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From: Robert W. <rj...@du...> - 2007-11-13 22:14:22
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A quick search of the mailing list and bugzilla will show that this
is a frequently requested feature, but one that - for legal reasons -
is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Julian/Nick: perhaps we need a FAQ entry for this? Something like this:
Q. Is there an ARM port of Valgrind?
A. No. Some initial work was done for this, but has been
discontinued. ARM keeps pretty strict controls on its architecture.
For example, part of the license agreement for accessing the
architecture specifications (which would be a necessity for porting
Valgrind and VEX to ARM) is that you do not attempt to develop models
of microprocessor cores based on ARM. For example, see paragraph 2
of this ARMv7-M architecture document license agreement:
http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM_Cortex-M3_v7.html
Valgrind is essentially a CPU model, so this clause would seem to
rule out any further development. ARM is known to enforce this
license requirement vigorously.
Regards,
Robert.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 1:06 AM, Gilles Marceau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> valgrind is a powerfull tool that we use very often, and we are
> very happy with it.
> It would be great if it could be also be available on the arm/linux
> platform. Is there
> any plan to add this platform in a next release ?
>
> Gilles
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