openocd command line interface changed? "Error: The 'tcl_port' command must be used before 'init'."

[WorldofJARcraft]

Hello all,

I am currently adding support for a new RISC-V board: #77734
I have added west flash support using the OpenOCD runner, which works without issue.
However, when I try to attach or debug, openocd crashes with the following error (cropped for brevity):

Open On-Chip Debugger 0.11.0+dev-00728-gb6f95a16c (2024-05-29-12:13)
[...]
Info : Examined RISC-V core; found 1 harts
Info :  hart 0: XLEN=64, misa=0x800000000014112f
Info : starting gdb server for riscv.cpu on 3333
Info : Listening on port 3333 for gdb connections
Ready for Remote Connections
Error: The 'tcl_port' command must be used before 'init'.

I am using zephyr SDK, release 16.8.
The following patch solves the issue:

diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py b/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py
index 2569371ff9b..b1966b30367 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py
@@ -360,10 +360,11 @@ class OpenOcdBinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
             rtos_command = f'${self.target_handle} configure -rtos Zephyr'
             pre_init_cmd.append(rtos_command)
 
-        server_cmd = (self.openocd_cmd + self.serial + self.cfg_cmd +
+        server_cmd = (self.openocd_cmd + self.serial +
                       ['-c', f'tcl_port {self.tcl_port}',
                        '-c', f'telnet_port {self.telnet_port}',
                        '-c', f'gdb_port {self.gdb_port}'] +
+                      self.cfg_cmd +
                       pre_init_cmd + self.init_arg + self.targets_arg +
                       self.halt_arg)
         gdb_cmd = (self.gdb_cmd + self.tui_arg +

Changing the openocd command as above, I can attach and debug as intended.

Should I submit a pull request with this change, or am I just doing something wrong (e.g., too new/old version of OpenOCD)?

[Hiihtaja77]

I have similar problem as well.