1 // This file is part of the Doxygen Developer Manual
2 /** @page bugs Bug Reporting
4 Please report bugs by subscribing to the OpenOCD mailing list and
5 posting a message with your report:
7 openocd-development@lists.berlios.de
9 To minimize work for OpenOCD developers, you should try to include
10 all of the information listed below. If you feel that some of the
11 items below are unnecessary for a clear bug report, you may leave
12 them out; likewise, feel free to include additional information
13 that may be important.
15 - Target PCB/board description
16 - Configuration scripts
17 - OpenOCD command line
18 - List of commands issued or GDB operations performed
21 - Logs using <code>debug_level 3</code> (or with '-d 3' on the command line)
22 - If the report is for a regression:
23 - Include logs for both working and broken versions.
24 - Find the precise version that caused the regression by binary search.
25 You can use "git bisect" to expedite this binary search:
26 http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-bisect.html
28 If possible, please develop and attach a patch that helps to expose or
29 solve the reported problem. See the PATCHES file for more information
32 Attach all files directly to your posting. The mailing list knows to
33 transform attachments to links, but attachments must be less than 300KB
36 @section bugscrashdump Obtaining Crash Backtraces
38 If OpenOCD is crashing, there are two very effective things you can do to
39 improve your chances of getting help on the development mailing list.
41 Try to reproduce the problem using the dummy JTAG interface to allow other developers to replicate
42 your problem robustly and use GDB to get a trace:@par
44 % OPENOCDSRC/configure --enable-dummy ...
45 % openocd -f interface/dummy.cfg -f target/xxx.cfg
47 % gdb --args openocd ....
50 => here a stack trace is dumped.
53 @section bugsintreedebug Running and Debugging In-Tree
55 To run or debug the in-tree executable (not recommended), you must
56 use libtool to set up the correct shared library paths:
58 libtool gdb --args openocd ....
60 or the more pedantic (and forward-compatible):
62 libtool --mode=execute gdb --args openocd ....
67 This file contains the @ref bugs page.