From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24399 invoked by alias); 8 Mar 2009 06:27:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 24390 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Mar 2009 06:27:38 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from e24smtp01.br.ibm.com (HELO e24smtp01.br.ibm.com) (32.104.18.85) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:27:32 +0000 Received: from mailhub3.br.ibm.com (mailhub3.br.ibm.com [9.18.232.110]) by e24smtp01.br.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n286b6qZ024753 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 03:37:06 -0300 Received: from d24av01.br.ibm.com (d24av01.br.ibm.com [9.18.232.46]) by mailhub3.br.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v9.2) with ESMTP id n286Rike1536010 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 03:27:44 -0300 Received: from d24av01.br.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d24av01.br.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id n286RQSR021897 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 03:27:27 -0300 Received: from [9.18.200.51] ([9.18.200.51]) by d24av01.br.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n286RQYZ021892; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 03:27:26 -0300 Subject: Re: google summer of code From: Thiago Jung Bauermann To: teawater Cc: gdb ml , Jakob Engblom , Michael Snyder In-Reply-To: References: <1235658320.5890.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:27:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1236493646.9279.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: 2009-03/txt/msg00057.txt.bz2 Hi teawater, El vie, 27-02-2009 a las 10:27 +0800, teawater escribió: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 22:25, Thiago Jung Bauermann > wrote: > > Some that may be worth considering for this: > > > > 1. Help with Python scripting support; > > It must can make a lot of people interested in. When I told about gdb > in some place, must have a lot of people ask me if gdb support python > or not. :) That's awesome! > > 2. Help with reversible debugging (not sure if teawater and Michael need > > a helping hand there); > > I am not very clear the GSOC want student get . > But maybe we can let these students do some test with reverse debug > and precord, of course write some testsuite is better. :) > They can not only test reverse debug with precord, but also test > reverse debug with some remote-stub that support reverse-debug (For > example, vmware and Simics. Maybe we need help from Jakob and > Michael.) > I think it will help gdb reverse debug very much. :) So if I understood what you said, you think a GSoC student could write testcases for the reversible debugging feature? Would you (or Michael Snyder, perhaps) be willing to mentor someone working on this activity? -- []'s Thiago Jung Bauermann IBM Linux Technology Center