Tornado

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Overview
Tornado includes an integrated version of WindView designed solely for use with
the VxWorks target simulator. WindView is available as an optional product for all
supported target architectures.
WindView is described in the WindView User’s Guide.
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VxWorks Target Simulator
The VxWorks target simulator is a port of VxWorks to the host system that
simulates a target operating system. No target hardware is required. The target
simulator facilitates learning Tornado usage and embedded systems development.
More significantly, it provides an independent environment for developers to
work on parts of applications that do not depend on hardware-specific code (BSPs)
and target hardware.
Tornado includes a limited version of the target simulator that runs as a single
instance per user, without networking support. Optional products such as
STREAMS, SNMP, and Wind Foundation Classes are not available for this version.
The full-scale version of the simulator, VxSim, is available as an optional product.
It supports multiple-instance use, networking, and all other optional products.
See the Tornado Getting Started Guide for a introductory discussion of target
simulator usage, and 4. Projects for information about its use as a development
tool.
1.5 Host-Target Interface
The elements of Tornado described in this section provide the link between the
host and target development environments:
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The target agent is a scalable component of VxWorks that communicates with
the target server on the host system.
The target server connects Tornado tools such as the shell and debugger with
the target agent.
The Tornado registry provides access to target servers, and may run on any
host on a network.
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