Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:52:18 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Speed up Linux Development Cycle By Using a Simulator |
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> Is anyone using a machine simulator on Linux? > A machine simulator simulates the behaviour of a > machine, including CPU ( s ) , memory, L1/2/3 caches, > buses, and other hardware devices. I think it helps if > we can run Linux under such a simulator. We can find > out the behaviour of application programs too.
People have used this for linux-mips. Right now it's way too low to be useful... also, I suspect simulator won't show up timing related bugs and various race conditions which are probably some of the hardest things to get right...
-cw
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