[Avr-eclipse-user] avr-gdb is very slow

[Trevor J. <ice...@gm...>]

I recently switched over to Eclipse to work on my projects so i could bounce
between different operating systems. The main problem I am having though is
when debugging it is painfully slow to step through the code. It takes 4s
for each step in asm and at least 16s for a single step in c/c++ and its
just not useful at those speeds.

My config:
External Tools Config:
  Location: C:\WinAVR-20100110\bin\avarice.exe
  Working Dir: ${workspace_loc}
  Arg: --dragon --jtag usb :4242 --ignore-intr -d

Debug Configurations:
  c/c++ application
  Main Tab
    Application: Debug\ILI9325.elf
    Project: ILI9325
    Build: Use Active, Disable auto build
  Debugger Tab:
    Debugger: gdbserver
    Stop at: main
    DGB Debugger: avr-gdb
    Command set: Standard (Windows)
    Protocol: mi
    Verbose console mode
    TCP localhost:4242

On a second note I see on the winavr website page that mentions Eclipse
their is a tab open called "AVR Device Explorer" that would be really handy.
I used the device info in avrstudio all the time as a quick reference
without the datasheets and it would be nice to do the same here. Where do I
enable it or is it a separate plugin or something?