console driver on software simulator
JP Bonn
rtems2 at jpbonn.eioMAIL.com
Wed Mar 16 18:07:26 UTC 2005
We're doing the simulation in software (similar to PSIM) so I can do a
"printf" within in the simulator. I realize I can emulate a UART but I
thought that was more complicated than needed to be. I'm thinking of a
console driver that just takes it's input and then does printf.
Joel Sherrill <joel at OARcorp.com> wrote:
> JP Bonn wrote:
>
>> We're porting RTEMS to a software simulation of our processor. We'd
>> like to have /dev/console output go to stdout. Is there a device driver
>> to do this? It seems like someone would have done this already but I
>> didn't see one.
>
>
> The simulator BSPs use whatever magic the simulator itself provides
> for console output. This could be writing to a magic address and seeing
> the character pop out on stdout or a full blown simulation of a
> UART with interrupts.
>
> What facilities like this does your simulator provide?
>
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