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+NAME="CONFIG-TOOL-PLATFORM-SELECTION">Platform Selection</H1
+><P
+>To add, modify or remove entries in the list of
+ platforms used for running tests, select
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>Tools->Platforms</I
+></SPAN
+>. The following
+ dialog will be displayed:</P
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+>Figure 19-2. Platforms dialog box</B
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+SRC="pix/toolsplatforms.png"></P
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+>You may add, modify or remove platform entries as you
+ wish, but in order to run tests, a platform must be defined
+ to correspond to the currently loaded hardware template. The
+ information associated with each platform name is used to
+ run tests.</P
+><P
+>To modify a platform, click the
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>Modify</I
+></SPAN
+> button with the appropriate
+ platform selected, or double-click on an entry in the list.
+ A dialog will be displayed that allows you to change the
+ command prefix, platform type and arguments for
+ <SPAN
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+>GDB</I
+></SPAN
+>. </P
+><DIV
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+><A
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+><B
+>Figure 19-3. Platform Modify dialog box</B
+></P
+><P
+><IMG
+SRC="pix/modifyplatform.png"></P
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+><P
+>To add a new platform, click the
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>Add</I
+></SPAN
+> button. A similar dialog will be
+ displayed that allows you to define a new platform. To
+ remove a platform, click the <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>Delete</I
+></SPAN
+>
+ button or press the <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>DEL</I
+></SPAN
+> key with the
+ appropriate platform selected.</P
+><P
+>The command prefix is used when running tests in order
+ to determine the names of the executables (such as gdb) to
+ be used. For example, if the gdb executable name is
+ “arm-elf-gdb.exe” the prefix should be set to
+ “arm-elf”.</P
+><P
+>The platform type indicates the capabilities of the platform
+- whether it is hardware or a simulator, and whether breakpoints
+are supported.</P
+><P
+>The arguments for the <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
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+>GDB</I
+></SPAN
+> field allow
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