Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:52:16 +0100
From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add single stepping option for all targets
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To: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 05:27:25PM +0100, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Stefan Weil schrieb:
> >> This patch replaces the compile time options SH4_SINGLE_STEP,
> >> DO_SINGLE_STEP and MIPS_SINGLE_STEP
> >> by a command line option -singlestep.
> >>
> >> It also adds single step mode for targets which did not have a compile
> >> time option,
> >> so all system emulations can be used with -singlestep. Please note that
> >> I did only run a short test for i386 and mips targets.
> >>
> >> A new monitor command is provided to enable or disable single step mode.
> >> The monitor command "info status" was modified to display single step
> >> mode when activated.
> >>
> >> Single stepping in Qemu's system emulation mode is useful to see the cpu
> >> state
> >> for each cpu instruction when used with -d in_asm,cpu. It is also a
> >> simple way to slow down the emulation.
> >>
> >> The patch does not add single step mode for Qemu's user mode emulation.
> >> Would this be useful, too?
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Stefan Weil
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> 
> The patch is still missing in Qemu trunk. There was some feedback,
> but not from a maintainer, so I don't know why the patch is not
> integrated. Do you need an update of the patch? Do you need
> more information? Do you want something changed or added?
> 

Sorry, I didn't found time to look at it. But someone else can probably 
commit it.

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