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Note: Altera does not recommend turning off this setting for Nios II

hardware targets, because doing so slows down debugging.

o GDB command file— Specifies the GDB initialization script file to use when

the Use the Altera generated initialization script for faster debug

performance setting is off.

Note: If you provide your own script, the commands can interfere

with the normal startup operation of the debugger. For example, do

not use the "run" command in your script.

These settings provide access to features that are not standard in the Nios II IDE debug

flow.

Use FS2 console window for trace and watchpoint support - Turning this

option on launches the FS2 console (provided by First Silicon Solutions, Inc.) at

the start of debug sessions. This option is available only on Windows and is always

disabled on Linux.

Verbose console mode - Turning this option on causes the client side of the GDB

debugger to display commands and responses sent to and from the target system

in the Console view for the GDB client process.

Use the Altera generated initialization script for faster debug

performance—Turning this option off allows you to specify a custom GDB

initialization script to run at the start of debug sessions. This setting has little

impact on Nios II instruction set simulator targets. If you turn this setting off, you

must also specify the GDB command file.

Note: Altera does not recommend turning off this setting for Nios II hardware

targets, because doing so slows down debugging.

GDB command file— Specifies the GDB initialization script file to use when the

Use the Altera generated initialization script for faster debug performance

setting is off.

Note: If you provide your own script, the commands can interfere with the

normal startup operation of the debugger. For example, do not use the "run"

command in your script.