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20050628	Continuing the work on the ARM translation engine. end_of_page
		works. Experimenting with load/store translation caches
		(virtual -> physical -> host).
20050629	More ARM stuff (memory access translation cache, mostly). This
		might break a lot of stuff elsewhere, probably some MIPS-
		related translation things.
20050630	Many load/stores are now automatically generated and included
		into cpu_arm_instr.c; 1024 functions in total (!).
		Fixes based on feedback from Alec Voropay: only print 8 hex
		digits instead of 16 in some cases when emulating 32-bit
		machines; similar 8 vs 16 digit fix for breakpoint addresses;
		4Kc has 16 TLB entries, not 48; the MIPS config select1
		register is now printed with "reg ,0".
		Also changing many other occurances of 16 vs 8 digit output.
		Adding cache associativity fields to mips_cpu_types.h; updating
		some other cache fields; making the output of
		mips_cpu_dumpinfo() look nicer.
		Generalizing the bintrans stuff for device accesses to also
		work with the new translation system. (This might also break
		some MIPS things.)
		Adding multi-load/store instructions to the ARM disassembler
		and the translator, and some optimizations of various kinds.
20050701	Adding a simple dev_disk (it can read/write sectors from
		disk images).
20050712	Adding dev_ether (a simple ethernet send/receive device).
		Debugger command "ninstrs" for toggling show_nr_of_instructions
		during runtime.
		Removing the framebuffer logo.
20050713	Continuing on dev_ether.
		Adding a dummy cpu_alpha (again).
20050714	More work on cpu_alpha.
20050715	More work on cpu_alpha. Many instructions work, enough to run
		a simple framebuffer fill test (similar to the ARM test).
20050716	More Alpha stuff.
20050717	Minor updates (Alpha stuff).
20050718	Minor updates (Alpha stuff).
20050719	Generalizing some Alpha instructions.
20050720	More Alpha-related updates.
20050721	Continuing on cpu_alpha. Importing rpb.h from NetBSD/alpha.
20050722	Alpha-related updates: userland stuff (Hello World using
		write() compiled statically for FreeBSD/Alpha runs fine), and
		more instructions are now implemented.
20050723	Fixing ldq_u and stq_u.
		Adding more instructions (conditional moves, masks, extracts,
		shifts).
20050724	More FreeBSD/Alpha userland stuff, and adding some more
		instructions (inserts).
20050725	Continuing on the Alpha stuff. (Adding dummy ldt/stt.)
		Adding a -A command line option to turn off alignment checks
		in some cases (for translated code).
		Trying to remove the old bintrans code which updated the pc
		and nr_of_executed_instructions for every instruction.
20050726	Making another attempt att removing the pc/nr of instructions
		code. This time it worked, huge performance increase for
		artificial test code, but performance loss for real-world
		code :-( so I'm scrapping that code for now.
		Tiny performance increase on Alpha (by using ret instead of
		jmp, to play nice with the Alpha's branch prediction) for the
		old MIPS bintrans backend.
20050727	Various minor fixes and cleanups.
20050728	Switching from a 2-level virtual to host/physical translation
		system for ARM emulation, to a 1-level translation.
		Trying to switch from 2-level to 1-level for the MIPS bintrans
		system as well (Alpha only, so far), but there is at least one
		problem: caches and/or how they work with device mappings.
20050730	Doing the 2-level to 1-level conversion for the i386 backend.
		The cache/device bug is still there for R2K/3K :(
		Various other minor updates (Malta etc).
		The mc146818 clock now updates the UIP bit in a way which works
		better with Linux for at least sgimips and Malta emulation.
		Beginning the work on refactoring the dyntrans system.
20050731	Continuing the dyntrans refactoring.
		Fixing a small but serious host alignment bug in memory_rw.
		Adding support for big-endian load/stores to the i386 bintrans
		backend.
		Another minor i386 bintrans backend update: stores from the
		zero register are now one (or two) loads shorter.
		The slt and sltu instructions were incorrectly implemented for
		the i386 backend; only using them for 32-bit mode for now.
20050801	Continuing the dyntrans refactoring.
		Cleanup of the ns16550 serial controller (removing unnecessary
		code).
		Bugfix (memory corruption bug) in dev_gt, and a patch/hack from
		Alec Voropay for Linux/Malta.
20050802	More cleanup/refactoring of the dyntrans subsystem: adding
		phys_page pointers to the lookup tables, for quick jumps
		between translated pages.
		Better fix for the ns16550 device (but still no real FIFO
		functionality).
		Converting cpu_ppc to the new dyntrans system. This means that
		I will have to start from scratch with implementing each
		instruction, and figure out how to implement dual 64/32-bit
		modes etc.
		Removing the URISC CPU family, because it was useless.
20050803	When selecting a machine type, the main type can now be omitted
		if the subtype name is unique. (I.e. -E can be omitted.)
		Fixing a dyntrans/device update bug. (Writes to offset 0 of
		a device could sometimes go unnoticed.)
		Adding an experimental "instruction combination" hack for
		ARM for memset-like byte fill loops.
20050804	Minor progress on cpu_alpha and related things.
		Finally fixing the MIPS dmult/dmultu bugs.
		Fixing some minor TODOs.
20050805	Generalizing the 8259 PIC. It now also works with Cobalt
		and evbmips emulation, in addition to the x86 hack.
		Finally converting the ns16550 device to use devinit.
		Continuing the work on the dyntrans system. Thinking about
		how to add breakpoints.
20050806	More dyntrans updates. Breakpoints seem to work now.
20050807	Minor updates: cpu_alpha and related things; removing
		dev_malta (as it isn't used any more).
		Dyntrans: working on general "show trace tree" support.
		The trace tree stuff now works with both the old MIPS code and
		with newer dyntrans modes. :)
		Continuing on Alpha-related stuff (trying to get *BSD to boot
		a bit further, adding more instructions, etc).
20050808	Adding a dummy IA64 cpu family, and continuing the refactoring
		of the dyntrans system.
		Removing the regression test stuff, because it was more or
		less useless.
		Adding loadlinked/storeconditional type instructions to the
		Alpha emulation. (Needed for Linux/alpha. Not very well tested
		yet.)
20050809	The function call trace tree now prints a per-function nr of
		arguments. (Semi-meaningless, since that data isn't read yet
		from the ELFs; some hardcoded symbols such as memcpy() and
		strlen() work fine, though.)
		More dyntrans refactoring; taking out more of the things that
		are common to all cpu families.
20050810	Working on adding support for "dual mode" for PPC dyntrans
		(i.e. both 64-bit and 32-bit modes).
		(Re)adding some simple PPC instructions.
20050811	Adding a dummy M68K cpu family. The dyntrans system isn't ready
		for variable-length ISAs yet, so it's completely bogus so far.
		Re-adding more PPC instructions.
		Adding a hack to src/file.c which allows OpenBSD/mac68k a.out
		kernels to be loaded.
		Beginning to add PPC loads/stores. So far they only work in
		32-bit mode.
20050812	The configure file option "add_remote" now accepts symbolic
		host names, in addition to numeric IPv4 addresses.
		Re-adding more PPC instructions.
20050814	Continuing to port back more PPC instructions.
		Found and fixed the cache/device write-update bug for 32-bit
		MIPS bintrans. :-)
		Triggered a really weird and annoying bug in Compaq's C
		compiler; ccc sometimes outputs code which loads from an
		address _before_ checking whether the pointer was NULL or not.
		(I'm not sure how to handle this problem.)
20050815	Removing all of the old x86 instruction execution code; adding
		a new (dummy) dyntrans module for x86.
		Taking the first steps to extend the dyntrans system to support
		variable-length instructions.
		Slowly preparing for the next release.
20050816	Adding a dummy SPARC cpu module.
		Minor updates (documentation etc) for the release.

==============  RELEASE 0.3.5  ==============


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45 <h2>Configuration files</h2>
46
47 <p>
48 <ul>
49 <li><a href="#config">Configuration file syntax</a>
50 <li><a href="#minimal">A minimal example</a>
51 <li><a href="#multihost">Network across multiple hosts</a>
52 </ul>
53
54
55
56
57 <p><br>
58 <a name="config"></a>
59 <h3>Configuration file syntax:</h3>
60
61 Configuration files are simple text files. I don't have time to write
62 down a formal syntax right now, so I hope that conveying the syntax
63 through an example is good enough:
64
65 <p>
66 <table border="0"><tr><td width="40">&nbsp;</td><td>
67 <pre>
68 <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul <-- configuration files must start like this
69 !
70 ! This is an example configuration file for GXemul.
71 ! Anything following an exclamation mark (and also the exclamation
72 ! mark itself) is ignored.
73 !
74 ! Each configuration file should contain one emul entry. Almost
75 ! everything else is optional.</font>
76
77 <b>emul(</b>
78 <b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"my test emul"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! Optional name of this emulation</font>
79
80 <font color="#2020cf">! This creates an ethernet network:</font>
81 <b>net(</b>
82 <b>ipv4net(<font color="#ff003f">"10.2.0.0"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! The default is 10.0.0.0/8, but</font>
83 <b>ipv4len(16)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! it can be overridden like this.</font>
84 <font color="#2020cf">! local_port(12345)</font>
85 <font color="#2020cf">! add_remote("localhost:12346")</font>
86 <b>)</b>
87
88 <font color="#2020cf">! This creates a machine:</font>
89 <b>machine(</b>
90 <b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"My test machine"</font>)</b>
91
92 <font color="#2020cf">! serial_nr(123) ! Useful when emulating multiple machines</font>
93 <font color="#2020cf"> ! on multiple hosts, and they need to have</font>
94 <font color="#2020cf"> ! unique MAC addresses, etc.</font>
95
96 <b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"dec"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! This is actually not optional</font>
97 <b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"5000/200"</font>)</b>
98
99 <b>cpu(<font color="#ff003f">"R3000"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! Normally set implicitly to a reasonable</font>
100 <font color="#2020cf">! value, depending on <i>type</i> and <i>subtype</i></font>
101
102 <font color="#2020cf">! ncpus(4)</font>
103 <font color="#2020cf">! use_random_bootstrap_cpu(yes)</font>
104
105 <b>memory(128)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! 128 MB memory. This overrides</font>
106 <font color="#2020cf">! the default amount of memory for</font>
107 <font color="#2020cf">! this machine type.</font>
108
109 <font color="#2020cf">! random_mem_contents(yes)</font>
110
111 <font color="#2020cf">! prom_emulation(no)</font>
112
113 <font color="#2020cf">! byte_order(big) ! Normally set implicitly (because</font>
114 <font color="#2020cf">! of <i>type</i> and <i>subtype</i>, or decided</font>
115 <font color="#2020cf">! from the file loaded with <i>load</i></font>
116
117 <b>load(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd-INSTALL"</font>)</b>
118 <b>bootname(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd"</font>)</b>
119 <b>bootarg(<font color="#ff003f">"-a"</font>)</b>
120
121 <font color="#2020cf">! n_gfx_cards(2) ! for DECstation dual/tripple-head</font>
122 <font color="#2020cf">! emulated_hz(10000000) ! for fixing the emulated clock speed</font>
123
124 <font color="#2020cf">! add_x11_display("otherbox:0") ! for dual/tripple-head etc</font>
125 <font color="#2020cf">! add_x11_display("thisbox:0")</font>
126
127 <font color="#2020cf">{
128 Devices can be added like this:
129
130 device("8250 addr=0x18000800 addr_mult=4")
131
132 The name comes first, followed by optional parameters.
133 Remember to use 0x for hexadecimal values.
134 }</font>
135
136 <font color="#2020cf">! force_netboot(yes)</font>
137 <font color="#2020cf">! start_paused(yes)</font>
138
139 <font color="#2020cf">! max_random_cycles(5)</font>
140
141 <b>disk(<font color="#ff003f">"nbsd.img"</font>)</b>
142 <b>disk(<font color="#ff003f">"6c:cdrom.iso"</font>)</b>
143
144 <b>use_x11(yes)</b>
145 <b>x11_scaledown(2)</b>
146
147 <font color="#2020cf">! bintrans(disable)</font>
148 <font color="#2020cf">! old_bintrans(enable)</font>
149 <font color="#2020cf">! bintrans_size(24)</font>
150
151 <font color="#2020cf">! slow_serial_interrupts_hack_for_linux(yes)</font>
152
153 <font color="#2020cf">! debugger_on_badaddr(yes)</font>
154
155 <font color="#2020cf">{
156 Long comments spanning multiple lines should be surrounded
157 with tuborg parentheses.
158
159 { Long comments can be nested. }
160 <!--
161 <b><i>... TODO ...
162 -i display each instruction as it is executed
163 -J disable some speed tricks
164 -m nr run at most nr instructions (on any cpu)
165 -N display nr of instructions/second average, at regular intervals
166 -p pc add a breakpoint (remember to use the '0x' prefix for hex!)
167 -r register dumps before every instruction
168 -t show function trace tree
169 -y x set max_random_cycles_per_chunk to x (experimental)
170 </i></b>-->
171 }</font>
172
173 <b>)</b>
174
175 <font color="#2020cf">! Multiple machine are allowed.</font>
176 <b>machine(</b>
177 <b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"another machine"</font>)</b>
178 <b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"hpcmips"</font>)</b>
179 <b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"be300"</font>)</b>
180
181 <i>...</i>
182 <b>)</b>
183 <b>)</b>
184 </pre>
185 </td></tr></table>
186
187 <p>
188 Starting the emulator with a configuration file is as simple as
189
190 <pre>
191 $ <b>gxemul @myconfig</b>
192 </pre>
193
194 if <b>myconfig</b> is the name of the configuration file.
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203 <p><br>
204 <a name="minimal"></a>
205 <h3>A minimal example:</h3>
206
207 Here is an example of what a minimal configuration file might look like:
208
209 <p><table border="0"><tr><td width="40">&nbsp;</td><td><pre>
210 <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul</font>
211 <b>emul(</b>
212 <b>machine(</b>
213 <b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"3max"</font>)</b>
214 <b>load(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd-pmax-INSTALL-2.0"</font>)</b>
215 <b>)</b>
216 <b>)</b>
217 </pre>
218 </td></tr></table>
219
220 <p>For most machine types, <tt>type</tt> is needed. If only
221 <tt>subtype</tt> is specified, and the name is unique (i.e. there is only
222 one major type which has such a subtype), then the <tt>type</tt> can be
223 omitted. Also, adding a <tt>net</tt> is quite useful, especially for
224 netbooting kernels.
225
226
227
228
229
230
231 <p><br>
232 <a name="multihost"></a>
233 <h3>Network across multiple hosts:</h3>
234
235 <font color="#ff0000">2005-06-21: This a very new feature, so it might not
236 be totally stable yet.</font>
237
238 <p>It is possible to add multiple <tt>machine</tt> entries into one
239 configuration file. This will cause the emulator to try to run all those
240 machines simultaneously. An alternative solution for doing this, which
241 gives higher reliability (stability) and performance, is to have one
242 configuration file per machine.
243
244 <p><table border="0"><tr><td width="40">&nbsp;</td><td><pre>
245 <font color="#2020cf">!!gxemul</font>
246
247 <b>emul(</b>
248 <b>net(</b>
249 <b>local_port(15000)</b>
250 <b>add_remote(<font color="#ff003f">"localhost:15001"</font>)</b>
251 <b>)</b>
252 <b>machine(</b>
253 <b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"dec"</font>)</b>
254 <b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"3max"</font>)</b>
255 <b>load(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd-pmax-2.0-GENERIC"</font>)</b>
256 <b>)</b>
257 <b>)</b>
258 </pre>
259 </td></tr></table>
260
261 <p>This example creates a network using the default settings (10.0.0.0/8),
262 but it also allows the network to be connected to other emulator
263 instances. <tt>local_port(15000)</tt> means that anything coming in to
264 UDP port 15000 on the host is added to the network. All ethernet packets
265 on the network are also sent out to all other connected machines (those
266 added with <tt>add_remote()</tt>).
267
268 <p>As you can see in the example, this is a configuration file for running
269 NetBSD/pmax 2.0, with a netbooting GENERIC kernel. (Netbooting because
270 there is no disk image.) Another emulator instance (which must have
271 the same kind of <tt>net()</tt>, except that it listens to port 15001)
272 emulates the nfs server.
273
274 <p>There is no error checking or security checking of any kind. All UDP
275 packets arriving at the input port are added to the emulated ethernet.
276 <font color="#ff0000">This is not very good, and is the primary
277 reason why there needs to be some kind of rewrite before this
278 is to be considered stable.</font>
279
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