Best Practices for Debugging Embedded Software
Best Practices for Debugging Embedded Software
Presented by Stan Shebs, Manager, Debug Team, Mentor Graphics Embedded Software
Debugging an embedded program is both like and unlike debugging other kinds of software. Although the same tools are usually available, embedded debugging is less forgiving - a bad pointer dereference can crash the whole machine - and sometimes mystifying - for instance, if your target's "I/O subsystem" is a single LED. In this presentation we will review standard debugging techniques and how they work for embedded debugging particularly, then move on to some more advanced gadgets in the toolbox, and wrap up by exposing some of the tricks that your embedded system will try to play on you.
What You Will Learn:
The "eternal truths" of debugging
How programming is like forensic science
When to use the host instead of the target
When to use printf
The proper use of breakpoints and single-stepping
The value of display options
How programs violate abstraction layers
How software systems do sleight of hand
Who Should View
Working developers who have their programs mostly running,
and who want to step up their proficiency at finishing the job
About the Presenter
Stan Shebs manages the debugger team in Mentor Graphic's Embedded Software Division. He has been a maintainer of the GNU Debugger GDB since 1994, first at Cygnus Solutions, then at Apple and CodeSourcery. In all of these positions, support has been an essential part of the job, and he has worked with hundreds of embedded developers, at every phase of the development process, from architecture simulator and bringup of first silicon, to squeezing out the maximum performance from a mature system. He continues to be fascinated by how bits of program code can result in real-world actions.
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