Re: KEY? madness

Ben,

I have had a similar issue. I can reproduce it with long dumps via the BDM
port. I think it may have something to do with the target overflowing its
output buffers.

Noel

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 01:30 pm, Ben Sapp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using swiftx-pro for the 68332 target. Periodically we see weird
> issues with KEY? from the BDM port. It can even cause the whole system to
> crash. For example we often write a word like the following on the BDM
> port for testing purposes.
>
> : TTT BEGIN DO_SOMETHING 1000 MS KEY? UNTIL ;
>
> Just today it was not working before lunch, I reloaded the target then
> tried again and that did not work. I came back after lunch, I reloaded the
> code onto the target and it worked great. This has happened on older
> versions of swiftx as well as the latest version which is what we now
> run. It has also happened on a number of different windows
> computers. Currently, I'm at a loss for what to do. Does any one else
> see this? Do you have any suggestions on how to fix it other than "go to
> lunch"? Any suggestions on how top better diagnose the problem next time
> it happens?
>
> I have removed the DO_SOMETHING just to make sure it is not that and it
> makes no difference. Also, when it was not working I tried key? alone from
> the BDM port and it crashed the system.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben.
>
>
> Ben Sapp Los Alamos National Laboratory
> email: <mailto:bsapp_at_lanl.gov> Phone: (505)667-8004
> Fax: (505)665-3657
>
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