Chapter 5 Ppcbug; Ppcbug Overview; Ppcbug Basics - Motorola MVME2300 Series Installation And Use Manual

PPCBug Overview

The PPCBug firmware is the layer of software just above the hardware.
The firmware provides the proper initialization for the devices on the
MVME2300 module upon power-up or reset.
This chapter describes the basics of PPCBug and its architecture, describes
the monitor (interactive command portion of the firmware) in detail, and
gives information on actually using the PPCBug debugger and the special
commands. A complete list of PPCBug commands appears at the end of
the chapter.
Chapter 6, Modifying the Environment
CNFG and ENV commands, system calls, and other advanced user topics.
For full user information about PPCBug, refer to the PPCBug Firmware
Package User's Manual and the PPCBug Diagnostics Manual, listed in
Appendix D, Related

PPCBug Basics

The PowerPC debug firmware, PPCBug, is a powerful evaluation and
debugging tool for systems built around the Motorola PowerPC
microcomputers. Facilities are available for loading and executing user
programs under complete operator control for system evaluation.
PPCBug provides a high degree of functionality, user friendliness,
portability, and ease of maintenance.
It achieves good portability and comprehensibility because it was written
entirely in the C programming language, except where necessary to use
assembler functions.
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