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Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Anders Gavare. All rights reserved. |
Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Anders Gavare. All rights reserved. |
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: |
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<h2>Introduction</h2> |
<h2>Introduction</h2> |
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<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a> |
<li><a href="#overview">Overview</a> |
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<li><a href="#free">Is GXemul Free software?</a> |
<li><a href="#free">Is GXemul Free software?</a> |
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<li><a href="#build">How to compile/build the emulator</a> |
<li><a href="#build">How to compile/build the emulator</a> |
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<li><a href="#run">How to run the emulator</a> |
<li><a href="#run">How to run the emulator</a> |
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<li><a href="#cpus">Which CPU types does GXemul emulate?</a> |
<li><a href="#cpus">Which processor architectures does GXemul emulate?</a> |
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<li><a href="#accuracy">Emulation accuracy</a> |
<li><a href="#accuracy">Emulation accuracy</a> |
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<li><a href="#emulmodes">Which machines does GXemul emulate?</a> |
<li><a href="#emulmodes">Which machines does GXemul emulate?</a> |
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<p>NetBSD/pmax 1.6.2 with X11<br>running in GXemul</td></tr></table> |
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<h3>Overview:</h3> |
<h3>Overview:</h3> |
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GXemul is an experimental instruction-level machine emulator. It can be |
GXemul is an experimental instruction-level machine emulator. Several |
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used to run binary code for (among others) MIPS-based machines, regardless |
emulation modes are available. In some modes, processors and surrounding |
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of host platform. Several emulation modes are available. For some modes, |
hardware components are emulated well enough to let unmodified operating |
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processors and surrounding hardware components are emulated well enough to |
systems (e.g. NetBSD) run as if they were running on a real machine. |
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let unmodified operating systems run as if they were running on a real |
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machine. |
<p>Devices and processors are not simulated with 100% accuracy. They are |
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only ``faked'' well enough to allow guest operating systems to run without |
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<p>Devices and CPUs are not simulated with 100% accuracy. They are only |
complaining too much. Still, the emulator could be of interest for |
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``faked'' well enough to make operating systems (e.g. NetBSD) run without |
academic research and experiments, such as when learning how to write |
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complaining too much. Still, the emulator could be of interest for |
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academic research and experiments, such as when learning how to write |
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operating system code. |
operating system code. |
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<p>The emulator is written in C, does not depend on external libraries |
<p>The emulator is written in C, does not depend on third-party libraries, |
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(except X11, but that is optional), and should compile and run on most |
and should compile and run on most 64-bit and 32-bit Unix-like systems. |
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Unix-like systems. If it doesn't, then that is a bug. (You do not need any |
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MIPS compiler toolchain to build or use GXemul. If you need to compile |
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MIPS binaries from sources, then of course you need such a toolchain, but |
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that is completely separate from GXemul.) |
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<p>The emulator contains code which tries to emulate the workings of CPUs |
<p>The emulator contains code which tries to emulate the workings of CPUs |
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and surrounding hardware found in real machines, but it does not contain |
and surrounding hardware found in real machines, but it does not contain |
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<p>If you do not have a kernel as a separate file, but you have a bootable |
<p>If you do not have a kernel as a separate file, but you have a bootable |
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disk image, then it is sometimes possible to boot directly from that |
disk image, then it is sometimes possible to boot directly from that |
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image. (This works for example with DECstation emulation, or when booting |
image. (This works for example with DECstation emulation, Dreamcast |
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from ISO9660 CDROM images.) |
emulation, or when booting from generic ISO9660 CDROM images if the |
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kernel is included in the image as a plain file.) |
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<p>Thanks to (in no specific order) Joachim Buss, Olivier Houchard, Juli |
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Mallett, Juan Romero Pardines, Carl van Schaik, Alec Voropay, Göran |
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Weinholt, Alexander Yurchenko, and everyone else who has provided me with |
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four freedoms associated with Free software, <a |
four freedoms associated with Free software, <a |
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href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>.) |
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>.) |
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<p>The code I have written is released under a 3-clause BSD-style license |
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The code I have written is released under a 3-clause BSD-style license |
(or "revised BSD-style" if one wants to use <a |
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(or "revised BSD-style" if one wants to use |
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html">GNU jargon</a>). Apart from |
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html">GNU jargon</a>). |
the code I have written, some files are copied from other sources such as |
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Apart from the code I have written, some files are copied from other sources |
NetBSD, for example header files containing symbolic names of bitfields in |
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such as NetBSD, for example header files containing symbolic names of |
device registers. They are also covered by similar licenses, but with some |
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bitfields in device registers. They are also covered by similar licenses, |
additional clauses. The main point, however, is that the licenses require |
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but with some additional clauses. If you plan to redistribute GXemul |
that the original Copyright and license terms are included when you make a |
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(for example as a binary package), or reuse code from GXemul, |
copy or modification. |
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then you should check those files for their license terms. |
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<p>If you plan to redistribute GXemul <i>without</i> supplying the source |
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code, then you need to comply with each individual source file some other |
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(The licenses usually require that the original Copyright and license |
way, for example by writing additional documentation containing copyright |
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terms are included when you make a copy or modification. The "easiest way |
notes. I have not done this, since I do not plan on making distributions |
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out" if you plan to redistribute code from GXemul is to simply supply |
without source code. You need to check all individual files for details. |
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the source code. You should however check individual files for details.) |
The "easiest way out" if you plan to redistribute code from GXemul is, of |
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course, to let it remain open source and simply supply the source code. |
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<p>In case you want to reuse parts of GXemul, but you need to do that |
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under a different license (e.g. the GPL), then contact me and I might |
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re-license/dual-license files on a case-by-case basis. |
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$ <b>make</b> |
$ <b>make</b> |
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<p>This should work on most Unix-like systems. GXemul does not require any |
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This should work on most Unix-like systems. If it doesn't, then |
specific libraries to build, however, if you build on a system which does |
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mail me a bug report. |
not have X11 libraries installed, some functionality will be lost. |
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(Note for Windows users: there is a possibility that some releases |
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and/or snapshots will also work with Cygwin, but I can't promise that.) |
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<p>The emulator's performance is highly dependent on both runtime settings |
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and on compiler settings, so you might want to experiment with different |
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CC and CFLAGS environment variable values. For example, on a modern PC, |
CC and CFLAGS environment variable values. For example, on an AMD Athlon |
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Run <b><tt>./configure --help</tt></b> to get a list of configure options. (The |
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<h3>Which CPU types does GXemul emulate?</h3> |
<h3>Which processor architectures does GXemul emulate?</h3> |
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<h4>MIPS:</h4> |
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guest operating system run (per architecture) are ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, |
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Emulation of R4000, which is a 64-bit CPU, was my initial goal. |
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R2000/R3000-like CPUs (32-bit), R1x000, and generic MIPS32/MIPS64-style |
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CPUs are also emulated, and are hopefully almost as stable as the R4000 |
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I have written an experimental dynamic binary translation subsystem. |
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This gives higher total performance than interpreting one instruction at a |
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time and executing it. (If you wish to enable bintrans, add <b>-b</b> to |
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I have implemented an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URISC">URISC</a> |
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emulation mode, just for fun. The only instruction available in an URISC |
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machine is "reverse subtract and skip on borrow". (It is probably not |
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worth trying to do bintrans with URISC, because any reasonable URISC |
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program relies on self-modifying code, which is bad for bintrans |
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Some other CPU architectures can also be partially emulated. These are not |
GXemul should compile and run on any modern host architecture (64-bit or |
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<h3>Emulation accuracy:</h3> |
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GXemul is an instruction-level emulator; things that would happen in |
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several steps within a real CPU are not taken into account (eg. pipe-line |
several steps within a real CPU are not taken into account (e.g. pipe-line |
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stalls or out-of-order execution). Still, instruction-level accuracy seems |
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to be enough to be able to run complete guest operating systems inside the |
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Caches are by default not emulated. In some cases, the existance of caches |
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is "faked" to let operating systems think that they are there. (There is |
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some old code for R2000/R3000 caches, but it has probably suffered from |
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"deterministic" mode, <tt><b>-D</b></tt>. The meaning of deterministic is |
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identical runs. Obviously, this requires that no user interaction is |
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taking place, and that clock speeds are fixed with the <tt><b>-I</b></tt> |
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option. (Deterministic in this case does <i>not</i> mean that the emulation |
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<li><b>DECstation 5000/200</b> ("3max") |
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<br>Serial controller (including keyboard and mouse), ethernet, |
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SCSI, and graphical framebuffers. |
<li><b>CATS</b> (<a href="guestoses.html#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats</a>, |
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<li><b>IQ80321</b> (<a href="guestoses.html#netbsdevbarminstall">NetBSD/evbarm</a>) |
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<li><b>Acer Pica-61</b> (an ARC machine) |
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<br>Serial controller, "VGA" text console, and SCSI. |
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<li><b>NEC MobilePro 770, 780, 800, 880</b> (<a href="guestoses.html#netbsdhpcmipsinstall">NetBSD/hpcmips</a>) |
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<li><b>NEC MobilePro 770, 780, 800, and 880</b> (HPCmips machines) |
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<br>Framebuffer, keyboard, and a PCMCIA IDE controller. |
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<li><b>Cobalt</b> |
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<br>Serial controller and PCI IDE. |
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<br>Serial controller and ethernet. <small>(Enough for |
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<p>There is code in GXemul for emulation of many other machine types; the |
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degree to which these work range from almost being able to run a complete |
degree to which these work range from almost being able to run a complete |
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OS, to almost completely unsupported (perhaps just enough support to |
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<li>a console I/O device (putchar() and getchar()...) |
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<li>an inter-processor communication device, for SMP experiments |
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<li>a very simple linear framebuffer device (for graphics output) |
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<p>This mode is useful if you wish to run experimental code, but do not |
<p>This mode is useful if you wish to run experimental code, but do not |
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This table lists the guest OSes that run well enough to be considered |
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working in the emulator. They can boot from a harddisk image and be |
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<super>*</super> Although Linux runs under DECstation emulation, the |
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default 2.4.27 kernel in Debian GNU/Linux does not support keyboards on |
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the 5000/200 (the specific DECstation model being emulated), so when the |
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login prompt is reached you cannot interact with the system. Kaj-Michael |
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Lang has compiled and made available a newer kernel from the current |
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mips-linux development tree. You can find it here: <a |
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href="http://home.tal.org/~milang/o2/kernels/">http://home.tal.org/~milang/o2/kernels</a>/<a |
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href="http://home.tal.org/~milang/o2/kernels/vmlinux-2.4.29-rc2-r3k-mipsel-decstation">vmlinux-2.4.29-rc2-r3k-mipsel-decstation</a> |
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ethernet patches, so you will not be able to use keyboard/framebuffer |
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