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| qemu target:   sh4
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| author:        Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
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| last modified: Tue Dec  6 07:22:44 CET 2005
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| 
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| The sh4 target is not ready at all yet for integration in qemu. This
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| file describes the current state of implementation.
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| 
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| Most places requiring attention and/or modification can be detected by
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| looking for "XXXXX" or "abort()".
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| 
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| The sh4 core is located in target-sh4/*, while the 7750 peripheral
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| features (IO ports for example) are located in hw/sh7750.[ch]. The
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| main board description is in hw/shix.c, and the NAND flash in
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| hw/tc58128.[ch].
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| 
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| All the shortcomings indicated here will eventually be resolved. This
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| is a work in progress. Features are added in a semi-random order: if a
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| point is blocking to progress on booting the Linux kernel for the shix
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| board, it is addressed first; if feedback is necessary and no progress
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| can be made on blocking points until it is received, a random feature
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| is worked on.
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| 
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| Goals
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| -----
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| 
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| The primary model being worked on is the soft MMU target to be able to
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| emulate the Shix 2.0 board by Alexis Polti, described at
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| http://perso.enst.fr/~polti/realisations/shix20/
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| 
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| Ultimately, qemu will be coupled with a system C or a verilog
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| simulator to simulate the whole board functionalities.
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| 
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| A sh4 user-mode has also somewhat started but will be worked on
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| afterwards. The goal is to automate tests for GNAT (GNU Ada) compiler
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| that I ported recently to the sh4-linux target.
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| 
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| Registers
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| ---------
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| 
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| 16 general purpose registers are available at any time. The first 8
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| registers are banked and the non-directly visible ones can be accessed
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| by privileged instructions. In qemu, we define 24 general purpose
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| registers and the code generation use either [0-7]+[8-15] or
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| [16-23]+[8-15] depending on the MD and RB flags in the sr
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| configuration register.
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| 
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| Instructions
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| ------------
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| 
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| Most sh4 instructions have been implemented. The missing ones at this
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| time are:
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|   - FPU related instructions
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|   - LDTLB to load a new MMU entry
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|   - SLEEP to put the processor in sleep mode
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| 
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| Most instructions could be optimized a lot. This will be worked on
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| after the current model is fully functional unless debugging
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| convenience requires that it is done early.
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| 
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| Many instructions did not have a chance to be tested yet. The plan is
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| to implement unit and regression testing of those in the future.
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| 
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| MMU
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| ---
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| 
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| The MMU is implemented in the sh4 core. MMU management has not been
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| tested at all yet. In the sh7750, it can be manipulated through memory
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| mapped registers and this part has not yet been implemented.
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| 
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| Exceptions
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| ----------
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| 
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| Exceptions are implemented as described in the sh4 reference manual
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| but have not been tested yet. They do not use qemu EXCP_ features
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| yet.
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| 
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| IRQ
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| ---
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| 
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| IRQ are not implemented yet.
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| 
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| Peripheral features
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| -------------------
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| 
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|   + Serial ports
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| 
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| Configuration and use of the first serial port (SCI) without
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| interrupts is supported. Input has not yet been tested.
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| 
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| Configuration of the second serial port (SCIF) is supported. FIFO
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| handling infrastructure has been started but is not completed yet.
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| 
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|   + GPIO ports
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| 
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| GPIO ports have been implemented. A registration function allows
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| external modules to register interest in some port changes (see
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| hw/tc58128.[ch] for an example) and will be called back. Interrupt
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| generation is not yet supported but some infrastructure is in place
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| for this purpose. Note that in the current model a peripheral module
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| cannot directly simulate a H->L->H input port transition and have an
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| interrupt generated on the low level.
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| 
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|   + TC58128 NAND flash
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| 
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| TC58128 NAND flash is partially implemented through GPIO ports. It
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| supports reading from flash.
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| 
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| GDB
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| ---
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| 
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| GDB remote target support has been implemented and lightly tested.
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| 
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| Files
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| -----
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| 
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| File names are hardcoded at this time. The bootloader must be stored in
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| shix_bios.bin in the current directory. The initial Linux image must
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| be stored in shix_linux_nand.bin in the current directory in NAND
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| format. Test files can be obtained from
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| http://perso.enst.fr/~polti/robot/ as well as the various datasheets I
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| use.
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| 
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| qemu disk parameter on the command line is unused. You can supply any
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| existing image and it will be ignored. As the goal is to simulate an
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| embedded target, it is not clear how this parameter will be handled in
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| the future.
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| 
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| To build an ELF kernel image from the NAND image, 16 bytes have to be
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| stripped off the end of every 528 bytes, keeping only 512 of them. The
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| following Python code snippet does it:
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| 
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| #! /usr/bin/python
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| 
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| def denand (infd, outfd):
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|     while True:
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|         d = infd.read (528)
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|         if not d: return
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|         outfd.write (d[:512])
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| 
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| if __name__ == '__main__':
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|     import sys
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|     denand (open (sys.argv[1], 'rb'),
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|             open (sys.argv[2], 'wb'))
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| 
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| Style isssues
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| -------------
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| 
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| There is currently a mix between my style (space before opening
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| parenthesis) and qemu style. This will be resolved before final
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| integration is proposed.
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