gdb.md

Flashing the firmware with GDB and Black Magic Probe (BMP)

Enter the following command into GDB:

target extended-remote /dev/ttyACM0
monitor swdp_scan
attach 1
file ./pinetime-app-full.hex
load
run

Example :

$ /home/jf/nrf52/gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2019-q3-update/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb

(gdb) target extended-remote /dev/ttyACM0
Remote debugging using /dev/ttyACM0
(gdb) monitor swdp_scan
Target voltage: ABSENT!
Available Targets:
No. Att Driver
 1      Nordic nRF52 M3/M4
 2      Nordic nRF52 Access Port

(gdb) attach 1
Attaching to Remote target
warning: No executable has been specified and target does not support
determining executable automatically.  Try using the "file" command.
0xfffffffe in ?? ()
(gdb) file ./pinetime-app-full.hex
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
Reading symbols from ./pinetime-app-full.hex...
(No debugging symbols found in ./pinetime-app-full.hex)
(gdb) load
Loading section .sec1, size 0xb00 lma 0x0
Loading section .sec2, size 0xf000 lma 0x1000
Loading section .sec3, size 0x10000 lma 0x10000
Loading section .sec4, size 0x5150 lma 0x20000
Loading section .sec5, size 0xa000 lma 0x26000
Loading section .sec6, size 0x10000 lma 0x30000
Loading section .sec7, size 0xdf08 lma 0x40000
Start address 0x0, load size 314200
Transfer rate: 45 KB/sec, 969 bytes/write.