1 This is a loose collection of notes for people hacking on simulators.
2 If this document gets big enough it can be prettied up then.
6 - The "common" directory
7 - Common Makefile Support
9 - Generating "configure" files
11 - C Language Assumptions
12 - "dump" commands under gdb
14 The "common" directory
15 ======================
17 The common directory contains:
19 - common documentation files (e.g. run.1, and maybe in time .texi files)
20 - common source files (e.g. run.c)
21 - common Makefile fragment and configury (e.g. Make-common.in, aclocal.m4).
23 In addition "common" contains portions of the system call support
24 (e.g. callback.c, nltvals.def).
26 Even though no files are built in this directory, it is still configured
27 so support for regenerating nltvals.def is present.
29 Common Makefile Support
30 =======================
32 A common configuration framework is available for simulators that want
33 to use it. The common framework exists to remove a lot of duplication
34 in configure.in and Makefile.in, and it also provides a foundation for
35 enhancing the simulators uniformly (e.g. the more they share in common
36 the easier a feature added to one is added to all).
38 The configure.in of a simulator using the common framework should look like:
41 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
42 sinclude(../common/aclocal.m4)
48 ... target specific additions ...
55 - invokes the autoconf macros most often used by the simulators
56 - defines --enable/--with options usable by all simulators
57 - initializes sim_link_files/sim_link_links as the set of symbolic links
62 - creates the symbolic links defined in sim_link_{files,links}
64 - creates the Makefile
66 The Makefile.in of a simulator using the common framework should look like:
69 # Makefile for blah ...
72 ## COMMON_PRE_CONFIG_FRAG
74 # These variables are given default values in COMMON_PRE_CONFIG_FRAG.
75 # We override the ones we need to here.
76 # Not all of these need to be mentioned, only the necessary ones.
77 # In fact it is better to *not* mention ones if the value is the default.
79 # List of object files, less common parts.
81 # List of extra dependencies.
82 # Generally this consists of simulator specific files included by sim-main.h.
84 # List of flags to always pass to $(CC).
86 # List of extra libraries to link with.
88 # List of extra program dependencies.
90 # List of main object files for `run'.
92 # Dependency of `all' to build any extra files.
94 # Dependency of `install' to install any extra files.
96 # Dependency of `clean' to clean any extra files.
99 ## COMMON_POST_CONFIG_FRAG
101 # Rules need to build $(SIM_OBJS), plus whatever else the target wants.
103 ... target specific rules ...
106 COMMON_{PRE,POST}_CONFIG_FRAG are markers for SIM_AC_OUTPUT to tell it
107 where to insert the two pieces of common/Make-common.in.
108 The resulting Makefile is created by doing autoconf substitions on
109 both the target's Makefile.in and Make-common.in, and inserting
110 the two pieces of Make-common.in into the target's Makefile.in at
111 COMMON_{PRE,POST}_CONFIG_FRAG.
113 Note that SIM_EXTRA_{INSTALL,CLEAN} could be removed and "::" targets
114 could be used instead. However, it's not clear yet whether "::" targets
120 Many files generate program symbols at compile time.
121 Such symbols can't be found with grep nor do they normally appear in
122 the TAGS file. To get around this, source files can add the comment
124 /* TAGS: foo1 foo2 */
126 where foo1, foo2 are program symbols. Symbols found in such comments
127 are greppable and appear in the TAGS file.
129 Generating "configure" files
130 ============================
132 For targets using the common framework, "configure" can be generated
133 by running `autoconf'.
135 To regenerate the configure files for all targets using the common framework:
138 $ make -f Makefile.in SHELL=/bin/sh autoconf-common
140 To add a change-log entry to the ChangeLog file for each updated
141 directory (WARNING - check the modified new-ChangeLog files before
144 $ make -f Makefile.in SHELL=/bin/sh autoconf-changelog
145 $ more */new-ChangeLog
146 $ make -f Makefile.in SHELL=/bin/sh autoconf-install
148 In a similar vein, both the configure and config.in files can be
149 updated using the sequence:
152 $ make -f Makefile.in SHELL=/bin/sh autoheader-common
153 $ make -f Makefile.in SHELL=/bin/sh autoheader-changelog
154 $ more */new-ChangeLog
155 $ make -f Makefile.in SHELL=/bin/sh autoheader-install
160 File tconfig.in defines one or more target configuration macros
161 (e.g. a tm.h file). There are very few that need defining.
162 For a list of all of them, see common/tconfig.in.
163 It contains them all, commented out.
164 The intent is that a new port can just copy this file and
165 define the ones it needs.
167 C Language Assumptions
168 ======================
170 The programmer may assume that the simulator is being built using an
171 ANSI C compiler that supports a 64 bit data type. Consequently:
173 o prototypes can be used (although using
174 PARAMS() and K&R declarations wouldn't
177 o If sim-types.h is included, the two
178 types signed64 and unsigned64 are
181 o The type `unsigned' is valid.
183 However, the user should be aware of the following:
185 o GCC's `<number>LL' is NOT acceptable.
186 Microsoft-C doesn't reconize it.
188 o MSC's `<number>i64' is NOT acceptable.
189 GCC doesn't reconize it.
191 o GCC's `long long' MSC's `_int64' can
192 NOT be used to define 64 bit integer data
195 o An empty array (eg int a[0]) is not valid.
197 When building with GCC it is effectivly a requirement that
198 --enable-build-warnings=,-Werror be specified during configuration.
200 "dump" commands under gdb
201 =========================
203 gdbinit.in contains the following
206 set sim_debug_dump ()
209 Simulators that define the sim_debug_dump function can then have their
210 internal state pretty printed from gdb.
212 FIXME: This can obviously be made more elaborate. As needed it will be.
214 Rebuilding nltvals.def
215 ======================
217 Checkout a copy of the SIM and LIBGLOSS modules (Unless you've already
222 $ cvs checkout sim-no-testsuite libgloss-no-testsuite newlib-no-testsuite
224 Configure things for an arbitrary simulator target (I've d10v for
227 $ mkdir /tmp/$$/build
229 $ /tmp/$$/devo/configure --target=d10v-elf
231 In the sim/common directory rebuild the headers:
238 devo/sim/common/gennltvals.sh
240 Add your new processor target (you'll need to grub
241 around to find where your syscall.h lives).
243 devo/sim/<processor>/Makefile.in
247 ``NL_TARGET = -DNL_TARGET_d10v''
249 just before the line COMMON_POST_CONFIG_FRAG.
251 devo/sim/<processor>/*.[ch]
253 Include targ-vals.h instead of syscall.h.