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diff --git a/docs/other_vscode.md b/docs/other_vscode.md index 31208d8f3b..ab2b23e96b 100644 --- a/docs/other_vscode.md +++ b/docs/other_vscode.md @@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ You'll need to perform some modifications to the file above in order to target y Windows builds of QMK Firmware are generally compiled using QMK MSYS, and the path to gdb's location (`C:\\QMK_MSYS\\mingw64\\bin`) needs to be specified under `armToolchainPath` for it to be detected. You may also need to change the GDB path to point at `C:\\QMK_MSYS\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb-multiarch.exe` in the VSCode Cortex-Debug user settings: ![VSCode Settings](https://i.imgur.com/EGrPM1L.png) ::: -Optionally, the following modifications should also be made to the keyboard's `rules.mk` file to disable optimisations -- not strictly required but will ensure breakpoints and variable viewing works correctly: +The following modifications must be made to the keyboard's `rules.mk` file to enable debug information and disable optimisations -- this will ensure breakpoints and variable viewing works correctly: ```makefile +# Enable debug information in the final binaries +DEBUG_ENABLE = yes # Disable optimisations for debugging purposes LTO_ENABLE = no OPT = g -DEBUG = 3 ``` At this point, you should build and flash your firmware through normal methods (`qmk compile ...` and `qmk flash ...`). |