Connecting the device

To connect the STM32 black magic probe to the Device under test, the usual connections are required:

• B8 = SWDCLK
• B9 = SWDIO
• Vcc = Vcc
• GND = GND

Installing a working GDB

To avoid hitting this compatibility bug I hit with gdb-multiarch, I installed the first older (8.3) GDB that came to my mind:

wget -P /tmp --progress=dot:giga https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-rm/9-2019q4/gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2019-q4-major-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2
sudo mkdir -p /opt/TOOL_ARMGCCEMB
sudo tar -xf /tmp/gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2019-q4-major-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2 -C /opt/TOOL_ARMGCCEMB
rm /tmp/gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2019-q4-major-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2
sudo apt install libncurses5

I could then successfully run the commands found on the black magic probe website. A quick look through the project folder revealed the .elf program file. As you can see, GDB can step through the code.

thomas@roper ~ % /opt/TOOL_ARMGCCEMB/gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2019-q4-major/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb
GNU gdb (GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 9-2019-q4-major) 8.3.0.20190709-git
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "--host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=arm-none-eabi".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
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    <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.

For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word".
(gdb) target extended-remote /dev/ttyACM0
Remote debugging using /dev/ttyACM0
(gdb) monitor swdp_scan
Target voltage: Not Detected
Available Targets:
No. Att Driver
 1      STM32F1 medium density
(gdb) att 1
Attaching to Remote target
warning: No executable has been specified and target does not support
determining executable automatically.  Try using the "file" command.
0x08000b54 in ?? ()
(gdb) file /home/thomas/pets/verkeerslicht-rust/target/
.rustc_info.json    CACHEDIR.TAG        debug/              thumbv7m-none-eabi/
(gdb) file /home/thomas/pets/verkeerslicht-rust/target/thumbv7m-none-eabi/
CACHEDIR.TAG  debug/
(gdb) file /home/thomas/pets/verkeerslicht-rust/target/thumbv7m-none-eabi/debug/
.cargo-lock           .fingerprint/         build/                deps/                 examples/             incremental/          verkeerslicht-rust    verkeerslicht-rust.d
(gdb) file /home/thomas/pets/verkeerslicht-rust/target/thumbv7m-none-eabi/debug/verkeerslicht-rust
A program is being debugged already.
Are you sure you want to change the file? (y or n) y
Reading symbols from /home/thomas/pets/verkeerslicht-rust/target/thumbv7m-none-eabi/debug/verkeerslicht-rust...
(gdb) load
Loading section .vector_table, size 0x130 lma 0x8000000
Loading section .text, size 0x2d78 lma 0x8000130
Loading section .rodata, size 0x9cc lma 0x8002eb0
Start address 0x8000130, load size 14452
Transfer rate: 11 KB/sec, 903 bytes/write.
(gdb) run
The program being debugged has been started already.
Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y
Starting program: /home/thomas/pets/verkeerslicht-rust/target/thumbv7m-none-eabi/debug/verkeerslicht-rust
^C
Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
0x08000c82 in cortex_m::peripheral::syst::<impl cortex_m::peripheral::SYST>::has_wrapped (self=0x8002a3b <stm32f1xx_hal::timer::counter::SysCounterHz::wait+22>)
    at /home/thomas/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/cortex-m-0.7.7/src/peripheral/syst.rs:136
136         }
(gdb) bt
#0  0x08000c82 in cortex_m::peripheral::syst::<impl cortex_m::peripheral::SYST>::has_wrapped (self=0x8002a3b <stm32f1xx_hal::timer::counter::SysCounterHz::wait+22>)
    at /home/thomas/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/cortex-m-0.7.7/src/peripheral/syst.rs:136
#1  0x08002a3a in stm32f1xx_hal::timer::counter::SysCounterHz::wait (self=0x20004f84) at /home/thomas/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/stm32f1xx-hal-0.10.0/src/timer/counter.rs:270
#2  0x08000a52 in verkeerslicht_rust::__cortex_m_rt_main () at src/main.rs:49
#3  0x080008f2 in main () at src/main.rs:19
(gdb) l 0
file: "/home/thomas/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/cortex-m-0.7.7/src/peripheral/syst.rs", line number: 0, symbol: "???"
1       //! SysTick: System Timer
2
3       use volatile_register::{RO, RW};
4
5       use crate::peripheral::SYST;
6
7       /// Register block
8       #[repr(C)]
9       pub struct RegisterBlock {
10          /// Control and Status
file: "/home/thomas/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/cortex-m-0.7.7/src/peripheral/syst.rs", line number: 0, symbol: "???"
1       //! SysTick: System Timer
2
3       use volatile_register::{RO, RW};
4
5       use crate::peripheral::SYST;
6
7       /// Register block
8       #[repr(C)]
9       pub struct RegisterBlock {
10          /// Control and Status
(gdb) n
stm32f1xx_hal::timer::counter::SysCounterHz::wait (self=0x20004f84) at /home/thomas/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/stm32f1xx-hal-0.10.0/src/timer/counter.rs:273
273                 Err(nb::Error::WouldBlock)
(gdb)
270             if self.tim.has_wrapped() {
(gdb)
275         }
(gdb)
verkeerslicht_rust::__cortex_m_rt_main () at src/main.rs:49
49              block!(timer.wait()).unwrap();
(gdb)
Note: automatically using hardware breakpoints for read-only addresses.
49              block!(timer.wait()).unwrap();
(