https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2107.12867/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32523558urn:hackerpapers:mention:2107.12867:32523558Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:04:41 GMT<p>The direction people are moving towards is re-hosting and directed emulation, where you run the code in an environment where the analysis tools are better and emulate just enough of the platform that the code thinks it&#x27;s executing natively. Some of the published work even looks at the expectations encoded in the source to emulate what it&#x27;s expecting from the &quot;hardware&quot;. Since the HW is fake, testing new configurations is just a config change away. Take a look at [1], [2], [3] for published work. I also have a tool that&#x27;s used in a couple companies able to rehost simpler linux device drivers…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2107.12867/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.PL