Running and Debugging Application Using XSCT - Running and Debugging Application Using XSCT - 2025.2 English - UG1305

Before you run the application, set a breakpoint at main().

xsct% bpadd -addr &main

This command returns the breakpoint ID. You can verify the breakpoints planted using command bplist. For more details on breakpoints in XSCT, type help breakpoint in XSCT.

Resume the processor core.

xsct% con

The following message is displayed when the core hits the breakpoint.

xsct% Info: Cortex-R5 \#0 Stopped at 0x10021C (Breakpoint)

At this point, you can view registers when the core is stopped.

xsct% rrd

View local variables.

xsct% locals

Step over a line of the source code and view the stack trace.

tcl
xsct% nxt
Info: Cortex-R5 #0 Stopped at 0x100490 (Step)
xsct% bt

You can use the help command to find other options.

You can use the help running command to get a list of possible options for running or debugging an application using XSCT.

You can now run the code.

xsct% con

At this point, you can see the Cortex-R5F application print messages on the UART-0 terminal.