RealView Debugger makes a distinction between:

Specifically, the board file enables you to specify high-level connection details such as:

And low-level, target configuration details such as:

To do this, the default board file contains a series of elements arranged in a hierarchy. At the top level are connection entries or target vehicles that enable RealView Debugger to connect to different targets. As you drill down the connection, you can modify entries, or create new elements, that define the target configuration in more detail.

At the lowest level, RealView Debugger is able to access Extended Target Visibility (ETV) information about your debug target using a special group of settings, the Advanced_Information block that is found in all the main groups.

RealView Debugger can also access Board/Chip definition files that contain ETV information about a particular board or chip as supplied by the manufacturer, including peripheral registers and memory regions.