CCS/MSP430F5438A: Loading two symbol files to CCS debug session

Mario Martins Sousa

Prodigy 100 points

Part Number: MSP430F5438A

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Hello,

I have two separate projects running inside the MSP430:

Boot
Application

Both are loaded independently and they do not overlap in memory and handover the program flow from one to another without any problem (a lot .cmd file scripting and proxy interrupt table stuff).

My question is if it possible to do one of two things:

Load both symbol files (Boot and Application) so I can debug with full information instead of loading just the application and whenever it jumps back to the boot I can only follow through the disassembly view.
Merge both symbol files into one so I can load it to the debug session.

I'm using CCS.

Thank you,

Mario

over 6 years ago

0 James Evans over 6 years ago

TI__Mastermind 49692 points

Hello Mario,

Thank you for your post. Someone from our team will be responding shortly.

Regards,

James

MSP Customer Applications

0 KC Xu over 6 years ago

TI__Intellectual 2005 points

Hi Mario,

You can try to start debugging with one of the symbols and when the Boot jumps to the Application, load the symbols from the appropriate project without loading the code. Here is a process for loading symbols without loading code: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Debugging_Boot_Issues#.22Load_Symbols.22_instead_of_.22Load_Program.22

The wiki page is outdated but you can get a reference and adding symbols for another project while in debug mode.

regards

0 Mario Martins Sousa over 6 years ago in reply to KC Xu

Prodigy 100 points

Thanks for the info

However the application sometimes needs to jump back to the boot so if a could follow the execution without having to load another symbol file would be great.

Is it possible to merge two symbol files into one ? How ?

Best regards,

Mario

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