Patched GNU Binutils and GDB with support for the STM8 architecture.

This is a fork of the GNU Binutils and GDB toolchain with patches to support the STM8 8-bit microcontroller architecture. The project is based on:

• Original patches: stm8-binutils-gdb on SourceForge or XaviDCR92/stm8-binutils-gdb
• Updated fork: tyalie/stm8-binutils-gdb

This repository includes additional improvements and updates to work with modern GDB versions and OpenOCD.

• GDB with full STM8 support for debugging via OpenOCD
• Auto-connect and auto-load: Just use run - GDB automatically connects to OpenOCD
• Binutils (assembler, linker, objdump, etc.) for STM8
• Built-in target descriptor with robust fallback mechanism
• Colorized disassembly output for better readability

./configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/stow/stm8-binutils-gdb \ --target=stm8-none-elf32 \ --program-prefix=stm8-

make -j$(nproc) make install

• --prefix: Installation directory (use stow for easy management)
• --target=stm8-none-elf32: Target architecture
• --program-prefix=stm8-: Prefix for all tools (produces stm8-gdb, stm8-objdump, etc.)

1. Start OpenOCD with your STM8 configuration:

   openocd -f interface/stlink.cfg -f target/stm8s.cfg

2. Launch GDB and just run:

   stm8-gdb your-program.elf

3. Simply use run - GDB will automatically connect to OpenOCD and load your program:

   (gdb) run 

That's it! No need for manual target remote or load commands.

If you prefer manual control:

(gdb) target remote localhost:3333 (gdb) load (gdb) continue 

stm8-objdump -d your-program.elf

• Auto-connect functionality: Simply use run command - GDB automatically connects to OpenOCD at localhost:3333 and loads the program
• Robust target descriptor fallback: GDB validates OpenOCD-supplied target descriptors and falls back to a built-in descriptor if needed
• Enhanced disassembly: Colorized output for easier code reading

• Original STM8 patches from the SourceForge project
• Updates and maintenance by tyalie
• Additional improvements and GDB 15+ compatibility updates