From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8944 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2008 10:25:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 8906 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Nov 2008 10:25:08 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vtab.com (HELO oden.vtab.com) (62.20.90.195) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:24:14 +0000 Received: from oden.vtab.com (oden.vtab.com [127.0.0.1]) by oden.vtab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55CE26EF64; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:24:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from polhem (c83-253-20-211.bredband.comhem.se [83.253.20.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by oden.vtab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79E8226EF5F; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:24:11 +0100 (CET) From: "Jakob Engblom" To: "'Michael Snyder'" , "'Edward Peschko'" Cc: References: <5cfa99000811051104v3e6ab5e6m50faddb64de050fe@mail.gmail.com> <49124497.9030100@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <49124497.9030100@vmware.com> Subject: RE: vmware's replay framework and gdb Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:25:00 -0000 Message-ID: <006001c93ff9$cf51f030$6df5d090$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Content-Language: sv X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-11/txt/msg00050.txt.bz2 > > but how far along is gdb in supporting this framework? >=20 > I'm working on it. ;-) >=20 > If you look at the recent threads on this list about reverse > debugging in gdb, you'll get an idea of where we're headed. > We want to let a user debug a recorded execution, deterministic- > ally, and make it run both forward and backward using the same > reverse debugging commands as described in those threads > (reverse-continue, reverse-step, reverse-next etc.) >=20 > We don't have any product release date for it, but you can > already do some rudimentary replay debugging with the > released version of VMware Worksatation and the standard gdb. > Here's a blog article about it: >=20 > http://stackframe.blogspot.com/ Not to be outdone: Simics, at www.virtutech.com, also has support for rever= se debug with gdb, using our own patched version of gdb 6.8. This has been in= use since 2005.=20 Simics is free for academia, if you are an academic, and we are also quite = happy to provide access to Simics licenses to the gdb maintainers. We are looking= into how to integrate the upcoming reversible gdb with our backend, looks fairly similar.=20 Best regards, /jakob _______________________________________________________ Jakob Engblom, PhD, Technical Marketing Manager Virtutech Direct: +46 8 690 07 47=20=20=20=20 Drottningholmsv=E4gen 14 Mobile: +46 709 242 646=20=20=20 11243 Stockholm Web: www.virtutech.com=20=20 Sweden ________________________________________________________ =20