UltraZed Board : Cannot Debug Linux Application

Question

I got an ultrazed board. The provided Linux seems to lack any debugging capability with the SDK.

I noticed that with the original zed board the following was running on startup (top command in linux):

/usr/sbin/tcf-agent -d -L- -l0

But this is not present in the supplied ultrazed linux. Is there any built in way to debug from the SDK with this build or do I have to recompile the kernel to debug anything.

This is a big deal for me who is just starting out trying to use the board. I have no experience and no set up to do kernel development.

zedhed · Accepted Answer

Hi docjay, IIRC, tcf-agaent was removed from the 2016.2 out-of-box image to help decrease boot time to login prompt. So you will have to build you own image with tcf-agent but they can start with the 2017.2 BSP which should help save some time: http://ultrazed.org/support/design/17596/131 You can use that with the Xilinx PetaLinux tools to create a new project based upon the BSP settings and add $ petalinux-config -c rootfs In fact, @narrucmot just pointed out tcf-agent should already be in the pre-built images that come with the 2017.2 BSP so you might not have to re-build after all: # # tcf-agent # CONFIG_tcf-agent=y # CONFIG_tcf-agent-dev is not set # CONFIG_tcf-agent-dbg is not set Best Regards, -Kevin

UltraZed Board : Cannot Debug Linux Application

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