1 /* This file defines the interface between the simulator and gdb.
3 Copyright 1993-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
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18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #if !defined (REMOTE_SIM_H)
21 #define REMOTE_SIM_H 1
27 /* This file is used when building stand-alone simulators, so isolate this
30 /* Pick up CORE_ADDR_TYPE if defined (from gdb), otherwise use same value as
31 gdb does (unsigned int - from defs.h). */
33 #ifndef CORE_ADDR_TYPE
34 typedef unsigned int SIM_ADDR
;
36 typedef CORE_ADDR_TYPE SIM_ADDR
;
40 /* Semi-opaque type used as result of sim_open and passed back to all
41 other routines. "desc" is short for "descriptor".
42 It is up to each simulator to define `sim_state'. */
44 typedef struct sim_state
*SIM_DESC
;
47 /* Values for `kind' arg to sim_open. */
50 SIM_OPEN_STANDALONE
, /* simulator used standalone (run.c) */
51 SIM_OPEN_DEBUG
/* simulator used by debugger (gdb) */
55 /* Return codes from various functions. */
63 /* The bfd struct, as an opaque type. */
68 /* Main simulator entry points. */
71 /* Create a fully initialized simulator instance.
73 (This function is called when the simulator is selected from the
76 KIND specifies how the simulator shall be used. Currently there
77 are only two kinds: stand-alone and debug.
79 CALLBACK specifies a standard host callback (defined in callback.h).
81 ABFD, when non NULL, designates a target program. The program is
84 ARGV is a standard ARGV pointer such as that passed from the
85 command line. The syntax of the argument list is is assumed to be
86 ``SIM-PROG { SIM-OPTION } [ TARGET-PROGRAM { TARGET-OPTION } ]''.
87 The trailing TARGET-PROGRAM and args are only valid for a
88 stand-alone simulator.
90 On success, the result is a non NULL descriptor that shall be
91 passed to the other sim_foo functions. While the simulator
92 configuration can be parameterized by (in decreasing precedence)
93 ARGV's SIM-OPTION, ARGV's TARGET-PROGRAM and the ABFD argument, the
94 successful creation of the simulator shall not dependent on the
95 presence of any of these arguments/options.
97 Hardware simulator: The created simulator shall be sufficiently
98 initialized to handle, with out restrictions any client requests
99 (including memory reads/writes, register fetch/stores and a
102 Process simulator: that process is not created until a call to
103 sim_create_inferior. FIXME: What should the state of the simulator
106 SIM_DESC
sim_open (SIM_OPEN_KIND kind
, struct host_callback_struct
*callback
, struct bfd
*abfd
, char **argv
);
109 /* Destory a simulator instance.
111 QUITTING is non-zero if we cannot hang on errors.
113 This may involve freeing target memory and closing any open files
114 and mmap'd areas. You cannot assume sim_kill has already been
117 void sim_close (SIM_DESC sd
, int quitting
);
120 /* Load program PROG into the simulators memory.
122 If ABFD is non-NULL, the bfd for the file has already been opened.
123 The result is a return code indicating success.
125 Hardware simulator: Normally, each program section is written into
126 memory according to that sections LMA using physical (direct)
127 addressing. The exception being systems, such as PPC/CHRP, which
128 support more complicated program loaders. A call to this function
129 should not effect the state of the processor registers. Multiple
130 calls to this function are permitted and have an accumulative
133 Process simulator: Calls to this function may be ignored.
135 FIXME: Most hardware simulators load the image at the VMA using
138 FIXME: For some hardware targets, before a loaded program can be
139 executed, it requires the manipulation of VM registers and tables.
140 Such manipulation should probably (?) occure in
141 sim_create_inferior. */
143 SIM_RC
sim_load (SIM_DESC sd
, char *prog
, struct bfd
*abfd
, int from_tty
);
146 /* Prepare to run the simulated program.
148 ABFD, if not NULL, provides initial processor state information.
149 ARGV and ENV, if non NULL, are NULL terminated lists of pointers.
151 Hardware simulator: This function shall initialize the processor
152 registers to a known value. The program counter and possibly stack
153 pointer shall be set using information obtained from ABFD (or
154 hardware reset defaults). ARGV and ENV, dependant on the target
155 ABI, may be written to memory.
157 Process simulator: After a call to this function, a new process
158 instance shall exist. The TEXT, DATA, BSS and stack regions shall
159 all be initialized, ARGV and ENV shall be written to process
160 address space (according to the applicable ABI) and the program
161 counter and stack pointer set accordingly. */
163 SIM_RC
sim_create_inferior (SIM_DESC sd
, struct bfd
*abfd
, char **argv
, char **env
);
166 /* Fetch LENGTH bytes of the simulated program's memory. Start fetch
167 at virtual address MEM and store in BUF. Result is number of bytes
168 read, or zero if error. */
170 int sim_read (SIM_DESC sd
, SIM_ADDR mem
, unsigned char *buf
, int length
);
173 /* Store LENGTH bytes from BUF into the simulated program's
174 memory. Store bytes starting at virtual address MEM. Result is
175 number of bytes write, or zero if error. */
177 int sim_write (SIM_DESC sd
, SIM_ADDR mem
, const unsigned char *buf
, int length
);
180 /* Fetch register REGNO storing its raw (target endian) value in the
181 LENGTH byte buffer BUF. Return the actual size of the register or
182 zero if REGNO is not applicable.
184 Legacy implementations ignore LENGTH and always return -1.
186 If LENGTH does not match the size of REGNO no data is transfered
187 (the actual register size is still returned). */
189 int sim_fetch_register (SIM_DESC sd
, int regno
, unsigned char *buf
, int length
);
192 /* Store register REGNO from the raw (target endian) value in BUF.
194 Return the actual size of the register, any size not equal to
195 LENGTH indicates the register was not updated correctly.
197 Return a LENGTH of -1 to indicate the register was not updated
198 and an error has occurred.
200 Return a LENGTH of 0 to indicate the register was not updated
201 but no error has occurred. */
203 int sim_store_register (SIM_DESC sd
, int regno
, unsigned char *buf
, int length
);
206 /* Print whatever statistics the simulator has collected.
208 VERBOSE is currently unused and must always be zero. */
210 void sim_info (SIM_DESC sd
, int verbose
);
213 /* Run (or resume) the simulated program.
215 STEP, when non-zero indicates that only a single simulator cycle
218 SIGGNAL, if non-zero is a (HOST) SIGRC value indicating the type of
219 event (hardware interrupt, signal) to be delivered to the simulated
222 Hardware simulator: If the SIGRC value returned by
223 sim_stop_reason() is passed back to the simulator via SIGGNAL then
224 the hardware simulator shall correctly deliver the hardware event
225 indicated by that signal. If a value of zero is passed in then the
226 simulation will continue as if there were no outstanding signal.
227 The effect of any other SIGGNAL value is is implementation
230 Process simulator: If SIGRC is non-zero then the corresponding
231 signal is delivered to the simulated program and execution is then
232 continued. A zero SIGRC value indicates that the program should
233 continue as normal. */
235 void sim_resume (SIM_DESC sd
, int step
, int siggnal
);
238 /* Asynchronous request to stop the simulation.
239 A nonzero return indicates that the simulator is able to handle
242 int sim_stop (SIM_DESC sd
);
245 /* Fetch the REASON why the program stopped.
247 SIM_EXITED: The program has terminated. SIGRC indicates the target
248 dependant exit status.
250 SIM_STOPPED: The program has stopped. SIGRC uses the host's signal
251 numbering as a way of identifying the reaon: program interrupted by
252 user via a sim_stop request (SIGINT); a breakpoint instruction
253 (SIGTRAP); a completed single step (SIGTRAP); an internal error
254 condition (SIGABRT); an illegal instruction (SIGILL); Access to an
255 undefined memory region (SIGSEGV); Mis-aligned memory access
256 (SIGBUS). For some signals information in addition to the signal
257 number may be retained by the simulator (e.g. offending address),
258 that information is not directly accessable via this interface.
260 SIM_SIGNALLED: The program has been terminated by a signal. The
261 simulator has encountered target code that causes the the program
262 to exit with signal SIGRC.
264 SIM_RUNNING, SIM_POLLING: The return of one of these values
265 indicates a problem internal to the simulator. */
267 enum sim_stop
{ sim_running
, sim_polling
, sim_exited
, sim_stopped
, sim_signalled
};
269 void sim_stop_reason (SIM_DESC sd
, enum sim_stop
*reason
, int *sigrc
);
272 /* Passthru for other commands that the simulator might support.
273 Simulators should be prepared to deal with any combination of NULL
276 void sim_do_command (SIM_DESC sd
, char *cmd
);
278 /* Complete a command based on the available sim commands. Returns an
279 array of possible matches. */
281 char **sim_complete_command (SIM_DESC sd
, const char *text
, const char *word
);
287 #endif /* !defined (REMOTE_SIM_H) */