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

[Timothy Miller]

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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