Gcov support in Covoar

[Chris Johns]

On 4/7/18 4:52 pm, Vijay Kumar Banerjee wrote:
> 
> I'm starting this thread for discussions on the gcov support 
> in covoar.
> 
> Current status is that the code in it (like in GcovData.cc) remained untouched 
> for a long time and it had not been updated after the source tree reorganization
> which is why it runs into segmentation
> fault while trying to find the source files.
> 
> Joel was suggesting to copy the file gcov-io.h from the gcc
> source after a license discussion here.

What license the file's license?

We are aiming to have all code under the RTEMS Tools under a BSD or compatible
license. Are there other options that have a more suitable license?

Also, could you please explain how gcov fits into the coverage testing?

Chris