Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs: User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About This Document 2. Intel® Simics® Simulator and Virtual Platforms 3. Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs Device Portfolio 4. Installing the Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs 5. Getting Started with Intel® Simics® Simulator 6. Debugging Target Software 7. Networking with the Simulated Target System 8. Intel® Simics® Scripting 9. Software Debug Examples with Intel® Simics® Simulator 10. Document Revision History for Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel FPGAs User Guide A. Intel® Simics® Simulator Command Reference
1. About This Document x
1.1. Documentation Conventions for Examples 1.2. Terminology 1.3. List of Acronyms
2. Intel® Simics® Simulator and Virtual Platforms x
2.1. Device Model and Virtual Platforms 2.2. Intel® Simics® Simulator 2.3. Intel® Simics® Simulator Architecture
2.2. Intel® Simics® Simulator x
2.2.1. Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel FPGAs Capabilities
4. Installing the Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs x
4.1. Installing the Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs on Linux* Systems 4.2. Installing the Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs on Microsoft Windows* Systems 4.3. Installing Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs 4.4. Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs Support
5. Getting Started with Intel® Simics® Simulator x
5.1. Simulation Set Up 5.2. Starting the Simulation 5.3. Intel® Simics® Simulator Command-Line Interface (CLI) 5.4. Hardware Inspection 5.5. Intel® Simics® Simulator Timing
5.1. Simulation Set Up x
5.1.1. Initializing an Intel® Simics® Project and Deploying a Virtual Platform 5.1.2. Understanding Target Scripts
5.2. Starting the Simulation x
5.2.1. Starting a Simulation from a Command Prompt 5.2.2. Starting a Simulation with Ashling* RiscFree* IDE
5.3. Intel® Simics® Simulator Command-Line Interface (CLI) x
5.3.1. Version of the Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel FPGAs Software 5.3.2. Simulation Run Control from CLI 5.3.3. Intel® Simics® Simulator Command Scope 5.3.4. Intel® Simics® Simulator CLI Variables and Operations 5.3.5. Intel® Simics® Simulator CLI Command Completion and Command History 5.3.6. Intel® Simics® Command-Line Interface Help 5.3.7. Capture of CLI Session to a File 5.3.8. Intel® Simics® Simulator File Location and Intel® Simics® Search Path
5.4. Hardware Inspection x
5.4.1. Listing Objects in the Target System 5.4.2. Processor (CPU) Inspection 5.4.3. Device Inspection 5.4.4. Memory Mapping and Memory Inspection 5.4.5. Logging
5.4.2. Processor (CPU) Inspection x
5.4.2.1. Listing Processors 5.4.2.2. Inspect Processor Registers
5.4.3. Device Inspection x
5.4.3.1. Retrieve List of Devices 5.4.3.2. Inspecting Device Registers
5.4.4. Memory Mapping and Memory Inspection x
5.4.4.1. Memory Mapping Inspection 5.4.4.2. Memory Inspection
5.4.5. Logging x
5.4.5.1. Breakpoints on CLI Log Messages
5.5. Intel® Simics® Simulator Timing x
5.5.1. CPU Frequency 5.5.2. CPU Cycles and Steps 5.5.3. Events 5.5.4. Enable Real Time
6. Debugging Target Software x
6.1. Intel® Simics® Debugger and Debug Context 6.2. Capturing Serial Console Output 6.3. Breakpoints 6.4. Debugging Target Software with Symbol Files 6.5. Debugging Target Software with Ashling* RiscFree* Debugger 6.6. Capturing CPU Instruction Execution Trace
6.3. Breakpoints x
6.3.1. Memory Breakpoints 6.3.2. Temporal Breakpoints 6.3.3. CPU Control Register Breakpoints 6.3.4. Hardware Access Breakpoints 6.3.5. CPU Register Breakpoints 6.3.6. Tracing Breakpoints 6.3.7. Text Console Activity Breakpoints
6.4. Debugging Target Software with Symbol Files x
6.4.1. Loading Symbol Files in a Simulation
6.5. Debugging Target Software with Ashling* RiscFree* Debugger x
6.5.1. Remote Debugging with RiscFree* IDE
6.5.1. Remote Debugging with RiscFree* IDE x
6.5.1.1. Remote Debugging With Intel® Simics® Simulation and RiscFree* IDE on the Same System 6.5.1.2. Remote Debugging With Intel® Simics® Simulation and RiscFree* IDE on Different Systems 6.5.1.3. Remote Access to the Target System Serial Console
7. Networking with the Simulated Target System x
7.1. Network Simulation and Service Node 7.2. Connectivity Between Host PC and Target System
7.2. Connectivity Between Host PC and Target System x
7.2.1. Port Forwarding 7.2.2. Transferring Files Between Host PC and Target System 7.2.3. Accessing Target System from Host PC Through HTTP 7.2.4. Networking Commands Reference Table
7.2.1. Port Forwarding x
7.2.1.1. Incoming Port Forwarding 7.2.1.2. Outgoing Port Forwarding
7.2.1.1. Incoming Port Forwarding x
7.2.1.1.1. Example of an SSH Connection with Incoming Port Forwarding
7.2.1.2. Outgoing Port Forwarding x
7.2.1.2.1. Example of SSH Connection With Outgoing Port Forwarding 7.2.1.2.2. Example of SSH Connection via NAPT
7.2.2. Transferring Files Between Host PC and Target System x
7.2.2.1. Transferring Files with SCP service 7.2.2.2. Transferring Files with TFTP service
7.2.2.1. Transferring Files with SCP service x
7.2.2.1.1. Transferring Files With SCP Service via Forwarding Ports 7.2.2.1.2. Transferring Files with SCP from Target System to Host PC via NAPT
7.2.2.2. Transferring Files with TFTP service x
7.2.2.2.1. TFTP Using Forwarding Port 7.2.2.2.2. TFTP via NAPT 7.2.2.2.3. TFTP Using TFTP Server in Intel® Simics® Service Node
8. Intel® Simics® Scripting x
8.1. Scripts in CLI
8.1. Scripts in CLI x
8.1.1. Variables 8.1.2. Command Return Values 8.1.3. Control Flow Commands 8.1.4. Local Variables 8.1.5. Integer Conversion 8.1.6. Accessing Configuration Parameters 8.1.7. Error Handling in Scripts 8.1.8. Script Branches
8.1.8. Script Branches x
8.1.8.1. Script Branches Commands 8.1.8.2. Variables in Script Branches 8.1.8.3. Branch Synchronization 8.1.8.4. Canceling Script Branches 8.1.8.5. Script Branches Restrictions
9. Software Debug Examples with Intel® Simics® Simulator x
9.1. Debugging Linux* User-Mode Application
9.1. Debugging Linux* User-Mode Application x
9.1.1. Debugging a Linux Application with GDB 9.1.2. Debugging a Linux Application with RiscFree* IDE
9.1.1. Debugging a Linux Application with GDB x
9.1.1.1. Debugging with GDB Debug from Host PC Using Forwarding Ports 9.1.1.2. Debugging with GDB from Host PC with Intel® Simics® Simulator GDB Server
1. About This Document
2. Intel® Simics® Simulator and Virtual Platforms
3. Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs Device Portfolio
4. Installing the Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs
5. Getting Started with Intel® Simics® Simulator
6. Debugging Target Software
7. Networking with the Simulated Target System
8. Intel® Simics® Scripting
9. Software Debug Examples with Intel® Simics® Simulator
10. Document Revision History for Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel FPGAs User Guide
A. Intel® Simics® Simulator Command Reference

5.4.1. Listing Objects in the Target System

In Intel® Simics® simulator environment, the virtual hardware platform is presented in a tree hierarchy of namespace and objects. Each namespace can be expanded down to its sublevel objects as all hardware in an Intel® Simics® target machine is simulated as an object. The first method to inspect hardware is to list objects using the list-objects command as shown below: 
list-objects ["iface"] ["class"] [namespace] ["substr"] [-n] [-a] [-all] [-recursive] [-tree]
Command Description
["iface"] Only lists objects with a particular interface.
["class"] Only lists objects of a particular class.
[namespace] Lists all objects inside the given namespace.
["substr"] Lists all objects containing the given substring – especially useful with –all.
-n Sorts by name instead of by class.
-all Lists objects anywhere in the configuration.
-recursive Lists objects in the current namespace and below.
-tree Prints a tree structure similar to the view in the System Editor.
In the Intel® Simics® simulator CLI, enter the list-objects command. You see that the namespace agilex (which is an object by itself) is defined in the class sm_hps_board. The agilex is the namespace for the target board HPS hardware system. Other name spaces are ethernet_switch0, fpga0, and service_node_cmp0. Names might vary on different systems. 
# Intel Simics simulator CLI  
# You can use “list-objects” with or without stopping simics. 
simics> list-objects
------------------------------------------
   Component Class          Object
------------------------------------------
<fm_hps_board>         agilex 
<ethernet_switch>      ethernet_switch0 
<fm_fpga_base_board>   fpga0 
<service_node_comp>    service_node_cmp0
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
   Class                   Object
------------------------------------------
<bp-manager>          bp 
<breakpoints-old>     breakpoints
<sync_domain>         default_sync_domain
<script-params>       params 
<preferences>         prefs 
<sim>                 sim
------------------------------------------

You can inspect the objects under system.board.fpga by entering list-object namespace = system.board.fpga. This returns a list of all objects. The output list can be very long. 

# Intel Simics simulator CLI  
simics> list-objects namespace = agilex
------------------------------------------
   Component Class          Object
------------------------------------------
<txt_console_comp>        agilex.console0 
<fm_hps_comp>             agilex.hps 
<fm_hps_nand_flash_comp>  agilex.nand_image
<spi_flash_comp>          agilex.qspi_slave 
<sd_comp>                 agilex.sd_card
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
   Class                   Object
------------------------------------------
<crypto_engine_aes>       agilex.aes_engine 
<frequency_bus>           agilex.boot_clk 
<fm_hps_ccu>              agilex.ccu 
<cell>                    agilex.cell   
<fm_hps_i2c_0>            agilex.i2c0 
     :                        : 
     :                        : 
<fm_hps_sysmgr>           agilex.sysmgr 
<fm_hps_uart0>            agilex.uart0 
<fm_hps_uart1>            agilex.uart1 
<fm_hps_wdt0>             agilex.wdt0 
<fm_hps_wdt1>             agilex.wdt1
------------------------------------------

To further inspect the details of an object, enter command list-objects namespace = [namespace].[object]. Use the -tree option to view the object connections as a hierarchy. To view the table and tree representation of the HPS hardware system, enter commands as follows. 

# Intel Simics simulator CLI  
# using object “agilex.hps” as an example 

simics> list-objects namespace = agilex.hps
-------------------------------------------------
   Class                   Object
-------------------------------------------------
<arm_broadcast_bus>    agilex.hps.broadcast_bus
<bitmask-translator>   agilex.hps.bt
<arm-cortex-a53>       agilex.hps.core[0] 
<arm-cortex-a53>       agilex.hps.core[1] 
<arm-cortex-a53>       agilex.hps.core[2]  
<arm-cortex-a53>       agilex.hps.core[3] 
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.cpu_mem[0] 
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.cpu_mem[1] 
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.cpu_mem[2]   
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.cpu_mem[3] 
<fm_hps_gic>           agilex.hps.gic  
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem[0] 
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem[1]  
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem[2]  
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem[3] 
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem_ns[0]
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem_ns[1]
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem_ns[2]
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.gic_mem_ns[3] 
<signal-bus>           agilex.hps.l2reset_n_bus 
<memory-space>         agilex.hps.phys_mem  
<arm_generic_timer>    agilex.hps.timer[0]   
<arm_generic_timer>    agilex.hps.timer[1]  
<arm_generic_timer>    agilex.hps.timer[2] 
<arm_generic_timer>    agilex.hps.timer[3]
-------------------------------------------------

simics> list-objects namespace = agilex.hps -tree
To list out every namespace and object available in an Intel® Simics® simulator environment, use the following commands:
  • list-objects namespace -all : Lists all objects of the main namespace.
  • list-namespaces : Lists all namespaces and sublevel objects.
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