Read the White Paper on System Debugging

The White Paper on System Debugging

by
Henrik Thane, Ph.D. and Kristian Sandtröm, Ph.D.

Abstract

In a world of computers with ever increasing complexity and pervasiveness, there is an increasing need for debugging methods that can tackle system level faults, where reproducibility and observability of multiple interacting programs and subsystems can be dealt with holistically, and where in field debugging is as important as predeployment debugging.
In this paper we describe System Debugging as the next step into which traditional debugging methods need to evolve in order understand complex failure situations, by means of holistically recording and replaying software and hardware faults.

System Debugger version 1.1 Released

The System Debugger version 1.1 has been released and is now available for download

http://www.zealcore.com/downloadpage.html

http://www.zealcore.com/download_eval_license.html


New features and bugfixes in the ZealCore System Debugger 1.1 release.
Focus for this release is to improve the error handling and usability.
Workspaces from System Debugger 1.0 are not directly compatible with 1.1

Changes in version 1.1 - 2007-10-10

NEW FEATURES
* Following views have been converted to editors:
- Timeline Browser (previously Event Timeline)
- Gantt Chart (previously Gantt)
- Text Browser (previously Text View)

* New Browsers for models and importers which support UML events
- Sequence Diagram
- State Diagram

* RCP Platform includes Eclipse Web Browser and Text Editor

* The RCP now has a System Debugger feature and branding plug-in

* Possible to change workspace in RCP

IMPROVEMENTS

* Search is now integrated in the Platform search, CTRL-H
* Improved Import Wizard
* Bookmarks View is renamed to Logmarks
* Updated icons
* Failed assertions are placed first in result list
* Improved managing of large search- and assertion results
* It is now possible to clear a set color from events and tasks