Green Hills Software announces MULTI 7 IDE release for Linux

MULTI 7 for Linux now supports debugging everything from loadable kernel modules to multiple applications with hundreds of threads, all within the same debugger.

MULTI 7 for Linux automatically understands the complex internals of the Linux kernel and removes the tedious steps typically required to configure the debug environment. MULTI now automates prior distractions such as loading symbol information for kernel modules and processes.

Green Hills Software was one of the first companies to provide a probe and debugger solution that supported multicore debugging. MULTI 7 for Linux continues Green Hills Software’s industry-leading multicore support with advances in automation and ease of configuration, allowing developers to approach multicore debugging in much the same way they approach single-core debugging.

“Other Linux debuggers are nothing more than graphical front ends to the GNU debugger,” said Nathan Field, Director of MULTI engineering, Green Hills Software. “MULTI stands apart in providing a debugger back end that is not based on gdb, allowing us to engineer many of the innovations we see in MULTI 7 for Linux.”

The debugging features of MULTI 7 for Linux are compatible with C and C++ code built from the Green Hills Compiler or the GNU Compiler Collection. MULTI 7 for Linux supports debugging devices using x86, ARM, and Power processors.

MULTI is the first commercially available IDE to meet the highest standards of functional safety, including IEC 61508:2010, EN 50128:2011 and ISO 26262:2011. In addition, MULTI satisfies both SIL 4 and ASIL D and is certified by TÜV NORD and exida.