PS3 Test Unit Debugging?

webjeff · Post by **webjeff** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:34 am

Hello,

I have a simple question, does anyone know if the PS3 TEST hardware is capable of debugging?

Thanks
Jeff.

StrontiumDog · Post by **StrontiumDog** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:54 am

What PS3 TEST hardware? If you are talking about the offical Developer machines, the answer is Yes. If you are talking about normal ps3's, you can use GDB to debug any code you can run under linux.

webjeff · Post by **webjeff** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:44 am

I'm talking about the official PS3 TEST hardware. This is different from the PS3 TOOL hardware which is their official dev hardware. The TEST I believe was given to both developers and reviewers. It runs unsigned code from blue ray recorded discs, but I'm not sure if it can do debugging. Which is what I am hoping someone will know if it does or not.

Thanks!
Jeff.

vliw · Post by **vliw** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:16 am

The test unit is almost a normal unit without any possibility to debug.

webjeff · Post by **webjeff** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:57 am

vliw,

No, that's not true. On the back of the unit, it clearly states "debugging station". Also, in the menu's there are options for debugging. So, I was able to get my answer that way. Thanks though!

Jeff.

vliw · Post by **vliw** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:32 am

webjeff wrote:vliw,

No, that's not true. On the back of the unit, it clearly states "debugging station". Also, in the menu's there are options for debugging. So, I was able to get my answer that way. Thanks though!

Jeff.

The debug unit doesn't debug at all, is not even possible to run code via network, you must burn a bd-rom or you can use the latest tools from Snsys but they are still very..very..limited, actually the only way to debug something is to use the DEH (the black, heavy monster called dev kit).

I think the option you are speaking about is to enable exception handling because if you try to use normal code on a PS3 console the program crashes.

Pit0711 · Post by **Pit0711** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:06 am

:-) http://i14.tinypic.com/6cf8jnt.jpg

vliw · Post by **vliw** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:22 am

Pit0711 wrote::-) http://i14.tinypic.com/6cf8jnt.jpg

Latest firmware?
The new one should allow something new but the debug station is far from be as useful as the kit.

Post by **jbit** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:04 pm

You know the rules, official dev hardware/software is off limits...