microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Support restart debugging embedded targets (with custom commands)
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Description
Feature Request
To debug an embedded target using a SEGGER J-Link I followed #9956.
Debugging works fine. But the restart button does just stop the debugging.
Currently I'm using cortex-debug and there it is possible to overwrite commands as described here.
...
"overrideLaunchCommands": [
"monitor halt",
"monitor reset",
"-target-download",
"monitor reset"
],
"overrideResetCommands": [
"monitor reset",
],
"overrideRestartCommands": [
"monitor reset",
]
...
Which then allows to restart the debugging with the built-in buttons.
Is there a similar thing already present? Or could this be added in the future?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the debugging setup from issue #9956 and the restart behavior in the C/C++ extension, then compare it with the cortex-debug command overrides shown here. Done means embedded targets can use custom launch, reset, and restart commands through the built-in debugging controls.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- devtools, embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100