A launch group is a collection of debug configurations. To debug software on a multi-core target, you need to launch several debug configurations, each starting a debug session for one core. Launch groups automate this task by launching all included debug configurations one after another with the predefined conditions.
When you create an application project for a multi-core target in S32 Design Studio , the required launch groups are generated automatically and are available in the Debug Configurations dialog box:
The name of a generated launch group has the following format: “<project_name>_<build configuration>_<debugger>_group”.
A click on a launch group in the left pane displays its structure in the right pane:
- The top configuration is launched first. This configuration initializes the boot core and requires a post-launch delay. This configuration can load the code to flash memory (“Debug_FLASH”) or to RAM (“Debug_RAM”).
- The next configurations are ranged in the order of launching and can be run one after another without a delay, starting debug sessions for the cores in the order of indexing. These configurations load the code to RAM.