2014-05-30 00:40:09 +01:00
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This is experimental, community-supported port for Cortex-M emulation as
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2014-07-02 18:30:46 +01:00
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provided by QEMU (http://qemu.org).
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2014-05-30 00:40:09 +01:00
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The purposes of this port are to enable:
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1. Continuous integration
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2017-05-29 08:08:14 +01:00
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- run tests against architecture-specific parts of code base
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2. Experimentation
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- simulation & prototyping of anything that has architecture-specific
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code
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- exploring instruction set in terms of optimising some part of
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MicroPython or a module
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3. Streamlined debugging
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- no need for JTAG or even an MCU chip itself
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- no need to use OpenOCD or anything else that might slow down the
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process in terms of plugging things together, pressing buttons, etc.
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2020-05-29 13:42:08 +01:00
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This port will only work with the [GNU ARM Embedded Toolchain](
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https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm)
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and not with CodeSourcery toolchain. You will need to modify
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`LDFLAGS` if you want to use CodeSourcery's version of `arm-none-eabi`.
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The difference is that CodeSourcery needs `-T generic-m-hosted.ld` while
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ARM's version requires `--specs=nano.specs --specs=rdimon.specs` to be
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passed to the linker.
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2017-12-11 18:04:27 +00:00
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To build and run image with builtin testsuite:
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make -f Makefile.test test
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