Thanks to French public funds, the next generation of Free Software code coverage tools is on its way. Project Coverage will produce a Free Software coverage analysis toolset together with the ability to generate artifacts that allow the tools to be used for safety-critical software projects undergoing a DO-178B software audit process for all levels of criticality...

The key insight of “Project Coverage” is as follows: code coverage can greatly benefit from recent advances in hardware virtualization technology as promoted, for instance, by QEMU.