. Also, each such PLD requires a driver.
They are referenced by the number shown by the 'pld devices' command,
and new PLDs are defined by 'pld device driver_name'.
-- Config Command: pld device driver_name tap_name [driver_options]
Defines a new PLD device, supported by driver DRIVER_NAME, using
the TAP named TAP_NAME. The driver may make use of any
DRIVER_OPTIONS to configure its behavior.
-- Command: pld devices
Lists the PLDs and their numbers.
-- Command: pld load num filename
Loads the file 'filename' into the PLD identified by NUM. The file
format must be inferred by the driver.
15.2 PLD/FPGA Drivers, Options, and Commands
============================================
Drivers may support PLD-specific options to the 'pld device' definition
command, and may also define commands usable only with that particular
type of PLD.
-- FPGA Driver: virtex2
Virtex-II is a family of FPGAs sold by Xilinx. It supports the
IEEE 1532 standard for In-System Configuration (ISC). No
driver-specific PLD definition options are used, and one
driver-specific command is defined.
-- Command: virtex2 read_stat num
Reads and displays the Virtex-II status register (STAT) for
FPGA NUM.

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16 General Commands
*******************
The commands documented in this chapter here are common commands that
you, as a human, may want to type and see the output of. Configuration
type commands are documented elsewhere.
Intent:
* Source Of Commands
OpenOCD commands can occur in a configuration script (discussed
elsewhere) or typed manually by a human or supplied
programatically, or via one of several TCP/IP Ports.
* From the human
A human should interact with the telnet interface (default port:
4444) or via GDB (default port 3333).
To issue commands from within a GDB session, use the 'monitor'
command, e.g. use 'monitor poll' to issue the 'poll' command. All
output is relayed through the GDB session.
* Machine Interface The Tcl interface's intent is to be a machine
interface. The default Tcl port is 5555.
16.1 Daemon Commands
====================
-- Command: exit
Exits the current telnet session.
-- Command: help [string]
With no parameters, prints help text for all commands. Otherwise,
prints each helptext containing STRING. Not every command provides
helptext.
Configuration commands, and commands valid at any time, are
explicitly noted in parenthesis. In most cases, no such
restriction is listed; this indicates commands which are only
available after the configuration stage has completed.
-- Command: sleep msec ['busy']
Wait for at least MSEC milliseconds before resuming. If 'busy' is
passed, busy-wait instead of sleeping. (This option is strongly
discouraged.) Useful in connection with script files ('script'
command and 'target_name' configuration).
-- Command: shutdown
Close the OpenOCD daemon, disconnecting all clients (GDB, telnet,
other).
-- Command: debug_level [n]
Display debug level. If N (from 0..3) is provided, then set it to
that level. This affects the kind of messages sent to the server
log. Level 0 is error messages only; level 1 adds warnings; level
2 adds informational messages; and level 3 adds debugging messages.
The default is level 2, but that can be overridden on the command
line along with the location of that log file (which is normally
the server's standard output). *Note Running::.
-- Command: echo [-n] message
Logs a message at "user" priority. Output MESSAGE to stdout.
Option "-n" suppresses trailing newline.
echo "Downloading kernel -- please wait"
-- Command: log_output [filename]
Redirect logging to FILENAME; the initial log output channel is
stderr.
-- Command: add_script_search_dir [directory]
Add DIRECTORY to the file/script search path.
16.2 Target State handling
==========================
In this section "target" refers to a CPU configured as shown earlier
(*note CPU Configuration::). These commands, like many, implicitly
refer to a current target which is used to perform the various
operations. The current target may be changed by using 'targets'
command with the name of the target which should become current.
-- Command: reg [(number|name) [value]]
Access a single register by NUMBER or by its NAME. The target must
generally be halted before access to CPU core registers is allowed.
Depending on the hardware, some other registers may be accessible
while the target is running.
_With no arguments_: list all available registers for the current
target, showing number, name, size, value, and cache status. For
valid entries, a value is shown; valid entries which are also dirty
(and will be written back later) are flagged as such.
_With number/name_: display that register's value.
_With both number/name and value_: set register's value. Writes
may be held in a writeback cache internal to OpenOCD, so that
setting the value marks the register as dirty instead of
immediately flushing that value. Resuming CPU execution (including
by single stepping) or otherwise activating the relevant module
will flush such values.
Cores may have surprisingly many registers in their Debug and trace
infrastructure:
> reg
===== ARM registers
(0) r0 (/32): 0x0000D3C2 (dirty)
(1) r1 (/32): 0xFD61F31C
(2) r2 (/32)
...
(164) ETM_contextid_comparator_mask (/32)
>
-- Command: halt [ms]
-- Command: wait_halt [ms]
The 'halt' command first sends a halt request to the target, which
'wait_halt' doesn't. Otherwise these behave the same: wait up to
MS milliseconds, or 5 seconds if there is no parameter, for the
target to halt (and enter debug mode). Using 0 as the MS parameter
prevents OpenOCD from waiting.
Warning: On ARM cores, software using the _wait for interrupt_
operation often blocks the JTAG access needed by a 'halt'
command. This is because that operation also puts the core
into a low power mode by gating the core clock; but the core
clock is needed to detect JTAG clock transitions.
One partial workaround uses adaptive clocking: when the core
is interrupted the operation completes, then JTAG clocks are
accepted at least until the interrupt handler completes.
However, this workaround is often unusable since the
processor, board, and JTAG adapter must all support adaptive
JTAG clocking. Also, it can't work until an interrupt is
issued.
A more complete workaround is to not use that operation while
you work with a JTAG debugger. Tasking environments generaly
have idle loops where the body is the _wait for interrupt_
operation. (On older cores, it is a coprocessor action; newer
cores have a 'wfi' instruction.) Such loops can just remove
that operation, at the cost of higher power consumption
(because the CPU is needlessly clocked).
-- Command: resume [address]
Resume the target at its current code position, or the optional
ADDRESS if it is provided. OpenOCD will wait 5 seconds for the
target to resume.
-- Command: step [address]
Single-step the target at its current code position, or the
optional ADDRESS if it is provided.
-- Command: reset
-- Command: reset run
-- Command: reset halt
-- Command: reset init
Perform as hard a reset as possible, using SRST if possible. _All
defined targets will be reset, and target events will fire during
the reset sequence._
The optional parameter specifies what should happen after the
reset. If there is no parameter, a 'reset run' is executed. The
other options will not work on all systems. *Note Reset
Configuration::.
- run Let the target run
- halt Immediately halt the target
- init Immediately halt the target, and execute the reset-init
script
-- Command: soft_reset_halt
Requesting target halt and executing a soft reset. This is often
used when a target cannot be reset and halted. The target, after
reset is released begins to execute code. OpenOCD attempts to stop
the CPU and then sets the program counter back to the reset vector.
Unfortunately the code that was executed may have left the hardware
in an unknown state.
16.3 I/O Utilities
==================
These commands are available when OpenOCD is built with
'--enable-ioutil'. They are mainly useful on embedded targets, notably
the ZY1000. Hosts with operating systems have complementary tools.
_Note:_ there are several more such commands.
-- Command: append_file filename [string]*
Appends the STRING parameters to the text file 'filename'. Each
string except the last one is followed by one space. The last
string is followed by a newline.
-- Command: cat filename
Reads and displays the text file 'filename'.
-- Command: cp src_filename dest_filename
Copies contents from the file 'src_filename' into 'dest_filename'.
-- Command: ip
_No description provided._
-- Command: ls
_No description provided._
-- Command: mac
_No description provided._
-- Command: meminfo
Display available RAM memory on OpenOCD host. Used in OpenOCD
regression testing scripts.
-- Command: peek
_No description provided._
-- Command: poke
_No description provided._
-- Command: rm filename
Unlinks the file 'filename'.
-- Command: trunc filename
Removes all data in the file 'filename'.
16.4 Memory access commands
===========================
These commands allow accesses of a specific size to the memory system.
Often these are used to configure the current target in some special
way. For example - one may need to write certain values to the SDRAM
controller to enable SDRAM.
1. Use the 'targets' (plural) command to change the current target.
2. In system level scripts these commands are deprecated. Please use
their TARGET object siblings to avoid making assumptions about what
TAP is the current target, or about MMU configuration.
-- Command: mdw [phys] addr [count]
-- Command: mdh [phys] addr [count]
-- Command: mdb [phys] addr [count]
Display contents of address ADDR, as 32-bit words ('mdw'), 16-bit
halfwords ('mdh'), or 8-bit bytes ('mdb'). When the current target
has an MMU which is present and active, ADDR is interpreted as a
virtual address. Otherwise, or if the optional PHYS flag is
specified, ADDR is interpreted as a physical address. If COUNT is
specified, displays that many units. (If you want to manipulate
the data instead of displaying it, see the 'mem2array' primitives.)
-- Command: mww [phys] addr word
-- Command: mwh [phys] addr halfword
-- Command: mwb [phys] addr byte
Writes the specified WORD (32 bits), HALFWORD (16 bits), or BYTE
(8-bit) value, at the specified address ADDR. When the current
target has an MMU which is present and active, ADDR is interpreted
as a virtual address. Otherwise, or if the optional PHYS flag is
specified, ADDR is interpreted as a physical address.
16.5 Image loading commands
===========================
-- Command: dump_image filename address size
Dump SIZE bytes of target memory starting at ADDRESS to the binary
file named FILENAME.
-- Command: fast_load
Loads an image stored in memory by 'fast_load_image' to the current
target. Must be preceeded by fast_load_image.
-- Command: fast_load_image filename address ['bin'|'ihex'|'elf'|'s19']
Normally you should be using 'load_image' or GDB load. However,
for testing purposes or when I/O overhead is significant(OpenOCD
running on an embedded host), storing the image in memory and
uploading the image to the target can be a way to upload e.g.
multiple debug sessions when the binary does not change. Arguments
are the same as 'load_image', but the image is stored in OpenOCD
host memory, i.e. does not affect target. This approach is also
useful when profiling target programming performance as I/O and
target programming can easily be profiled separately.
-- Command: load_image filename address [['bin'|'ihex'|'elf'|'s19']
'min_addr' 'max_length']
Load image from file FILENAME to target memory offset by ADDRESS
from its load address. The file format may optionally be specified
('bin', 'ihex', 'elf', or 's19'). In addition the following
arguments may be specifed: MIN_ADDR - ignore data below MIN_ADDR
(this is w.r.t. to the target's load address + ADDRESS) MAX_LENGTH
- maximum number of bytes to load.
proc load_image_bin {fname foffset address length } {
# Load data from fname filename at foffset offset to
# target at address. Load at most length bytes.
load_image $fname [expr $address - $foffset] bin $address $length
}
-- Command: test_image filename [address ['bin'|'ihex'|'elf']]
Displays image section sizes and addresses as if FILENAME were
loaded into target memory starting at ADDRESS (defaults to zero).
The file format may optionally be specified ('bin', 'ihex', or
'elf')
-- Command: verify_image filename address ['bin'|'ihex'|'elf']
Verify FILENAME against target memory starting at ADDRESS. The
file format may optionally be specified ('bin', 'ihex', or 'elf')
This will first attempt a comparison using a CRC checksum, if this
fails it will try a binary compare.
16.6 Breakpoint and Watchpoint commands
=======================================
CPUs often make debug modules accessible through JTAG, with hardware
support for a handful of code breakpoints and data watchpoints. In
addition, CPUs almost always support software breakpoints.
-- Command: bp [address len ['hw']]
With no parameters, lists all active breakpoints. Else sets a
breakpoint on code execution starting at ADDRESS for LENGTH bytes.
This is a software breakpoint, unless 'hw' is specified in which
case it will be a hardware breakpoint.
(*Note arm9 vector_catch: arm9vectorcatch, or *note xscale
vector_catch: xscalevectorcatch, for similar mechanisms that do not
consume hardware breakpoints.)
-- Command: rbp address
Remove the breakpoint at ADDRESS.
-- Command: rwp address
Remove data watchpoint on ADDRESS
-- Command: wp [address len [('r'|'w'|'a') [value [mask]]]]
With no parameters, lists all active watchpoints. Else sets a data
watchpoint on data from ADDRESS for LENGTH bytes. The watch point
is an "access" watchpoint unless the 'r' or 'w' parameter is
provided, defining it as respectively a read or write watchpoint.
If a VALUE is provided, that value is used when determining if the
watchpoint should trigger. The value may be first be masked using
MASK to mark "don't care" fields.
16.7 Misc Commands
==================
-- Command: profile seconds filename
Profiling samples the CPU's program counter as quickly as possible,
which is useful for non-intrusive stochastic profiling. Saves up
to 10000 sampines in 'filename' using "gmon.out" format.
-- Command: version
Displays a string identifying the version of this OpenOCD server.
-- Command: virt2phys virtual_address
Requests the current target to map the specified VIRTUAL_ADDRESS to
its corresponding physical address, and displays the result.

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17 Architecture and Core Commands
*********************************
Most CPUs have specialized JTAG operations to support debugging.
OpenOCD packages most such operations in its standard command framework.
Some of those operations don't fit well in that framework, so they are
exposed here as architecture or implementation (core) specific commands.
17.1 ARM Hardware Tracing
=========================
CPUs based on ARM cores may include standard tracing interfaces, based
on an "Embedded Trace Module" (ETM) which sends voluminous address and
data bus trace records to a "Trace Port".
* Development-oriented boards will sometimes provide a high speed
trace connector for collecting that data, when the particular CPU
supports such an interface. (The standard connector is a 38-pin
Mictor, with both JTAG and trace port support.) Those trace
connectors are supported by higher end JTAG adapters and some logic
analyzer modules; frequently those modules can buffer several
megabytes of trace data. Configuring an ETM coupled to such an
external trace port belongs in the board-specific configuration
file.
* If the CPU doesn't provide an external interface, it probably has
an "Embedded Trace Buffer" (ETB) on the chip, which is a dedicated
SRAM. 4KBytes is one common ETB size. Configuring an ETM coupled
only to an ETB belongs in the CPU-specific (target) configuration
file, since it works the same on all boards.
ETM support in OpenOCD doesn't seem to be widely used yet.
Issues: ETM support may be buggy, and at least some 'etm config'
parameters should be detected by asking the ETM for them.
ETM trigger events could also implement a kind of complex hardware
breakpoint, much more powerful than the simple watchpoint hardware
exported by EmbeddedICE modules. _Such breakpoints can be
triggered even when using the dummy trace port driver_.
It seems like a GDB hookup should be possible, as well as tracing
only during specific states (perhaps _handling IRQ 23_ or _calls
foo()_).
There should be GUI tools to manipulate saved trace data and help
analyse it in conjunction with the source code. It's unclear how
much of a common interface is shared with the current XScale trace
support, or should be shared with eventual Nexus-style trace module
support.
At this writing (November 2009) only ARM7, ARM9, and ARM11 support
for ETM modules is available. The code should be able to work with
some newer cores; but not all of them support this original style
of JTAG access.
17.1.1 ETM Configuration
------------------------
ETM setup is coupled with the trace port driver configuration.
-- Config Command: etm config target width mode clocking driver
Declares the ETM associated with TARGET, and associates it with a
given trace port DRIVER. *Note Trace Port Drivers:
traceportdrivers.
Several of the parameters must reflect the trace port capabilities,
which are a function of silicon capabilties (exposed later using
'etm info') and of what hardware is connected to that port (such as
an external pod, or ETB). The WIDTH must be either 4, 8, or 16,
except with ETMv3.0 and newer modules which may also support 1, 2,
24, 32, 48, and 64 bit widths. (With those versions, 'etm info'
also shows whether the selected port width and mode are supported.)
The MODE must be 'normal', 'multiplexed', or 'demultiplexed'. The
CLOCKING must be 'half' or 'full'.
Warning: With ETMv3.0 and newer, the bits set with the MODE
and CLOCKING parameters both control the mode. This modified
mode does not map to the values supported by previous ETM
modules, so this syntax is subject to change.
Note: You can see the ETM registers using the 'reg' command.
Not all possible registers are present in every ETM. Most of
the registers are write-only, and are used to configure what
CPU activities are traced.
-- Command: etm info
Displays information about the current target's ETM. This includes
resource counts from the 'ETM_CONFIG' register, as well as silicon
capabilities (except on rather old modules). from the
'ETM_SYS_CONFIG' register.
-- Command: etm status
Displays status of the current target's ETM and trace port driver:
is the ETM idle, or is it collecting data? Did trace data
overflow? Was it triggered?
-- Command: etm tracemode [type context_id_bits cycle_accurate
branch_output]
Displays what data that ETM will collect. If arguments are
provided, first configures that data. When the configuration
changes, tracing is stopped and any buffered trace data is
invalidated.
* TYPE ... describing how data accesses are traced, when they
pass any ViewData filtering that that was set up. The value
is one of 'none' (save nothing), 'data' (save data), 'address'
(save addresses), 'all' (save data and addresses)
* CONTEXT_ID_BITS ... 0, 8, 16, or 32
* CYCLE_ACCURATE ... 'enable' or 'disable' cycle-accurate
instruction tracing. Before ETMv3, enabling this causes much
extra data to be recorded.
* BRANCH_OUTPUT ... 'enable' or 'disable'. Disable this unless
you need to try reconstructing the instruction trace stream
without an image of the code.
-- Command: etm trigger_debug ('enable'|'disable')
Displays whether ETM triggering debug entry (like a breakpoint) is
enabled or disabled, after optionally modifying that configuration.
The default behaviour is 'disable'. Any change takes effect after
the next 'etm start'.
By using script commands to configure ETM registers, you can make
the processor enter debug state automatically when certain
conditions, more complex than supported by the breakpoint hardware,
happen.
17.1.2 ETM Trace Operation
--------------------------
After setting up the ETM, you can use it to collect data. That data can
be exported to files for later analysis. It can also be parsed with
OpenOCD, for basic sanity checking.
To configure what is being traced, you will need to write various trace
registers using 'reg ETM_*' commands. For the definitions of these
registers, read ARM publication _IHI 0014, "Embedded Trace Macrocell,
Architecture Specification"_. Be aware that most of the relevant
registers are write-only, and that ETM resources are limited. There are
only a handful of address comparators, data comparators, counters, and
so on.
Examples of scenarios you might arrange to trace include:
* Code flow within a function, _excluding_ subroutines it calls. Use
address range comparators to enable tracing for instruction access
within that function's body.
* Code flow within a function, _including_ subroutines it calls. Use
the sequencer and address comparators to activate tracing on an
"entered function" state, then deactivate it by exiting that state
when the function's exit code is invoked.
* Code flow starting at the fifth invocation of a function, combining
one of the above models with a counter.
* CPU data accesses to the registers for a particular device, using
address range comparators and the ViewData logic.
* Such data accesses only during IRQ handling, combining the above
model with sequencer triggers which on entry and exit to the IRQ
handler.
* _... more_
At this writing, September 2009, there are no Tcl utility procedures to
help set up any common tracing scenarios.
-- Command: etm analyze
Reads trace data into memory, if it wasn't already present.
Decodes and prints the data that was collected.
-- Command: etm dump filename
Stores the captured trace data in 'filename'.
-- Command: etm image filename [base_address] [type]
Opens an image file.
-- Command: etm load filename
Loads captured trace data from 'filename'.
-- Command: etm start
Starts trace data collection.
-- Command: etm stop
Stops trace data collection.
17.1.3 Trace Port Drivers
-------------------------
To use an ETM trace port it must be associated with a driver.
-- Trace Port Driver: dummy
Use the 'dummy' driver if you are configuring an ETM that's not
connected to anything (on-chip ETB or off-chip trace connector).
_This driver lets OpenOCD talk to the ETM, but it does not expose
any trace data collection._
-- Config Command: etm_dummy config target
Associates the ETM for TARGET with a dummy driver.
-- Trace Port Driver: etb
Use the 'etb' driver if you are configuring an ETM to use on-chip
ETB memory.
-- Config Command: etb config target etb_tap
Associates the ETM for TARGET with the ETB at ETB_TAP. You
can see the ETB registers using the 'reg' command.
-- Command: etb trigger_percent [percent]
This displays, or optionally changes, ETB behavior after the
ETM's configured _trigger_ event fires. It controls how much
more trace data is saved after the (single) trace trigger
becomes active.
* The default corresponds to _trace around_ usage,
recording 50 percent data before the event and the rest
afterwards.
* The minimum value of PERCENT is 2 percent, recording
almost exclusively data before the trigger. Such extreme
_trace before_ usage can help figure out what caused that
event to happen.
* The maximum value of PERCENT is 100 percent, recording
data almost exclusively after the event. This extreme
_trace after_ usage might help sort out how the event
caused trouble.
-- Trace Port Driver: oocd_trace
This driver isn't available unless OpenOCD was explicitly
configured with the '--enable-oocd_trace' option. You probably
don't want to configure it unless you've built the appropriate
prototype hardware; it's _proof-of-concept_ software.
Use the 'oocd_trace' driver if you are configuring an ETM that's
connected to an off-chip trace connector.
-- Config Command: oocd_trace config target tty
Associates the ETM for TARGET with a trace driver which
collects data through the serial port TTY.
-- Command: oocd_trace resync
Re-synchronizes with the capture clock.
-- Command: oocd_trace status
Reports whether the capture clock is locked or not.
17.2 Generic ARM
================
These commands should be available on all ARM processors. They are
available in addition to other core-specific commands that may be
available.
-- Command: arm core_state ['arm'|'thumb']
Displays the core_state, optionally changing it to process either
'arm' or 'thumb' instructions. The target may later be resumed in
the currently set core_state. (Processors may also support the
Jazelle state, but that is not currently supported in OpenOCD.)
-- Command: arm disassemble address [count ['thumb']]
Disassembles COUNT instructions starting at ADDRESS. If COUNT is
not specified, a single instruction is disassembled. If 'thumb' is
specified, or the low bit of the address is set, Thumb2 (mixed
16/32-bit) instructions are used; else ARM (32-bit) instructions
are used. (Processors may also support the Jazelle state, but
those instructions are not currently understood by OpenOCD.)
Note that all Thumb instructions are Thumb2 instructions, so older
processors (without Thumb2 support) will still see correct
disassembly of Thumb code. Also, ThumbEE opcodes are the same as
Thumb2, with a handful of exceptions. ThumbEE disassembly
currently has no explicit support.
-- Command: arm mcr pX op1 CRn CRm op2 value
Write VALUE to a coprocessor PX register passing parameters CRN,
CRM, opcodes OPC1 and OPC2, and using the MCR instruction.
(Parameter sequence matches the ARM instruction, but omits an ARM
register.)
-- Command: arm mrc pX coproc op1 CRn CRm op2
Read a coprocessor PX register passing parameters CRN, CRM, opcodes
OPC1 and OPC2, and the MRC instruction. Returns the result so it
can be manipulated by Jim scripts. (Parameter sequence matches the
ARM instruction, but omits an ARM register.)
-- Command: arm reg
Display a table of all banked core registers, fetching the current
value from every core mode if necessary.
-- Command: arm semihosting ['enable'|'disable']
Display status of semihosting, after optionally changing that
status.
Semihosting allows for code executing on an ARM target to use the
I/O facilities on the host computer i.e. the system where OpenOCD
is running. The target application must be linked against a
library implementing the ARM semihosting convention that forwards
operation requests by using a special SVC instruction that is
trapped at the Supervisor Call vector by OpenOCD.
17.3 ARMv4 and ARMv5 Architecture
=================================
The ARMv4 and ARMv5 architectures are widely used in embedded systems,
and introduced core parts of the instruction set in use today. That
includes the Thumb instruction set, introduced in the ARMv4T variant.
17.3.1 ARM7 and ARM9 specific commands
--------------------------------------
These commands are specific to ARM7 and ARM9 cores, like ARM7TDMI,
ARM720T, ARM9TDMI, ARM920T or ARM926EJ-S. They are available in addition
to the ARM commands, and any other core-specific commands that may be
available.
-- Command: arm7_9 dbgrq ['enable'|'disable']
Displays the value of the flag controlling use of the the
EmbeddedIce DBGRQ signal to force entry into debug mode, instead of
breakpoints. If a boolean parameter is provided, first assigns
that flag.
This should be safe for all but ARM7TDMI-S cores (like NXP LPC).
This feature is enabled by default on most ARM9 cores, including
ARM9TDMI, ARM920T, and ARM926EJ-S.
-- Command: arm7_9 dcc_downloads ['enable'|'disable']
Displays the value of the flag controlling use of the debug
communications channel (DCC) to write larger (>128 byte) amounts of
memory. If a boolean parameter is provided, first assigns that
flag.
DCC downloads offer a huge speed increase, but might be unsafe,
especially with targets running at very low speeds. This command
was introduced with OpenOCD rev. 60, and requires a few bytes of
working area.
-- Command: arm7_9 fast_memory_access ['enable'|'disable']
Displays the value of the flag controlling use of memory writes and
reads that don't check completion of the operation. If a boolean
parameter is provided, first assigns that flag.
This provides a huge speed increase, especially with USB JTAG
cables (FT2232), but might be unsafe if used with targets running
at very low speeds, like the 32kHz startup clock of an AT91RM9200.
17.3.2 ARM720T specific commands
--------------------------------
These commands are available to ARM720T based CPUs, which are
implementations of the ARMv4T architecture based on the ARM7TDMI-S
integer core. They are available in addition to the ARM and ARM7/ARM9
commands.
-- Command: arm720t cp15 opcode [value]
_DEPRECATED - avoid using this. Use the 'arm mrc' or 'arm mcr'
commands instead._
Display cp15 register returned by the ARM instruction OPCODE; else
if a VALUE is provided, that value is written to that register.
The OPCODE should be the value of either an MRC or MCR instruction.
17.3.3 ARM9 specific commands
-----------------------------
ARM9-family cores are built around ARM9TDMI or ARM9E (including ARM9EJS)
integer processors. Such cores include the ARM920T, ARM926EJ-S, and
ARM966.
-- Command: arm9 vector_catch ['all'|'none'|list]
Vector Catch hardware provides a sort of dedicated breakpoint for
hardware events such as reset, interrupt, and abort. You can use
this to conserve normal breakpoint resources, so long as you're not
concerned with code that branches directly to those hardware
vectors.
This always finishes by listing the current configuration. If
parameters are provided, it first reconfigures the vector catch
hardware to intercept 'all' of the hardware vectors, 'none' of
them, or a list with one or more of the following: 'reset' 'undef'
'swi' 'pabt' 'dabt' 'irq' 'fiq'.
17.3.4 ARM920T specific commands
--------------------------------
These commands are available to ARM920T based CPUs, which are
implementations of the ARMv4T architecture built using the ARM9TDMI
integer core. They are available in addition to the ARM, ARM7/ARM9, and
ARM9 commands.
-- Command: arm920t cache_info
Print information about the caches found. This allows to see
whether your target is an ARM920T (2x16kByte cache) or ARM922T
(2x8kByte cache).
-- Command: arm920t cp15 regnum [value]
Display cp15 register REGNUM; else if a VALUE is provided, that
value is written to that register. This uses "physical access" and
the register number is as shown in bits 38..33 of table 9-9 in the
ARM920T TRM. (Not all registers can be written.)
-- Command: arm920t cp15i opcode [value [address]]
_DEPRECATED - avoid using this. Use the 'arm mrc' or 'arm mcr'
commands instead._
Interpreted access using ARM instruction OPCODE, which should be
the value of either an MRC or MCR instruction (as shown tables
9-11, 9-12, and 9-13 in the ARM920T TRM). If no VALUE is provided,
the result is displayed. Else if that value is written using the
specified ADDRESS, or using zero if no other address is provided.
-- Command: arm920t read_cache filename
Dump the content of ICache and DCache to a file named 'filename'.
-- Command: arm920t read_mmu filename
Dump the content of the ITLB and DTLB to a file named 'filename'.
17.3.5 ARM926ej-s specific commands
-----------------------------------
These commands are available to ARM926ej-s based CPUs, which are
implementations of the ARMv5TEJ architecture based on the ARM9EJ-S
integer core. They are available in addition to the ARM, ARM7/ARM9, and
ARM9 commands.
The Feroceon cores also support these commands, although they are not
built from ARM926ej-s designs.
-- Command: arm926ejs cache_info
Print information about the caches found.
17.3.6 ARM966E specific commands
--------------------------------
These commands are available to ARM966 based CPUs, which are
implementations of the ARMv5TE architecture. They are available in
addition to the ARM, ARM7/ARM9, and ARM9 commands.
-- Command: arm966e cp15 regnum [value]
Display cp15 register REGNUM; else if a VALUE is provided, that
value is written to that register. The six bit REGNUM values are
bits 37..32 from table 7-2 of the ARM966E-S TRM. There is no
current control over bits 31..30 from that table, as required for
BIST support.
17.3.7 XScale specific commands
-------------------------------
Some notes about the debug implementation on the XScale CPUs:
The XScale CPU provides a special debug-only mini-instruction cache
(mini-IC) in which exception vectors and target-resident debug handler
code are placed by OpenOCD. In order to get access to the CPU, OpenOCD
must point vector 0 (the reset vector) to the entry of the debug
handler. However, this means that the complete first cacheline in the
mini-IC is marked valid, which makes the CPU fetch all exception
handlers from the mini-IC, ignoring the code in RAM.
To address this situation, OpenOCD provides the 'xscale vector_table'
command, which allows the user to explicity write individual entries to
either the high or low vector table stored in the mini-IC.
It is recommended to place a pc-relative indirect branch in the vector
table, and put the branch destination somewhere in memory. Doing so
makes sure the code in the vector table stays constant regardless of
code layout in memory:
_vectors:
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
ldr pc,[pc,#0x100-8]
.org 0x100
.long real_reset_vector
.long real_ui_handler
.long real_swi_handler
.long real_pf_abort
.long real_data_abort
.long 0 /* unused */
.long real_irq_handler
.long real_fiq_handler
Alternatively, you may choose to keep some or all of the mini-IC vector
table entries synced with those written to memory by your system
software. The mini-IC can not be modified while the processor is
executing, but for each vector table entry not previously defined using
the 'xscale vector_table' command, OpenOCD will copy the value from
memory to the mini-IC every time execution resumes from a halt. This is
done for both high and low vector tables (although the table not in use
may not be mapped to valid memory, and in this case that copy operation
will silently fail). This means that you will need to briefly halt
execution at some strategic point during system start-up; e.g., after
the software has initialized the vector table, but before exceptions are
enabled. A breakpoint can be used to accomplish this once the
appropriate location in the start-up code has been identified. A
watchpoint over the vector table region is helpful in finding the
location if you're not sure. Note that the same situation exists any
time the vector table is modified by the system software.
The debug handler must be placed somewhere in the address space using
the 'xscale debug_handler' command. The allowed locations for the debug
handler are either (0x800 - 0x1fef800) or (0xfe000800 - 0xfffff800).
The default value is 0xfe000800.
XScale has resources to support two hardware breakpoints and two
watchpoints. However, the following restrictions on watchpoint
functionality apply: (1) the value and mask arguments to the 'wp'
command are not supported, (2) the watchpoint length must be a power of
two and not less than four, and can not be greater than the watchpoint
address, and (3) a watchpoint with a length greater than four consumes
all the watchpoint hardware resources. This means that at any one time,
you can have enabled either two watchpoints with a length of four, or
one watchpoint with a length greater than four.
These commands are available to XScale based CPUs, which are
implementations of the ARMv5TE architecture.
-- Command: xscale analyze_trace
Displays the contents of the trace buffer.
-- Command: xscale cache_clean_address address
Changes the address used when cleaning the data cache.
-- Command: xscale cache_info
Displays information about the CPU caches.
-- Command: xscale cp15 regnum [value]
Display cp15 register REGNUM; else if a VALUE is provided, that
value is written to that register.
-- Command: xscale debug_handler target address
Changes the address used for the specified target's debug handler.
-- Command: xscale dcache ['enable'|'disable']
Enables or disable the CPU's data cache.
-- Command: xscale dump_trace filename
Dumps the raw contents of the trace buffer to 'filename'.
-- Command: xscale icache ['enable'|'disable']
Enables or disable the CPU's instruction cache.
-- Command: xscale mmu ['enable'|'disable']
Enables or disable the CPU's memory management unit.
-- Command: xscale trace_buffer ['enable'|'disable' ['fill' [n] |
'wrap']]
Displays the trace buffer status, after optionally enabling or
disabling the trace buffer and modifying how it is emptied.
-- Command: xscale trace_image filename [offset [type]]
Opens a trace image from 'filename', optionally rebasing its
segment addresses by OFFSET. The image TYPE may be one of 'bin'
(binary), 'ihex' (Intel hex), 'elf' (ELF file), 's19' (Motorola
s19), 'mem', or 'builder'.
-- Command: xscale vector_catch [mask]
Display a bitmask showing the hardware vectors to catch. If the
optional parameter is provided, first set the bitmask to that
value.
The mask bits correspond with bit 16..23 in the DCSR:
0x01 Trap Reset
0x02 Trap Undefined Instructions
0x04 Trap Software Interrupt
0x08 Trap Prefetch Abort
0x10 Trap Data Abort
0x20 reserved
0x40 Trap IRQ
0x80 Trap FIQ
-- Command: xscale vector_table [('low'|'high') index value]
Set an entry in the mini-IC vector table. There are two tables:
one for low vectors (at 0x00000000), and one for high vectors
(0xFFFF0000), each holding the 8 exception vectors. INDEX can be
1-7, because vector 0 points to the debug handler entry and can not
be overwritten. VALUE holds the 32-bit opcode that is placed in
the mini-IC.
Without arguments, the current settings are displayed.
17.4 ARMv6 Architecture
=======================
17.4.1 ARM11 specific commands
------------------------------
-- Command: arm11 memwrite burst ['enable'|'disable']
Displays the value of the memwrite burst-enable flag, which is
enabled by default. If a boolean parameter is provided, first
assigns that flag. Burst writes are only used for memory writes
larger than 1 word. They improve performance by assuming that the
CPU has read each data word over JTAG and completed its write
before the next word arrives, instead of polling for a status flag
to verify that completion. This is usually safe, because JTAG runs
much slower than the CPU.
-- Command: arm11 memwrite error_fatal ['enable'|'disable']
Displays the value of the memwrite error_fatal flag, which is
enabled by default. If a boolean parameter is provided, first
assigns that flag. When set, certain memory write errors cause
earlier transfer termination.
-- Command: arm11 step_irq_enable ['enable'|'disable']
Displays the value of the flag controlling whether IRQs are enabled
during single stepping; they are disabled by default. If a boolean
parameter is provided, first assigns that.
-- Command: arm11 vcr [value]
Displays the value of the _Vector Catch Register (VCR)_,
coprocessor 14 register 7. If VALUE is defined, first assigns
that.
Vector Catch hardware provides dedicated breakpoints for certain
hardware events. The specific bit values are core-specific (as in
fact is using coprocessor 14 register 7 itself) but all current
ARM11 cores _except the ARM1176_ use the same six bits.
17.5 ARMv7 Architecture
=======================
17.5.1 ARMv7 Debug Access Port (DAP) specific commands
------------------------------------------------------
These commands are specific to ARM architecture v7 Debug Access Port
(DAP), included on Cortex-M and Cortex-A systems. They are available in
addition to other core-specific commands that may be available.
-- Command: dap apid [num]
Displays ID register from AP NUM, defaulting to the currently
selected AP.
-- Command: dap apsel [num]
Select AP NUM, defaulting to 0.
-- Command: dap baseaddr [num]
Displays debug base address from MEM-AP NUM, defaulting to the
currently selected AP.
-- Command: dap info [num]
Displays the ROM table for MEM-AP NUM, defaulting to the currently
selected AP.
-- Command: dap memaccess [value]
Displays the number of extra tck cycles in the JTAG idle to use for
MEM-AP memory bus access [0-255], giving additional time to respond
to reads. If VALUE is defined, first assigns that.
-- Command: dap apcsw [0 / 1]
fix CSW_SPROT from register AP_REG_CSW on selected dap. Defaulting
to 0.
17.5.2 Cortex-M specific commands
---------------------------------
-- Command: cortex_m maskisr ('auto'|'on'|'off')
Control masking (disabling) interrupts during target step/resume.
The 'auto' option handles interrupts during stepping a way they get
served but don't disturb the program flow. The step command first
allows pending interrupt handlers to execute, then disables
interrupts and steps over the next instruction where the core was
halted. After the step interrupts are enabled again. If the
interrupt handlers don't complete within 500ms, the step command
leaves with the core running.
Note that a free breakpoint is required for the 'auto' option. If
no breakpoint is available at the time of the step, then the step
is taken with interrupts enabled, i.e. the same way the 'off'
option does.
Default is 'auto'.
-- Command: cortex_m vector_catch ['all'|'none'|list]
Vector Catch hardware provides dedicated breakpoints for certain
hardware events.
Parameters request interception of 'all' of these hardware event
vectors, 'none' of them, or one or more of the following:
'hard_err' for a HardFault exception; 'mm_err' for a MemManage
exception; 'bus_err' for a BusFault exception; 'irq_err',
'state_err', 'chk_err', or 'nocp_err' for various UsageFault
exceptions; or 'reset'. If NVIC setup code does not enable them,
MemManage, BusFault, and UsageFault exceptions are mapped to
HardFault. UsageFault checks for divide-by-zero and unaligned
access must also be explicitly enabled.
This finishes by listing the current vector catch configuration.
-- Command: cortex_m reset_config ('srst'|'sysresetreq'|'vectreset')
Control reset handling. The default 'srst' is to use srst if
fitted, otherwise fallback to 'vectreset'.
- 'srst' use hardware srst if fitted otherwise fallback to
'vectreset'.
- 'sysresetreq' use NVIC SYSRESETREQ to reset system.
- 'vectreset' use NVIC VECTRESET to reset system.
Using 'vectreset' is a safe option for all current Cortex-M cores.
This however has the disadvantage of only resetting the core, all
peripherals are uneffected. A solution would be to use a
'reset-init' event handler to manually reset the peripherals.
*Note Target Events: targetevents.
17.6 Software Debug Messages and Tracing
========================================
OpenOCD can process certain requests from target software, when the
target uses appropriate libraries. The most powerful mechanism is
semihosting, but there is also a lighter weight mechanism using only the
DCC channel.
Currently 'target_request debugmsgs' is supported only for 'arm7_9' and
'cortex_m' cores. These messages are received as part of target
polling, so you need to have 'poll on' active to receive them. They are
intrusive in that they will affect program execution times. If that is
a problem, *note ARM Hardware Tracing: armhardwaretracing.
See 'libdcc' in the contrib dir for more details. In addition to
sending strings, characters, and arrays of various size integers from
the target, 'libdcc' also exports a software trace point mechanism. The
target being debugged may issue trace messages which include a 24-bit
"trace point" number. Trace point support includes two distinct
mechanisms, each supported by a command:
* _History_ ... A circular buffer of trace points can be set up, and
then displayed at any time. This tracks where code has been, which
can be invaluable in finding out how some fault was triggered.
The buffer may overflow, since it collects records continuously.
It may be useful to use some of the 24 bits to represent a
particular event, and other bits to hold data.
* _Counting_ ... An array of counters can be set up, and then
displayed at any time. This can help establish code coverage and
identify hot spots.
The array of counters is directly indexed by the trace point
number, so trace points with higher numbers are not counted.
Linux-ARM kernels have a "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC
channel" option (CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC, depends on CONFIG_DEBUG_LL) which
uses this mechanism to deliver messages before a serial console can be
activated. This is not the same format used by 'libdcc'. Other
software, such as the U-Boot boot loader, sometimes does the same thing.
-- Command: target_request debugmsgs ['enable'|'disable'|'charmsg']
Displays current handling of target DCC message requests. These
messages may be sent to the debugger while the target is running.
The optional 'enable' and 'charmsg' parameters both enable the
messages, while 'disable' disables them.
With 'charmsg' the DCC words each contain one character, as used by
Linux with CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC; otherwise the libdcc format is
used.
-- Command: trace history ['clear'|count]
With no parameter, displays all the trace points that have
triggered in the order they triggered. With the parameter 'clear',
erases all current trace history records. With a COUNT parameter,
allocates space for that many history records.
-- Command: trace point ['clear'|identifier]
With no parameter, displays all trace point identifiers and how
many times they have been triggered. With the parameter 'clear',
erases all current trace point counters. With a numeric IDENTIFIER
parameter, creates a new a trace point counter and associates it
with that identifier.
_Important:_ The identifier and the trace point number are not
related except by this command. These trace point numbers always
start at zero (from server startup, or after 'trace point clear')
and count up from there.

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18 JTAG Commands
****************
Most general purpose JTAG commands have been presented earlier. (*Note
JTAG Speed: jtagspeed, *note Reset Configuration::, and *note TAP
Declaration::.) Lower level JTAG commands, as presented here, may be
needed to work with targets which require special attention during
operations such as reset or initialization.
To use these commands you will need to understand some of the basics of
JTAG, including:
* A JTAG scan chain consists of a sequence of individual TAP devices
such as a CPUs.
* Control operations involve moving each TAP through the same
standard state machine (in parallel) using their shared TMS and
clock signals.
* Data transfer involves shifting data through the chain of
instruction or data registers of each TAP, writing new register
values while the reading previous ones.
* Data register sizes are a function of the instruction active in a
given TAP, while instruction register sizes are fixed for each TAP.
All TAPs support a BYPASS instruction with a single bit data
register.
* The way OpenOCD differentiates between TAP devices is by shifting
different instructions into (and out of) their instruction
registers.
18.1 Low Level JTAG Commands
============================
These commands are used by developers who need to access JTAG
instruction or data registers, possibly controlling the order of TAP
state transitions. If you're not debugging OpenOCD internals, or
bringing up a new JTAG adapter or a new type of TAP device (like a CPU
or JTAG router), you probably won't need to use these commands. In a
debug session that doesn't use JTAG for its transport protocol, these
commands are not available.
-- Command: drscan tap [numbits value]+ ['-endstate' tap_state]
Loads the data register of TAP with a series of bit fields that
specify the entire register. Each field is NUMBITS bits long with
a numeric VALUE (hexadecimal encouraged). The return value holds
the original value of each of those fields.
For example, a 38 bit number might be specified as one field of 32
bits then one of 6 bits. _For portability, never pass fields which
are more than 32 bits long. Many OpenOCD implementations do not
support 64-bit (or larger) integer values._
All TAPs other than TAP must be in BYPASS mode. The single bit in
their data registers does not matter.
When TAP_STATE is specified, the JTAG state machine is left in that
state. For example DRPAUSE might be specified, so that more
instructions can be issued before re-entering the RUN/IDLE state.
If the end state is not specified, the RUN/IDLE state is entered.
Warning: OpenOCD does not record information about data
register lengths, so _it is important that you get the bit
field lengths right_. Remember that different JTAG
instructions refer to different data registers, which may have
different lengths. Moreover, those lengths may not be fixed;
the SCAN_N instruction can change the length of the register
accessed by the INTEST instruction (by connecting a different
scan chain).
-- Command: flush_count
Returns the number of times the JTAG queue has been flushed. This
may be used for performance tuning.
For example, flushing a queue over USB involves a minimum latency,
often several milliseconds, which does not change with the amount
of data which is written. You may be able to identify performance
problems by finding tasks which waste bandwidth by flushing small
transfers too often, instead of batching them into larger
operations.
-- Command: irscan [tap instruction]+ ['-endstate' tap_state]
For each TAP listed, loads the instruction register with its
associated numeric INSTRUCTION. (The number of bits in that
instruction may be displayed using the 'scan_chain' command.) For
other TAPs, a BYPASS instruction is loaded.
When TAP_STATE is specified, the JTAG state machine is left in that
state. For example IRPAUSE might be specified, so the data
register can be loaded before re-entering the RUN/IDLE state. If
the end state is not specified, the RUN/IDLE state is entered.
Note: OpenOCD currently supports only a single field for
instruction register values, unlike data register values. For
TAPs where the instruction register length is more than 32
bits, portable scripts currently must issue only BYPASS
instructions.
-- Command: jtag_reset trst srst
Set values of reset signals. The TRST and SRST parameter values
may be '0', indicating that reset is inactive (pulled or driven
high), or '1', indicating it is active (pulled or driven low). The
'reset_config' command should already have been used to configure
how the board and JTAG adapter treat these two signals, and to say
if either signal is even present. *Note Reset Configuration::.
Note that TRST is specially handled. It actually signifies JTAG's
RESET state. So if the board doesn't support the optional TRST
signal, or it doesn't support it along with the specified SRST
value, JTAG reset is triggered with TMS and TCK signals instead of
the TRST signal. And no matter how that JTAG reset is triggered,
once the scan chain enters RESET with TRST inactive, TAP
'post-reset' events are delivered to all TAPs with handlers for
that event.
-- Command: pathmove start_state [next_state ...]
Start by moving to START_STATE, which must be one of the _stable_
states. Unless it is the only state given, this will often be the
current state, so that no TCK transitions are needed. Then, in a
series of single state transitions (conforming to the JTAG state
machine) shift to each NEXT_STATE in sequence, one per TCK cycle.
The final state must also be stable.
-- Command: runtest NUM_CYCLES
Move to the RUN/IDLE state, and execute at least NUM_CYCLES of the
JTAG clock (TCK). Instructions often need some time to execute
before they take effect.
-- Command: verify_ircapture ('enable'|'disable')
Verify values captured during IRCAPTURE and returned during IR
scans. Default is enabled, but this can be overridden by
'verify_jtag'. This flag is ignored when validating JTAG chain
configuration.
-- Command: verify_jtag ('enable'|'disable')
Enables verification of DR and IR scans, to help detect programming
errors. For IR scans, 'verify_ircapture' must also be enabled.
Default is enabled.
18.2 TAP state names
====================
The TAP_STATE names used by OpenOCD in the 'drscan', 'irscan', and
'pathmove' commands are the same as those used in SVF boundary scan
documents, except that SVF uses IDLE instead of RUN/IDLE.
* RESET ... _stable_ (with TMS high); acts as if TRST were pulsed
* RUN/IDLE ... _stable_; don't assume this always means IDLE
* DRSELECT
* DRCAPTURE
* DRSHIFT ... _stable_; TDI/TDO shifting through the data register
* DREXIT1
* DRPAUSE ... _stable_; data register ready for update or more
shifting
* DREXIT2
* DRUPDATE
* IRSELECT
* IRCAPTURE
* IRSHIFT ... _stable_; TDI/TDO shifting through the instruction
register
* IREXIT1
* IRPAUSE ... _stable_; instruction register ready for update or
more shifting
* IREXIT2
* IRUPDATE
Note that only six of those states are fully "stable" in the face of TMS
fixed (low except for RESET) and a free-running JTAG clock. For all the
others, the next TCK transition changes to a new state.
* From DRSHIFT and IRSHIFT, clock transitions will produce side
effects by changing register contents. The values to be latched in
upcoming DRUPDATE or IRUPDATE states may not be as expected.
* RUN/IDLE, DRPAUSE, and IRPAUSE are reasonable choices after
'drscan' or 'irscan' commands, since they are free of JTAG side
effects.
* RUN/IDLE may have side effects that appear at non-JTAG levels, such
as advancing the ARM9E-S instruction pipeline. Consult the
documentation for the TAP(s) you are working with.
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