Repeated debug sessions without downloading the same code

[frank_ee]

Hello,

Can you avoid downloading code for repeated debug sessions? In other words, I am trying to find the reason the code halts due to a software exception which results in the debugger being restarted. The download takes time due to the program size. Also, sometimes the debugger stops functioning and which requires a restart.

Thanks

[Markus Girdland]

Hi Frank,

Are you using an ST-link? If the device status goes into HALT_MODE and the debugger becomes unresponsive it sounds like an issue with too many breakpoints. If you clear them out does that make a difference?

[jmrpe]

Just use the 'Restart' button, which is next to the Resume button (look like the play icon). This will restart the debug session without reloading the code.

[frank_ee]

Hello,

It's not the excess breakpoint debug startup or restart problem, sometimes the debugger stops responding. Basically, the suspend or restart buttons do not activate and a termination is required. To debug again requires downloading code which can take time due to the program size. Can you bypass downloading code if the flash memory is already programmed from a previous session?

Thanks

[bosley_music]

I'm having the same termination problems using J-Link and Atollic 8.0. It won't halt the CPU and continues to try to read an address that has nothing to do with what's in my .map. Since my platform is ST, I also tried ST-Link, and same issues.