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openOCD remote debugging
Nov 24th, 2020 at 5:17am
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Has anyone tried remote debugging with openOCD?

Based on instructions:
https://www.visualmicro.com/post/2016/01/17/3rd-Party-Hardware-GDB-Configuration... just changing localhost to remote openOCD server ip in board.txt did not do the trick:
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tools.gdb.tcp=[server ip]:3333
  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #1 - Nov 24th, 2020 at 10:23am
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Have you tried using the Custom JSON File to adjust this?
https://www.visualmicro.com/page/Debugging-Using-Custom-Hardware.aspx

This is a more direct way to alter the configuration in use, and if you enable Upload > Verbose, and attempt to attach your debugger, the JSON will be shown in the Micro Build Output, which can then be added to the Custom Debugger file for alteration.

Once the file is present select the "Manual / Custom" Hardware Debug option to use it.

If you would like more assistance with this configuration please attach the build log with the settings shown at the top of this page so we can understand your configuration further.
  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #2 - Nov 24th, 2020 at 3:28pm
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After further testing with OpenOCD running via CMD on another machine:

There will need to be an additional parameter added into the OpenOCD Start command, just before the debugger *.cfg file:
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-c "bindto 0.0.0.0"


This will ensure it binds to all network interfaces on the machine instead of just the loopback interface (default).

Also ensure the openocd.exe, or port 3333 has been opened in the firewall for the OpenOCD machine.
  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #3 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 3:37pm
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Indeed, I would need some assistance, so here's a JSON:

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{
  "serverLaunchTimeout": 5000,
  "filterStdout": false,
  "filterStderr": true,
  "targetArchitecture": "arm",
  "stopAtEntry": false,
  "externalConsole": false,
  "MIMode": "gdb",
  "MIDebuggerServerAddress": "192.168.10.198:3333",
  "cwd": Debug",
  "MIDebuggerPath": -none-eabi-gcc\\9.2.1-1.1/bin\\arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe",
  "MIDebuggerArgs": "",
  "debugServerPath": "C:\\ProgramData\\vmicro\\tools\\openocd-0.10.0.20200213\\bin/openocd.exe",
  "debugServerArgs": "-d2 -l \\Debug/SimpleRTC.ino_DebugOpenOCD.log}\" -s \"C:\\ProgramData\\vmicro\\tools\\openocd-0.10.0.20200213/scripts/\" -f \"interface/stlink.cfg\" -f \"board/st_nucleo_f4.cfg\" -c \"init\"",
  "program": pleRTC.ino.elf",
  "logging": {
    "moduleLoad": false,
    "trace": false,
    "engineLogging": false,
    "programOutput": false,
    "exceptions": false,
    "traceResponse": false
  },
  "visualizerFile": Debug\\debugger_tmp.natvis",
  "showDisplayString": true
}
  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #4 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 4:00pm
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startup of remote server looks like:
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source [find interface/stlink-v2-1.cfg]

source [find target/stm32f4x.cfg]
bindto 0.0.0.0
# use hardware reset, connect under reset
reset_config srst_only srst_nogate
adapter srst delay 100
adapter srst pulse_width 100
init
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#reset hal



but still getting an error:

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Uploading 'SimpleRTC' to 'Nucleo-64' using 'COM9'
Uploader started for board Nucleo-64
Upload method will be: bootloader
Uploading via Bootloader
C:\ProgramData\vmicro\tools\openocd-0.10.0.20200213\bin\openocd.exe -d2 -s "C:\ProgramData\vmicro\tools\openocd-0.10.0.20200213/scripts/" -f "interface/stlink.cfg" -f "board/st_nucleo_f4.cfg" -c "echo -n {****[vMicro]**** Uploading ELF :}" -c "reset_config; telnet_port disabled; program no.elf} reset;reset_config;shutdown"
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.10.0+dev-01058-g853a05287 (2020-02-13-16:41)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read
	http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
The uploader process failed
# Copy build result to 'Project>Property Pages>Intermediate Directory'
# Destination: y%20Examples/SimpleRTC/Debug/
debug_level: 2

Warn : Interface already configured, ignoring
Error: already specified hl_layout stlink
Info : The selected transport took over low-level target control. The results might differ compared to plain JTAG/SWD
srst_only separate srst_nogate srst_open_drain connect_deassert_srst
****[vMicro]**** Uploading ELF :Info : clock speed 2000 kHz
Error: open failed
in procedure 'program'
** OpenOCD init failed **
shutdown command invoked

  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #5 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 4:10pm
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Thanks for the detail.

If OpenOCD is running happily on the target machine, then the only issue looks to be that it is still present in the JSON file on the machine running VS (so it will try to start an instance locally).

If you comment out the "debugServerPath" and "debugServerArgs" in the JSON file, it should then connect to the other PC as expected.
  
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Reply #6 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 4:36pm
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Even though I removed the suggested lines from JSON, the result is the same.

Looks like it does not recognize Manual /Custom switch
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Reply #7 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 5:02pm
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Just to check, did you add the JSON file to the project from the vMicro Option?

"Right Click on the Project in Solution Explorer > Add > Custom GDB Debugger (Advanced)"


  
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Reply #8 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 5:22pm
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Yes, I did exactly like described. It created JSON file with placeholders which I then populated. See attachments.
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Reply #9 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 5:38pm
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Thanks for confirming.  Are you currently running Debug > Start Debugging?

In this scenario the only option is to use Debug > Attach to Process, as the uploader isn't configured to run via GDB.
  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #10 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 6:19pm
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Yes, I was using Debug>Start Debugging.

Now when I run debugger as suggested, it works, but as uploader isn't configured, I'm unable to upload code. Is there a solution to do it also remotely?
  
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Re: openOCD remote debugging
Reply #11 - Nov 25th, 2020 at 7:10pm
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We have no direct support for this at present.

It may be possible using GDB (via OpenOCD) as we are here, with the load command and the elf file:
https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Target-Commands.html

Alternatively you could create a telnet connection to the OpenOCD instance (normally :4444) and run the OpenOCD commands from the upload output to perform the upload.
(You need to copy the elf to the machine running OpenOCD first, and use the local path from the PC running OpenOCD in the command)

e.g. Snippet from output above:
Uploading via Bootloader
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C:\ProgramData\vmicro\tools\openocd-0.10.0.20200213\bin\openocd.exe -d2 -s "C:\ProgramData\vmicro\tools\openocd-0.10.0.20200213/scripts/" -f "interface/stlink.cfg" -f "board/st_nucleo_f4.cfg" -c "echo -n {****[vMicro]**** Uploading ELF :}" -c "reset_config; telnet_port disabled; program no.elf} reset;reset_config;shutdown"


If the file is e.g. on C:\SimpleRTC.ino.elf on the OpenOCD machine, then connect telnet to it, and the command to run in OpenOCD would become:
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reset_config; telnet_port disabled; program {C:\SimpleRTC.ino.elf} reset;reset_config;


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