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| author | Robert Norton <rmn30@cam.ac.uk> | 2018-11-30 12:31:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Robert Norton <rmn30@cam.ac.uk> | 2018-11-30 12:31:50 +0000 |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b925821 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Booting Linux with the C backend: +--------------------------------- + +The C model needs an ELF-version of the BBL (Berkeley-Boot-Loader) that contains +the Linux kernel as an embedded payload. It also needs a DTB (device-tree blob) +file describing the platform. Once those are available, the model should be run +as: + +$ ./riscv_sim -b spike.dtb bbl > execution-trace.log 2>&1 & +$ tail -f term.log + +The term.log file contains the console boot messages. + + +Booting Linux with the OCaml backend: +------------------------------------- + +The OCaml model only needs the ELF-version of the BBL, since it can generate its +own DTB. + +$ ./platform bbl > execution-trace.log + +The console output is sent to stderr. |