Vasile Surducan wrote:

> [...] and if there is a real benefit in using ICE (as a real emulator)
> instead of ICD2. 

In general, an ICE has a few advantages compared to something like an ICD2.
How extensive the advantages are depends a lot on the specific features. 

One thing I liked when working with an ICE (it's been a while :) is
execution history. When you hit a breakpoint, you can see how it got there.
This can help a lot. Another thing are more complex breakpoint conditions:
want to see whether a certain data gets changed in a certain piece of code?
Just combine a data write to an address range with an execution pointer
range. (This feature is very different among different ICEs.)

Gerhard

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