Re: [DynInst_API:] Dyninst and Windows

[Pansy Arafa <parafa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your reply Bill.
In the Readme.txt it's mentioned "This is the version 7.0 release of the DyninstAPI.  Currently, the
Dyninst API library is available for ..., x86/WindowsXP/2000/2003, ...", so does it mean Dyninst is not compatible with Windows 7 (32-bits) yet?

> What sort of tool do you have in mind?
Variable tracing tool

On 2012-10-05, at 5:14 PM, Bill Williams wrote:

> On 10/05/2012 03:42 PM, Pansy Arafa wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Is Dyninst compatible with Windows 64-bits?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Pansy
>> 
> At present, no(*). In the future, it may become so if there is sufficient demand.
> 
> The bulk of the pieces are there for such a port. Stuff that would need to happen, off the top of my head:
> 
> * create new project files that set all of the (compiler and Dyninst) x86_64 flags (arch_x86_64)
> * fix up any of the obvious corner cases where we use combined architecture/OS #defines or we assume that x86_64 == linux
> * fix up the various Windows system-level interfaces where we assume 32-bit (ProcControl, Symtab, and address translation are the three that first spring to mind)
> * (optional) fix any linux-isms in our 32-bit mutatee/64-bit mutator support (and provide Windows equivalents where needed); if you're willing to not mix address widths between tool and target, this can be skipped
> * debug the remaining annoying problems that inevitably result from porting dyninst to what is (functionally) a new OS and set of standard libraries
> 
> What sort of tool do you have in mind?
> 
> (*) Dyninst does work fine for 32-bit applications on a 64-bit Windows installation.
> 
> --bw
> 
> Bill Williams
> Paradyn Project
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