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<h2>Configuration files</h2> |
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<li><a href="#config">Configuration file syntax</a> |
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<li><a href="#minimal">A minimal example</a> |
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<li><a href="#multihost">Network across multiple hosts</a> |
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<a name="config"></a> |
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<h3>Configuration file syntax:</h3> |
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Configuration files are simple text files. I don't have time to write |
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down a formal syntax right now, so I hope that conveying the syntax |
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through an example is good enough: |
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<font color="#2020cf">! This is an example configuration file for GXemul. |
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! Anything following an exclamation mark (and also the exclamation |
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! mark itself) is ignored. |
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! Almost all settings are optional.</font> |
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<b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"my test emul"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! Optional name of this emulation</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! This creates an ethernet network:</font> |
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<b>net(</b> |
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<b>ipv4net(<font color="#ff003f">"10.2.0.0"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! The default is 10.0.0.0/8, but</font> |
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<b>ipv4len(16)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! it can be overridden like this.</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! local_port(12345)</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! add_remote("localhost:12346")</font> |
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<b>)</b> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! This creates a machine:</font> |
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<b>machine(</b> |
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<b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"My test machine"</font>)</b> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! serial_nr(123) ! Useful when emulating multiple machines</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf"> ! on multiple hosts, and they need to have</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf"> ! unique MAC addresses, etc.</font> |
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<b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"dec"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! This is actually not optional</font> |
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<b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"5000/200"</font>)</b> |
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<b>cpu(<font color="#ff003f">"R3000"</font>)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! Normally set implicitly to a reasonable</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! value, depending on <i>type</i> and <i>subtype</i></font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! ncpus(4)</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! use_random_bootstrap_cpu(yes)</font> |
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<b>memory(128)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! 128 MB memory. This overrides</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! the default amount of memory for</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! this machine type.</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! random_mem_contents(yes)</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! prom_emulation(no)</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! byte_order(big) ! Normally set implicitly (because</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! of <i>type</i> and <i>subtype</i>, or decided</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! from the file loaded with <i>load</i></font> |
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<b>load(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd-INSTALL"</font>)</b> |
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<b>bootname(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd"</font>)</b> |
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<b>bootarg(<font color="#ff003f">"-a"</font>)</b> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! n_gfx_cards(2) ! for DECstation dual/tripple-head</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! emulated_hz(10000000) ! for fixing the emulated clock speed</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! add_x11_display("otherbox:0") ! for dual/tripple-head etc</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! add_x11_display("thisbox:0")</font> |
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Devices can be added like this: |
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device("8250 addr=0x18000800 addr_mult=4") |
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The name comes first, followed by optional parameters. |
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Remember to use 0x for hexadecimal values. |
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<font color="#2020cf">! force_netboot(yes)</font> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! start_paused(yes)</font> |
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<b>disk(<font color="#ff003f">"nbsd.img"</font>)</b> |
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<b>disk(<font color="#ff003f">"6c:cdrom.iso"</font>)</b> |
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<b>use_x11(yes)</b> |
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<b>x11_scaledown(2)</b> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! slow_serial_interrupts_hack_for_linux(yes)</font> |
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{ Long comments can be nested. } |
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<b><i>... TODO ... |
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-i display each instruction as it is executed |
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-J disable some speed tricks |
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-m nr run at most nr instructions (on any cpu) |
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-N display nr of instructions/second average, at regular intervals |
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-p pc add a breakpoint (remember to use the '0x' prefix for hex!) |
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-r register dumps before every instruction |
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-t show function trace tree |
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<font color="#2020cf">! Multiple machine definitions are allowed.</font> |
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<b>machine(</b> |
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<b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"another machine"</font>)</b> |
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<b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"hpcmips"</font>)</b> |
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<b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"be300"</font>)</b> |
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Starting the emulator with a configuration file is as simple as |
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$ <b>gxemul @myconfig</b> |
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if <b>myconfig</b> is the name of the configuration file. |
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<h3>A minimal example:</h3> |
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Here is an example of what a minimal configuration file might look like: |
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<b>machine(</b> |
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<b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"3max"</font>)</b> |
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<b>load(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd-pmax-INSTALL-2.0"</font>)</b> |
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<p>For most machine types, <tt>type</tt> is needed. If only |
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<tt>subtype</tt> is specified, and the name is unique (i.e. there is only |
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one major type which has such a subtype), then the <tt>type</tt> can be |
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omitted. Also, adding a <tt>net</tt> is quite useful, especially for |
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netbooting kernels. |
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<h3>Network across multiple hosts:</h3> |
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<p>It is possible to add multiple <tt>machine</tt> entries into one |
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configuration file. This will cause the emulator to try to run all those |
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machines simultaneously. An alternative (and better) solution for doing |
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this, which gives higher reliability (stability) and performance, is to |
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have one configuration file per emulated machine. |
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<font color="#2020cf">! Configuration file for a |
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! "client" machine, netbooting |
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! of another machine.</font> |
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<b>net(</b> |
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<b>local_port(15000)</b> |
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<b>add_remote(<font color="#ff003f">"localhost:15001"</font>)</b> |
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<b>machine(</b> |
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<b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"client machine"</font>)</b> |
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<b>serial_nr(1)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! 10.0.0.1</font> |
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<b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"sgi"</font>)</b> |
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<b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"o2"</font>)</b> |
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<b>load(<font color="#ff003f">"netbsd-GENERIC32_IP3x.gz"</font>)</b> |
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<font color="#2020cf">! Configuration file for the |
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! "server" machine.</font> |
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<b>net(</b> |
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<b>local_port(15001)</b> |
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<b>add_remote(<font color="#ff003f">"localhost:15000"</font>)</b> |
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<b>machine(</b> |
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<b>name(<font color="#ff003f">"nfs server"</font>)</b> |
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<b>serial_nr(2)</b> <font color="#2020cf">! 10.0.0.2</font> |
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<b>type(<font color="#ff003f">"dec"</font>)</b> |
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<b>subtype(<font color="#ff003f">"3max"</font>)</b> |
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<b>disk(<font color="#ff003f">"nbsd_pmax.img"</font>)</b> |
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<p>This example creates a network using the default settings (10.0.0.0/8), |
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but it also allows the network to be connected to other emulator |
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instances. <tt>local_port(15000)</tt> means that anything coming in to |
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UDP port 15000 on the host is added to the network. All ethernet packets |
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on the network are also sent out to all other connected machines (those |
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<p>As you can see in the example, this is a configuration file for |
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netbooting a NetBSD/sgimips diskless machine, with a NetBSD/pmax machine |
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acting as the nfs server. Note that the nfs server has ports 15000 and |
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15001 reversed! |
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<p>"<tt>localhost</tt>" can be changed to the Internet hostname of a |
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remote machine, to run the simulation across a physical network. |
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>NOTE:</b> There is no error checking or |
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this feature at your own risk.</font> |
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