hi friends,
till now bochs was good enough to test my OS (Dynacube Operating System) but when I started coding Virtual Monitor for the v8086 mode bochs did a triple fault instead of handing out a GPF to my ISR. Im sure there is nothing wrong with my code as VMWare correctly handles the v8086 and passes a GPF to my GPF handler. When I tried my code with my machine - the result was the same.
Is there some bug in bochs ?
Also I have tried to get an academic license for simics - problem is that their email doesn't land into my inbox(so in a manner of speaking I am blocked).
Does VMWare have a debugger with it ?
Help me find a better simulator.
Thanking you,
Gandalf
Bochs and Virtual 8086
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carbonBased
RE:Bochs and Virtual 8086
If I recall correctly, Bochs runs Win95 without issue, doesn't it? If this is the case, then it's VM86 handling code must be working fine, and I would suspect you have a small bug in your code, perhaps.
I've had code work under VMWare before, but fail on a real machine, and vise versa. In both conditions, I had a small bug in my code.
VMWare doesn't have a debugger, no. I really wish it did, because it's a nice virtual machine -- although, it refuses to run on my new SuSE setup! I'm not quite sure what's wrong... the same kernel that worked before, now hangs mid way though
Cheers,
Jeff
I've had code work under VMWare before, but fail on a real machine, and vise versa. In both conditions, I had a small bug in my code.
VMWare doesn't have a debugger, no. I really wish it did, because it's a nice virtual machine -- although, it refuses to run on my new SuSE setup! I'm not quite sure what's wrong... the same kernel that worked before, now hangs mid way though
Cheers,
Jeff
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Guest
RE:Bochs and Virtual 8086
>Is there some bug in bochs ?
Yes. It crashes if you try to run 32-bit DOS programs (e.g. DJGPP)
Even the newest version of Bochs does this.
Yes. It crashes if you try to run 32-bit DOS programs (e.g. DJGPP)
Even the newest version of Bochs does this.