Re: [Openocd-development] Need pointers getting FT2232 JTAG interface for AMD Elan SC520

[Dominic R. <Dom...@gm...>]

On Friday 25 July 2008 20:21:02 Kishore wrote:
> On Friday 25 Jul 2008 11:16:57 pm Dominic Rath wrote:
> > You'll probably have to look for another platform then. PowerPCs come
> > with a debug interface, but there's little or no documentation to get
> > hold off. MIPS support is still in an early state afaik, as Øyvind
> > suggested it would be great if someone looked after the code in the MIPS
> > branch. The Atmel controllers provide debug support, too, the AVR32 for
> > example might be a nice target
>
> Hi. Sorry for going off topic in here. I have been following this list
> though not in great detail and i seem to have lost track somewhere. Is
> openocd tending towards being universal tool for all processor types rather
> than just ARM? Could one expect that one day it would support AVR[32]
> through the JTAGICE-MKII (and maybe others) and replacing the current
> avarice? I have nothing against this and would definitely appreciate the
> ability of one tool that aids in working with all embedded platforms that i
> work with. Just curious! ;)

Heh, world domination is of course the ultimate goal... the limitation to ARM 
comes from ARM being easily available, relatively simple, supported by rich 
documentation, etc.

PowerPC for example would be great, but the devices are a lot more expensive, 
and documentation is impossible to get.

It would be great if we could get support for other processors as well.

Regards,

Dominic