DSS/GEL - Stopping at SW breakpoints (source code file, line number)

Joshua Lawes

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CODECOMPOSER, MSP430F249

Hello,

I have created a software breakpoint to a specific line of source code and printed out its properties (see below) however there doesn't appear to be any reference to the relevant program address (for other breakpoint types I would compare this with the value of the program counter as per examples). Therefore, is there any way to tell (using DSS/GEL) that I have actually reached the correct breakpoint?

|=================================================================================================================
| TYPE: Software
| ID:    16
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| PROPERTY                                                          VALUE                ALLOWED VALUES
| --------                                                          -----                --------------
| Hardware Configuration.Location                                   C:/CodeComposer/Software/MyModule/mySource.c, line 36
| Debugger Response.Condition
| Debugger Response.Skip Count                                      0x0
| Debugger Response.Skip Count.Current Count                        0x0
| Debugger Response.Action                                          Remain Halted        Update View, Refresh All Windows, Control Profiling, Execute Expression (GEL), Enable a Group, Disable a Group, Read Data from File, Write Data to File, Remain Halted
| Miscellaneous.Group                                               Default Group        Default Group
| Miscellaneous.Name
|=================================================================================================================

Thanks,

Joshua

over 14 years ago

0 Lisa TI over 14 years ago

TI__Guru*** 130875 points

Hi Joshua,

let me look into this for you and see if/what options you have available.

Have all your other breakpoints been to a known address? Ie address or symbol?

Best Regards,
Lisa

0 Joshua Lawes over 14 years ago in reply to Lisa TI

Intellectual 650 points

Hi Lisa,

Thanks very much for your assistance; much appreciated.

Yes, previously all of my breakpoints have been to known addresses (usually extracted from the symbol itself).

Cheers,

Joshua

0 Joshua Lawes over 14 years ago in reply to Joshua Lawes

Intellectual 650 points

By the way, just for more information, the reason that I am using this method rather than just taking the actual program address directly from the Disassembly view is that otherwise I receive the error "Insufficient resources" (I think the number of HW breakpoints is rather limited on my target, the MSP430F249).

0 Lisa TI over 14 years ago in reply to Joshua Lawes

TI__Guru*** 130875 points

Hi Joshua,

sorry again for the time here but I have a lot to learn myself.

From what I can tell when you do a printProperties it only prints out items as that that were specifically set. Unfortunate but I don't believe in your case there is a work around.

All the best,

Lisa

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