Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Mar 2004 11:33:40 -0500 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: kernel 'simulator' and wave-form analysis tool? |
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Mike Fedyk wrote: > John Bradford wrote: > >>> I must have been unclear. I was not suggesting adding hardware. I >>> was suggesting that we could run Linux under Bochs, which is a >>> software x86 emulator. Being what it is, hooks can be added to track >>> "cpu activity" is it occurs within the emulator. This is all a >>> simulation. The key idea I was suggesting was to log processor >>> activity (of the emulator) and develop a viewer program which would >>> help people visualize the activity. >> >> >> >> Doesn't Valgrind already do most of what you want? > > > Can you valgrind a UML process? > > Tim, what will this give you that a stack trace won't? > >
If your stack gets hosed by a bug, a simulator with a complete history of memory writes will help you discover the problem.
I know nothing about Valgrind.
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