Instruction-Level Simulation And Tracing

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Quick Index

A Quick Overview of Instruction-Set Simulation and Tracing

Terminology

A Brief Categorization

An Alphabetical List of Tools

Glossary

Bibliography

Comments on Some Of The Papers

Who's Who

See Also: Related Work

To Do: Work In Progress

Selected Recent Changes

Acknowledgements

Quick Index

A Quick Overview of Instruction-Set Simulation and Tracing

Terminology

A Brief Categorization

• Purpose Of The Tool
• Handles Application Bugs Robustly
• Works with Self-Modifying Code
• Multiple Processors
• Support for Multiple Protection Domains
• Signals and Exceptions
• Support for System-Mode Code
• Input Representation
• Implementation: Decompilation Technology
• Implementation: Simulation Technology
• Match Between Host and Target
• Timing Simulation
• Performance
• Product Status

An Alphabetical List of Tools

• Just The Names
• Longer Writeups

Glossary

Bibliography

• Titles
• Bibliography

Comments on Some Of The Papers

Who's Who

• The Lists
• Details About Who's Who

See Also: Related Work

To Do: Work In Progress

Selected Recent Changes

Acknowledgements