BDM MPC8xx FAQ Entry

[joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com (Joel Sherrill)]

I think I have finally collected all of the MPC8xx BDM information I received
into a FAQ entry.  If there is anything I need to change, feel free to tell me.

MPC8xx BDM Support for GDB
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Christian Haan <chn at intego.de> has written a driver for FreeBSD based
for"a slightly changed ICD BDM module (because of changes in the BDM
interface on the PowerPC)" that "probably will work with the PD module
too."  His work is based on the M68K BDM work by Gunter Magin
(Gunter.Magin at skil.camelot.de) and the PPC BDM for Linux work by Sergey
Drazhnikov (swd at agua.comptek.ru).  This is not yet publicly available.

Sergey Drazhnikov (swd at agua.comptek.ru) has written a PPC BDM driver for
Linux.  Information is available at http://cyclone.parad.ru/ppcbdm.

Huntsville Microsystems (HMI) has GDB support for their BDM module
available upon request.  It is also available from their ftp site:
ftp://ftp.hmi.com/pub/gdb

GDB includes support for a set of primitives to support the Macraigor
Wiggler (OCD BDM).  Unfortunately, this requires the use of a
proprietary interface and is supported only on Windows.  This forces
one to use CYGWIN.  Reports are that this results in a slow interface.
Scott Howard (http://www.objsw.com) has announced that support for the
gdb+wiggler combination under DJGPP which should run significantly
faster.

   * Leon Pollak <leonp at plris.com>

   * Christian Haan <chn at intego.de>



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