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Re: [cdt-debug-dev] address spaces

As per my description, this issue goes beyond the Memory Window. Please see my description of the "complete" support level.

John

At 11:29 AM 6/8/2005, Mikhail Khodjaiants wrote:

It would be better to post this questions to the platform mailing list
(platform-debug-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx). The Memory View implementation in CDT is
based on the  platform framework and UI. The modifications to support
address spaces should be done in the platform.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cortell" <r4609c@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cdt-debug-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: [cdt-debug-dev] address spaces

> Has there been any meaningful discussions on adding support for address
> spaces in Eclipse/CDT? I understand this was brought up as an item in
> the
> Chicago meeting last month. The way we see it, there are two levels of
> support:
>
> - superficial : user can view the contents of memory in different
> address
> spaces in the Memory View.
>
> - complete : variables, expressions and code locations can be in
> different
> address spaces. For this level of support, the debugger infrastructure
> would need to use something other than a primitive integer type to
> represent a memory address. A particular location in memory would have
> to
> be represented by an address + address space identifier.
>
> I understand the need for this sort of thing is particular to the
> embedded
> world. Still, if CDT is to be considered a viable platform for the
> embedded
> market, address spaces will need to be considered.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> John
>
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