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dbgif

Format
dbgif [-d]

What This Tool Does
It establishes a link between the host workstation and the game target. Specifically, it provides a link between gvd, the debugger running on the host development workstation, and the game system development board. Note that the dbgif program must be running in order to use the gvd debugger (GameShop).

Invoking dbgif with no options is usually sufficient for most of its intended purposes. Options are provided more for the purpose of troubleshooting the operation of gvd itself because the debugger is highly dependent on the target system software being well-behaved. The -d option captures all traffic between the host and target into a file. This file can get very large over a long debug session.

Files
  • /dev/u64 Is the device file for communicating with target.
  • /usr/tmp/dbgif.log Is the communication packet log file.



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Last updated January 1998