Re: Any debugger tool for a bootloader ?

[Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Arun Srinivasan wrote:
> Is it possible to use any kind of debugger tool for a boot loader 
> program (which typically reads from a boot order file and loads the OS 
> from the corresponding memory location) ? I was wondering if I can hav 
> breakpoints and step thru' the bootloader program using a tool as 
> debugger to study wats happening.
I think this is more or less equivalent to asking:

Do any of the (x86) emulators (qemu, bochs, valgrind, etc) have a 
debugging interface,
via which one could single-step, set breakpoints, etc.
Im unaware of any, but that means little.

> --
> "There are 10 people in the world - those who understand binary and 
> those who dont !" 
                          ^  kinds of  ;-)


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