MVME5100 Single Board Computer Installation and Use - Bustec

PPCBug Firmware❏A self-test at power-up feature which verifies the integrity of thesystem3PPCBug consists of three parts:❏A command-driven, user-interactive software debugger, describedin the PPCBug Firmware Package User’s Manual, listed inAppendix D, Related Documentation (hereafter referred to as“debugger” or “PPCBug”).❏❏A command-driven diagnostics package for the MVME5100hardware (hereafter referred to as “diagnostics”). The diagnosticspackage is described in the PPCBug Diagnostics Manual, listed inAppendix D, Related Documentation.A user interface or debug/diagnostics monitor that acceptscommands from the system console terminal.When using PPCBug, you operate out of either the debugger directory orthe diagnostic directory.❏❏If you are in the debugger directory, the debugger promptPPC6-Bug> is displayed and you have all of the debuggercommands at your disposal.If you are in the diagnostic directory, the diagnostic promptPPC6-Diag> is displayed and you have all of the diagnosticcommands at your disposal as well as all of the debuggercommands.Because PPCBug is command-driven, it performs its various operations inresponse to user commands entered at the keyboard. When you enter acommand, PPCBug executes the command and the prompt reappears.However, if you enter a command that causes execution of user target code(for example, GO), then control may or may not return to PPCBug,depending on the outcome of the user program.3-2 Computer Group Literature Center Web Site