Re: [avr-gcc-list] port access with avr-gdb

[Ned Konz]

On Friday 18 June 2004 12:40 pm, I wrote:
> On Sunday 13 June 2004 7:23 am, Dave Hylands wrote:
> > One way to get the registers to show up symbolically, is to create a
> > structure which has the same layout as the registers. Then you can access
> > through a null pointer. This would allow you to see the registers in GDB.
> > They still wouldn't show up I nthe linker map though.
> >
> > There are ways of making them show up in the linker map too. Just create
> > an asm file which has each of the registers named. On the C side you'd
> > have appropriate externs decalred.
>
> I rather like the way that Microchip's C18 compiler does it...

Here's an example; I haven't tried it out.

The important ideas:

* bits are named in anonymous struct members in unions
* can deal with multi-bit fields (like MUX0..4 in adc10.h here)
* factoring common peripherals out into separate files can ease code 
duplication and maintenance effort
* defines provide datasheet-compatible aliases but still safe

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