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SubjectRe: kernel 'simulator' and wave-form analysis tool?


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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