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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: User program debuggers for i8088
Keywords: i8088 mdb adb sdb debugging
Message-ID: <3458@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 2 Oct 89 18:29:16 GMT
References: <9536@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <9536@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> walls@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Monty Walls) writes:
>		a) no debugging info from PC compiler
>			1) no line number information from PC compiler.
This might be feasible.
>			2) no local variable information.
>		b) no dump of proc areas in core dumps.
Should be fairly easy to add if you can figure out what you want.
>		c) ptrace(I am aware of the Atari version).
V1.4b has ptrace, courtesy of Bruce Evans
>		d) different struct exec layout on ATARI vs PC.
Does POSIX say anything about this?
>

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)