[cdt-dev] Re: [dsdp-dd-dev] Disassembly proposals

[John Cortell <john.cortell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mikhail,

I apologize for the delayed feedback. The proposal looks like a great
foundation. I would like to throw a bunch of ideas on the table and
volunteer to collaborate with you on this feature in order to make these
additional requirements a reality (where technically feasible, of
course).

1. If would be nice if disassembly based on a frame context would not
limit itself to just code associated with that frame. Of course, the PC
would be the starting point and focus of the initial disassembly, but
we'd like to let the user scroll up and down the memory space as much as
he wants. It's up to the client to do it's best to find valid boundary
lines for disassembly. I'm not familiar enough with editors to know if
this is possible or not.

2. We would like the user to be able to easily switch via (e.g., a
toolbar) how the content in the disassembly viewer is presented
   - pure disassembly
   - interleaved source+disassembly
   - pure source

When showing pure source (and even interleaved), the editor part is not
showing the contents of a file per se, but parts of files. For example,
at address 0x1000 there might be code from foo.cpp, at 0x1200 there might
be code from bar.cpp. The disassembly view would show the source
statements for both, with some marker at the boundary points which
indicate the source file context for the lines that follow.

This multi-mode presentation capability would be available in both the
"editor" part and the memory rendering.

3. Clients should be able to contribute custom markers. For example, in
addition to setting standard breakpoints, the user should be able to set
product specific trace points.

Let me know what you think of these ideas and if you would be willing to
co-develop this feature.

John




At 08:17 AM 12/13/2007, Mikhail Khodjaiants wrote:

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Hi,
 
I have updated the wiki page ( http://wiki.eclipse.org/DSDP/DD/DisassemblyView) and added the proposals for the disassembly window management which is the simple part of the task. Please, feel free to add your comments.
Currently I am working on the document that describes the viewer proposals and trying to prototype it at the same time (or vice versa I should say). I'll try to post it as soon as possible.
 
Regards,
Mikhail Khodjaiants
ARM Limited

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