[Openocd-svn] r2569 - trunk

[oharboe at B. <oh...@ma...>]

Author: oharboe
Date: 2009-07-27 16:46:49 +0200 (Mon, 27 Jul 2009)
New Revision: 2569

Modified:
   trunk/BUGS
Log:
add "dummy" interface trick to the BUGS reporting suggestions

Modified: trunk/BUGS
===================================================================
--- trunk/BUGS	2009-07-26 20:00:39 UTC (rev 2568)
+++ trunk/BUGS	2009-07-27 14:46:49 UTC (rev 2569)
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@
 
 @section bugscrashdump Obtaining Crash Backtraces
 
-If OpenOCD is crashing, you can use GDB to get a trace:@par
+If OpenOCD is crashing, there are two very effective things you can do to
+improve your chances of getting help on the development mailing list. 
+
+Try to reproduce the problem using the dummy JTAG interface to allow other developers to replicate
+your problem robustly and use GDB to get a trace:@par
 @code
+% OPENOCDSRC/configure --enable-dummy ...
+% openocd -f interface/dummy.cfg -f target/xxx.cfg
+=> SEGFAULT
 % gdb --args openocd ....
 (gdb) run
 (gdb) bt