From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
To: Imran Shafiq <m_imranshafiq@yahoo.com>
Cc: sid@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: embedded system emulator help
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:05:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050309200520.GD22133@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050307170632.21914.qmail@web51509.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi -
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 09:06:31AM -0800, Imran Shafiq wrote:
> [...] automotive subsystems are comprised of [ECU] Electronic
> Control Units (e.g fujitsu mb90f598, Powerpc mpc 566) connected
> through a BUS system usually CAN. [...] So does that means I have
> to implement the whole instruction set for every ECU??
That's right. If you want to simulate software compiled for a given
platform, and a model of that platform is not already available, then
there is some coding to do. I believe there is no PowerPC model in
sid at the moment.
> I also have to simulate UART, Timer etc
Some UART and timer models are already included in sid. They may be
useful as is, or may serve as a basis for derivation.
> It should be possible to check the data on the bus So that would
> mean I have to implement the CAN protocol??
Well, one doesn't simulate a "protocol" per se, rather entities that
perform it. You would need to pick a level of abstraction at which
the simulator should model a CAN system. This could be at the
controller level, wire level, perhaps even some software level. This
allows you to trade of hardware fidelity versus modeling simplicity.
> Simulator should also report stack overflows or memory
> limitations.
Some of this is often best done by instrumentation added by the
compiler (check gcc's -fstack-limit options). Or a simulator could
also model "missing" physical memory that would trigger bus errors
upon attempted access. Think of the latter as mprotect(PROT_NONE).
> IS all this possible with SID considering the fact that i have to do
> it in 5 months :) .
Probably, if you pick another CPU architecture that is already
well-supported in sid, such as ARM. If nearly all of your software
is to be written in C, you could argue that the difference in the
processors is almost immaterial.
> Where can i start with an example. any pointers?
I would start with one of the classic sid configurations: running an
application linked with the eCos RTOS on a model of a board such as
the ARM PID. Analyze the application, eCos linkages, memory and
peripheral layout, and the corresponding sid configuration.
- FChE
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