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Main AMD SimNow Simulator 4.4.4 Users Manual Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. One AMD Place Sunnyvale, CA 94088 simnow@amd.com Page Contents Page Page Page Page Page Figures Page Tables Page 1 Overview Page 2 Installation 2.1 System Requirements 2.2 Installation Procedure 2.3 Directory Structure and Executable 2.4 Setting up Linux for the Simulator 2.5 Configuration File 2.6 Updates and Questions 3 Graphical User Interface 3.1 Tool Bar Buttons Page 3.2 Device Window 3.2.1 Add a New Device 3.2.2 Workspace Popup Menu Page Page 3.2.3 Example Computer Description Page 3.2.4 Device Window Quick Reference 3.3 Device Groups 3.3.1 Terms 3.3.2 Concept Diagrams 3.3.3 Working with Device Groups 3.3.4 Shell Automation Commands for Device Groups 3.3.5 Device Group Examples Page Page Page 3.3.6 Creating a Device Group 3.4 Main Window 3.4.1 SimStats and Diagnostic Ports 3.4.2 CPU-Statistics Graphs Page 3.4.3 Simulated Video 3.4.4 Hard Disk and Floppy Display 3.4.5 Using Hard Drive, DVD-/CD-ROM and Floppy Images 3.4.6 Registry Window 3.4.7 Help, Problems and Bug Reports Page 4 Disk Images 4.1 Creating A Blank Hard-Drive Image Page Page Page 5 Running the Simulator 5.1 Command-Line Arguments 5.1.1 Open a Simulation Definition File Page 5.2 Installing an Operating System 5.2.1 Assigning Disk-Images Page 5.2.2 Run The Simulation 5.2.3 Interaction with the Simulated Machine 5.2.4 Simulation Reset 5.3 Multi-Machine Support Page Page Page 6 Create a Simulated Computer 6.1 BSD Files 6.2 Device Placement Page 6.3 Solo.bsd Device Configuration 6.4 Save and Run AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 49 7 Device Configuration AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 50 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 7.1 AweSim Processor Device Page Page 7.2 Debugger Device 7.3 DIMM Device Page Page Page Page Page 7.4 Emerald Graphics Device Page Page AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 64 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 7.5 Matrox MGA-G400 PCI/AGP Page Page Page Page Page AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 71 Page Page 7.6 Super IO Devices: Winbond W83627HF SIO / ITE 8712 SIO Page Page 7.7 Memory Device Page Page 7.8 PCA9548 SMB Device 7.9 PCA9556 SMB Device 7.10 AMD 8th Generation Integrated Northbridge Device Page Page Page 7.11 AMD-8111 Southbridge Devices IO Hubs Page Page Page Page Page 7.12 PCI BUS Device Page 7.13 AMD-8131 PCI-X Controller 7.14 AMD-8132 PCI-X Controller Page 7.15 PCI-X Test Device 7.16 AMD-8151 AGP Bridge Device Page 7.17 Raid Device: Compaq SmartArray 5304 7.18 SMB Hub Device Page 7.19 AT24C Device 7.20 EXDI Server Device 7.21 USB Keyboard and USB Mouse Devices 7.22 XTR Device 7.22.1 Using XTR Page Page 7.22.2 XTR Structure Page 7.22.3 ModeFlags AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 113 7.22.4 Limitations 7.22.5 Example XTR XML File AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 114 Chapter 7: Device Configuration AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 115 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 116 Chapter 7: Device Configuration AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 117 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 118 Chapter 7: Device Configuration 7.23 JumpDrive Device 7.24 E1000 Network Adapter Device 7.24.1 Simulated Link Negotiation Simulator Process 7.24.2 The Mediator Daemon 7.24.3 MAC Addresses for use with the Adapter 7.24.4 Example Configurations Page 7.24.5 Visibility Diagram 7.25 Plug and Play Monitor Device Page 7.26 ATI SB400/SB600/SB700 Southbridge Devices Page 7.27 ATI RS480/RS780/RD790/RD890 Northbridge Devices 7.28 AMD Istanbul Device 7.29 AMD Sao Paulo Device 7.30 AMD Magny-Cours Device Page AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Chapter 8: PCI Configuration Viewer 135 8 PCI Configuration Viewer Figure 8-1: PCI Configuration Viewer 8.1 Scanning PCI Buses 8.2 Modifying the PCI Configuration contents 9 Logging 9.1 Message Log Page 9.2 Error Log 9.3 I/O Logging Page Page 10 CPU Debugger 10.1 Using the CPU Debugger 10.1.1 Setting a Breakpoint 10.1.2 Single Stepping the Simulation 10.1.3 Stepping Over an Instruction 10.1.4 Skipping an Instruction 10.1.5 Viewing a Memory Region 10.1.6 Reading PCI Configuration Registers 10.1.7 Reading CPU MSR Contents 10.1.8 Find Pattern in Memory 10.2 Debugger Command Reference Page Page Page 11 Debug Interface 11.1 Kernel Debugger 11.2 GDB Interface 11.2.1 Simple Approach 11.2.2 Alternate Approach 11.2.3 Using Another Port on the Same Machine 11.2.4 Using Two Separate Machines 11.3 Linux Host Serial Port Communication Page 12 Command API AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 156 Chapter 12: Command API 13 DiskTool 13.1 Command-Line Mode 13.2 GUI Mode Page Page Page Page 14 BIOS Developers Quick Start Guide 14.1 Loading a BIOS Image 14.2 Changing DRAM Size 14.3 Changing SPD Data 14.4 Clearing CMOS 14.5 Logging PCI Configuration Cycles 14.6 Logging CPU Cycles 14.7 Creating a Floppy-Disk Image Page 15 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 15.1.1 Terms 15.1.2 Concept Diagrams 15.1.3 Working with Device Groups 15.1.4 Shell Automation Commands for Device Groups Page 15.1.5 Device Group Examples Page Page 15.1.6 Creating a Device Group Page Page Page A Appendix A.1 Format of Floppy and Hard-Drive Images AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 182 Appendix A A.2 Bill of Material A.2.1 Computer Platform Files (BSD) Table 15-1: Computer Platform Files (BSD) A.2.2 Device Files (*.BSL) AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 A.2.4.1 Hard-Disk Image Files AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 184 Appendix A A.2.4.2 Memory SPD Files A.3 Supported Guest Operating Systems AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 186 Appendix A A.4 CPUID A.4.1 CPUID Standard Feature Support (Standard Function 0x01) AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 187 A.4.2 CPUID AMD Feature Support (Extended Function 0x80000001) A.5 Known Issues A.5.1 FSAVE/FRSTOR and FSTENV/FLDENV A.5.2 Triple Faulting A.5.3 Performance-Monitoring Counter Extensions A.5.4 Microcode Patching Page A.6 Instruction Reference A.6.1 Notation A.6.1.1 Mnemonic Syntax Page A.6.1.2 Opcode Syntax AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 193 A.6.2 General Purpose Instructions AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 194 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 195 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 196 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 197 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 198 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 199 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 200 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 201 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 202 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 203 AMD Confidential 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Appendix A 219 AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 220 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 221 A.6.3 System Instructions AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 222 Appendix A AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 223 A.6.3.1 INT Interrupt to Vector Interrupt to Debug Vector. Description Instruction Opcode A.6.4 Virtualization Instru ction Reference A.6.5 64-Bit Media Instruction Reference A.6.6 3DNow! Instruction Set AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Appendix A 225 A.6.7 Extension to the 3DNow! Instruction Set This section describes the five new DSP instructions added to the 3DNow! Instruction set. Table 15-11: Extension to 3DNow! Instruction Reference A.6.8 Prescott New Instructions A.6.8.1 MONITOR Setup Monitor Address MONITOR A.6.8.2 MWAIT Monitor Wait A.7 Automation Commands A.7.1 Shell Page Page Page A.7.2 IDE A.7.3 USB A.7.4 CMOS A.7.5 ACPI A.7.6 Floppy A.7.7 Debug A.7.8 AMD-8151 AGP Bridge A.7.9 VGA A.7.10 Serial Page A.7.11 HyperTransport Technology Configuration A.7.12 8th Generation Northbridge A.7.13 DBC A.7.14 AMD-8111 Device A.7.15 EHC A.7.16 Journal A.7.17.1 Profiling in SimNow Technology Page A.7.17.2 CPU Code Generator Commands A.7.18 Emerald Graphics A.7.19 Matrox MGA-G400 Graphics A.7.20 PCI Bus A.7.21 SIO A.7.22 Memory Device A.7.23 Raid A.7.24 DIMM Automation Command Description ResetPDL sets all 16 PDL response ranges to their maximum range (0 - 255). Description A.7.25 Keyboard and Mouse Table 15-14 shows the currently defined prefix sequences: Action Prefix A.7.26 JumpDrive Description Automation Command Automation Command Description To initialize the JumpDrive, and copy data to it: Page A.7.27 E1000 Description Automation Command Description Automation Command A.7.29 ATI SB400/SB600/SB700 A.7.30 ATI RS480 A.7.31 ATI RS780 A.7.32 ATI RD790/RD780/RX780 A.7.33 ATI RD890S/RD890/RD780S/RX880 Page AMD Confidential User Manual September 12th, 2008 Index 255 Index AMD Confidential User Manual September 12h, 2008 256 Index