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README
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^^^^^^
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Contents
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^^^^^^^^
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o Overview
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- Description
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- Fake Interrupts
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- Timing Fidelity
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o Debugging
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o Issues
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- 64-bit Issues
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- Compiler differences
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- Stack Size Issues
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- Networking Issues
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- X11 Issues
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- Cygwin64 Issues
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- SMP
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o BASIC
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o Configurations
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Overview
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^^^^^^^^
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Description
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-----------
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This README file describes the contents of the build configurations available
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for the NuttX "sim" target. The sim target is a NuttX port that runs as a
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user-space program under Linux or Cygwin. It is a very "low fidelity" embedded
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system simulation: This environment does not support any kind of asynchronous
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events -- there are nothing like interrupts in this context. Therefore, there
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can be no pre-empting events.
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Fake Interrupts
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---------------
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In order to get timed behavior, the system timer "interrupt handler" is called
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from the sim target's IDLE loop. The IDLE runs whenever there is no other task
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running. So, for example, if a task calls sleep(), then that task will suspend
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wanting for the time to elapse. If nothing else is available to run, then the
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IDLE loop runs and the timer increments, eventually re-awakening the sleeping task.
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Context switching is based on logic similar to setjmp() and longjmp().
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The sim target is used primarily as a development and test platform for new
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RTOS features. It is also of academic interest. But it has no real-world
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application that I know of.
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Timing Fidelity
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---------------
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NOTE: In order to facility fast testing, the sim target's IDLE loop, by default,
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calls the system "interrupt handler" as fast as possible. As a result, there
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really are no noticeable delays when a task sleeps. However, the task really does
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sleep -- but the time scale is wrong. If you want behavior that is closer to
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normal timing, then you can define CONFIG_SIM_WALLTIME=y in your configuration
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file. This configuration setting will cause the sim target's IDLE loop to delay
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on each call so that the system "timer interrupt" is called at a rate approximately
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correct for the system timer tick rate. With this definition in the configuration,
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sleep() behavior is more or less normal.
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Debugging
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^^^^^^^^^
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One of the best reasons to use the simulation is that is supports great, Linux-
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based debugging. Here are the steps that I following to use the Linux ddd
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graphical front-end to GDB:
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1. Modify the top-level configuration file. Enable debug symbols by defining
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the following.
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cd <NuttX-Directory>
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CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
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2. Re-build:
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cd <NuttX-Directory>
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make clean
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make
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3. Then start the debugging:
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ddd nuttx &
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gdb> b user_start
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gdb> r
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NOTE: This above steps work fine on both Linux and Cygwin. On Cygwin, you
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will need to start the Cywin-X server before running ddd.
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Issues
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^^^^^^
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64-Bit Issues
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-------------
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As mentioned above, context switching is based on logic like setjmp() and
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longjmp(). This context switching is available for 32-bit and 64-bit
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targets. You must, however, set the correct target in the configuration
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before you build: CONFIG_HOST_X86_64 or CONFIG_HOST_X86 for 64- and 32-bit
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targets, respectively. On a 64-bit machine, you can also force the 32-bit
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build with CONFIG_SIM_M32=y (which does not seem to be supported by more
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contemporary x86_64 compilers).
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There are other 64-bit issues as well. For example, addresses are retained in
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32-bit unsigned integer types in a few places. On a 64-bit machine, the 32-bit
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address storage may corrupt 64-bit addressing. NOTE: This is really a bug --
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addresses should not be retained in uint32_t types but rather in uintptr_t types
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to avoid issues just like this.
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Compiler differences
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operator new:
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Problem: "'operator new' takes size_t ('...') as first parameter"
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Workaround: Add -fpermissive to the compilation flags
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Stack Size Issues
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-----------------
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When you run the NuttX simulation, it uses stacks allocated by NuttX from the
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NuttX heap. The memory management model is exactly the same in the simulation
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as it is real, target system. This is good because this produces a higher
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fidelity simulation.
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However, when the simulation calls into Linux/Cygwin libraries, it will still
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use these small simulation stacks. This happens, for example, when you call
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into the system to get and put characters to the console window or when you
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make x11 calls into the system. The programming model within those libraries
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will assume a Linux/Cygwin environment where the stack size grows dynamically
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and not the small, limited stacks of a deeply embedded system.
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As a consequence, those system libraries may allocate large data structures
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on the stack and overflow the small NuttX stacks. X11, in particular,
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requires large stacks. If you are using X11 in the simulation, make sure
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that you set aside a "lot" of stack for the X11 system calls (maybe 8 or 16Kb).
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The stack size for the thread that begins with user start is controlled
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by the configuration setting CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE; you may need to
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increase this value to larger number to survive the X11 system calls.
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If you are running X11 applications as NSH add-on programs, then the stack
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size of the add-on program is controlled in another way. Here are the
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steps for increasing the stack size in that case:
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cd ../apps/builtin # Go to the builtin apps directory
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vi builtin_list.h # Edit this file and increase the stack size of the add-on
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rm .built *.o # This will force the builtin apps logic to rebuild
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Networking Issues
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-----------------
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I never did get networking to work on the sim target. It tries to use the tap device
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(/dev/net/tun) to emulate an Ethernet NIC, but I never got it correctly integrated
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with the NuttX networking (I probably should try using raw sockets instead).
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Update: Max Holtzberg reports to me that the tap device actually does work properly,
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but not in an NSH configuration because of stdio operations freeze the simulation.
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REVISIT: This may not long be an issue even with NSH because of the recent redesign
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of how the stdio devices are handled in the simulation (they should no longer freeze
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the simulation).
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X11 Issues
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There is an X11-based framebuffer driver that you can use exercise the NuttX graphics
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subsystem on the simulator (see the sim/nx11 configuration below). This may require a
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lot of tinkering to get working, depending upon where your X11 installation stores
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libraries and header files and how it names libraries.
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For example, on UBuntu 9.09, I had to do the following to get a clean build:
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cd /usr/lib/
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sudo ln -s libXext.so.6.4.0 libXext.so
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(I also get a segmentation fault at the conclusion of the NX test -- that will need
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to get looked into as well).
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The X11 examples builds on Cygwin, but does not run. The last time I tried it,
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XOpenDisplay() aborted the program. UPDATE: This was caused by the small stack
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size and can be fixed by increasing the size of the NuttX stack that calls into
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X11. See the discussion "Stack Size Issues" above.
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Cygwin64 Issues
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---------------
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There are some additional issues using the simulator with Cygwin64. Below is the
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summary of the changes that I had to make to get the simulator working in that
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environment:
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CONFIG_HOST_X86_64=y
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CONFIG_SIM_M32=n
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Need to select X64_64. Cygwin64 tools do not seem to support any option
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to build a 32-bit target.
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CONFIG_SIM_CYGWIN_DECORATED=n
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Older versions of Cygwin toolsdecorated C symbol names by adding an
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underscore to the beginning of the symbol name. Newer versions of
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Cygwin do not seem to do this. Deselecting CONFIG_SIM_CYGWIN_DECORATED
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will select the symbols without the leading underscore as needed by
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the Cygwin64 toolchain.
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How do you know if you need this option? You could look at the generated
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symbol tables to see if there are underscore characters at the beginning
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of the symbol names. Or, if you need this option, the simulation will not
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run: It will crash early, probably in some function due to the failure to
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allocate memory.
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In this case, when I tried to run nutt.exe from the command line, it
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exited silently. Running with GDB I get following (before hitting a
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breakpoint at main()):
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(gdb) r
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Starting program: /cygdrive/c/Users/Gregory/Documents/projects/nuttx/master/nuttx/nuttx.exe
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[New Thread 6512.0xda8]
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[New Thread 6512.0x998]
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1 [main] nuttx 6512 C:\Users\Gregory\Documents\projects\nuttx\master\nuttx\nuttx.exe: *** fatal error - Internal error: Out of memory for new path buf.
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736 [main] nuttx 6512 cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to nuttx.exe.stackdump
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[Thread 6512.0x998 exited with code 256]
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[Inferior 1 (process 6512) exited with code 0400]
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_SYSTEMV=n
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_MICROSOFT=y
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Selet Microsoft x64 calling convention.
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The Microsoft x64 calling convention is followed on Microsoft Windows and
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pre-boot UEFI (for long mode on x86-64). It uses registers RCX, RDX, R8,
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R9 for the first four integer or pointer arguments (in that order), and
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XMM0, XMM1, XMM2, XMM3 are used for floating point arguments. Additional
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arguments are pushed onto the stack (right to left). Integer return
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values (similar to x86) are returned in RAX if 64 bits or less. Floating
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point return values are returned in XMM0. Parameters less than 64 bits
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long are not zero extended; the high bits are not zeroed.
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SMP
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---
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The configuration has basic support SMP testing. The simulation supports
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the emulation of multiple CPUs by creating multiple pthreads, each run a
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copy of the simulation in the same process address space.
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At present, the SMP simulation is not fully functional: It does operate
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on the simulated CPU threads for a few context switches then fails during
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a setjmp() operation. I suspect that this is not an issue with the NuttX
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SMP logic but more likely some chaos in the pthread controls. I have seen
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similar such strange behavior other times that I have tried to use
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setjmp/longmp from a signal handler! Like when I tried to implement
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simulated interrupts using signals.
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Apparently, if longjmp is invoked from the context of a signal handler,
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the result is undefined: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1318.htm
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You can enable SMP for ostest configuration by enabling:
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-# CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
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+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
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+CONFIG_SPINLOCK=y
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+CONFIG_SMP=y
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+CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=2
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+CONFIG_SMP_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
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You also must enable near-realtime-performance otherwise even long
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timeouts will expire before a CPU thread even has a chance to execute.
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-# CONFIG_SIM_WALLTIME is not set
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+CONFIG_SIM_WALLTIME=y
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And you can enable some additional debug output with:
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-# CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED is not set
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+CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED=y
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-# CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION is not set
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+CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION=y
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The SMP configuration will run with:
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CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=1
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In this case there is, of course, no muli-CPU processing, but this does
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verify the correctness of some the basic SMP logic.
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The NSH configuration can also be forced to run SMP, but suffers from
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the same quirky behavior. I can be made reliable if you modify
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arch/sim/src/up_idle.c so that the IDLE loop only runs for CPU0.
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Otherwise, often simuart_post() will be called from CPU1 and it will
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try to restart NSH on CPU0 and, again, the same quirkiness occurs.
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But for example, this command:
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nsh> sleep 1 &
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will execute the sleep command on CPU1 which has worked every time
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that I have tried it (which is not too many times).
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BASIC
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^^^^^
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I have used the sim/nsh configuration to test Michael Haardt's BASIC interpreter
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that you can find at apps/interpreters/bas.
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Bas is an interpreter for the classic dialect of the programming language
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BASIC. It is pretty compatible to typical BASIC interpreters of the 1980s,
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unlike some other UNIX BASIC interpreters, that implement a different
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syntax, breaking compatibility to existing programs. Bas offers many ANSI
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BASIC statements for structured programming, such as procedures, local
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variables and various loop types. Further there are matrix operations,
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automatic LIST indentation and many statements and functions found in
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specific classic dialects. Line numbers are not required.
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There is also a test suite for the interpreter that can be found at
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apps/examples/bastest.
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Configuration
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Below are the recommended configuration changes to use BAS with the
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stm32f4discovery/nsh configuration:
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Dependencies:
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CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y : exec*() functions are required
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CONFIG_LIBM=y : Some floating point library is required
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CONFIG_LIBC_FLOATINGPOINT=y : Floating point printing support is required
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CONFIG_LIBC_TMPDIR="/tmp" : Writeable temporary files needed for some commands
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Enable the BASIC interpreter. Other default options should be okay:
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CONFIG_INTERPRETERS_BAS=y : Enables the interpreter
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CONFIG_INTERPRETER_BAS_VT100=y
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The BASIC test suite can be included:
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CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y : ROMFS support is needed
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CONFIG_EXAMPLES_BASTEST=y : Enables the BASIC test setup
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CONFIG_EXAMPLES_BASTEST_DEVMINOR=6
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CONFIG_EXAMPLES_BASTEST_DEVPATH="/dev/ram6"
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Usage
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This setup will initialize the BASIC test (optional): This will mount
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a ROMFS file system at /mnt/romfs that contains the BASIC test files:
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nsh> bastest
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Registering romdisk at /dev/ram6
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Mounting ROMFS filesystem at target=/mnt/romfs with source=/dev/ram6
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nsh>
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The interactive interpreter is started like:
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nsh> bas
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bas 2.4
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Copyright 1999-2014 Michael Haardt.
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This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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>
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Ctrl-D exits the interpreter.
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The test programs can be ran like this:
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nsh> bastest
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Registering romdisk at /dev/ram0
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Mounting ROMFS filesystem at target=/mnt/romfs with source=/dev/ram0
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nsh> bas /mnt/romfs/test01.bas
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1
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hello
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0.0002
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0.0000020
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0.0000002
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nsh>
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Or you can load a test into memory and execute it interactively:
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nsh> bas
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bas 2.4
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Copyright 1999-2014 Michael Haardt.
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This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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> load "/mnt/romfs/test01.bas"
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> run
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1
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hello
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0.0002
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0.0000020
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0.0000002
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>
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Configurations
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Common Configuration Information
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--------------------------------
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1. Each configuration is maintained in a sub-directory and can be selected
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as follow:
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cd <nuttx-directory>/tools
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./configure.sh sim/<subdir>
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cd -
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. ./setenv.sh
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If this is a Windows native build, then configure.bat should be used
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instead of configure.sh:
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configure.bat sim\<subdir>
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Where <subdir> is one of the following sub-directories.
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2. All configurations uses the mconf-based configuration tool. To
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change this configuration using that tool, you should:
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a. Build and install the kconfig mconf tool. See nuttx/README.txt
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see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.
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b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
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reconfiguration process.
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3. Before building, make sure that the configuration is correct for you host platform:
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a. Linux, 32-bit CPU
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CONFIG_HOST_LINUX=y
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=n
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CONFIG_HOST_X86=y
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CONFIG_HOST_X86_64=n
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b. Linux, 64-bit CPU, 32-bit build
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CONFIG_HOST_LINUX=y
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=n
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CONFIG_HOST_X86=n
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CONFIG_HOST_X86_64=y
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_MICROSOFT=n
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_SYSTEMV=y
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CONFIG_SIM_M32=y
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c. Linux, 64-bit CPU, 64-bit build
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CONFIG_HOST_LINUX=y
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=n
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CONFIG_HOST_X86=n
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CONFIG_HOST_X86_64=y
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_MICROSOFT=n
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_SYSTEMV=y
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CONFIG_SIM_M32=n
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d. Cygwin, 32-bit
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CONFIG_HOST_LINUX=n
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y
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CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y
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CONFIG_HOST_X86=y
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CONFIG_HOST_X86_64=n
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e. Cygwin64, 64-bit, 32-bit build
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I don't believe this configuration is supported by Cygwin64
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f. Cygwin64, 64-bit, 64-bit build
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CONFIG_HOST_LINUX=n
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y
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CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y
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CONFIG_HOST_X86=n
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CONFIG_HOST_X86_64=y
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_MICROSOFT=y
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CONFIG_SIM_X8664_SYSTEMV=n
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CONFIG_SIM_M32=n
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Configuration Sub-Directories
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-----------------------------
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configdata
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A unit test for the MTD configuration data driver.
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cxxtest
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The C++ standard libary test at apps/examples/cxxtest configuration. This
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test is used to verify the uClibc++ port to NuttX.
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NOTES
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1. Before you can use this example, you must first install the uClibc++
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C++ library. This is located outside of the NuttX source tree in the
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NuttX uClibc++ GIT repository. See the README.txt file there for
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instructions on how to install uClibc++
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2. At present (2012/11/02), exceptions are disabled in this example
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CONFIG_UCLIBCXX_EXCEPTION=n). It is probably not necessary to
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disable exceptions.
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3. Unfortunately, this example will not run now.
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The reason that the example will not run on the simulator has
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to do with when static constructors are enabled: In the simulator
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it will attempt to execute the static constructors before main()
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starts. BUT... NuttX is not initialized and this results in a crash.
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To really use this example, I will have to think of some way to
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postpone running C++ static initializers until NuttX has been
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initialized.
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mount
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Configures to use apps/examples/mount.
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mtdpart
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This is the apps/examples/mtdpart test using a MTD RAM driver to
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simulate the FLASH part.
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mtdrwb
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This is the apps/examples/mtdrwb test using a MTD RAM driver to
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simulate the FLASH part.
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nettest
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Configures to use apps/examples/nettest. This configuration
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enables networking using the network TAP device.
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NOTES:
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1. The NuttX network is not, however, functional on the Linux TAP
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device yet.
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UPDATE: The TAP device does apparently work according to a NuttX
|
|
user (provided that it is not used with NSH: NSH waits on readline()
|
|
for console input. When it calls readline(), the whole system blocks
|
|
waiting from input from the host OS). My failure to get the TAP
|
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device working appears to have been a cockpit error.
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2. As of NuttX-5.18, when built on Windows, this test does not try
|
|
to use the TAP device (which is not available on Cygwin anyway),
|
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but inside will try to use the Cygwin WPCAP library. Only the
|
|
most preliminary testing has been performed with the Cygwin WPCAP
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|
library, however.
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|
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NOTE that the IP address is hard-coded in arch/sim/src/up_wpcap.c.
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|
You will either need to edit your configuration files to use 10.0.0.1
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on the "target" (CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NETTEST_*) or edit up_wpcap.c to
|
|
select the IP address that you want to use.
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nsh
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|
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Configures to use the NuttShell at apps/examples/nsh.
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NOTES:
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|
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1. This version has one builtin function: This configuration:
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apps/examples/hello.
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2. This version has password protection enable. Here is the login:
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USERNAME: admin
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PASSWORD: Adminstrator
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|
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|
The encrypted password is retained in /etc/passwd. I am sure that
|
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you will find this annoying. You can disable the password protection
|
|
by de-selecting CONFIG_NSH_CONSOLE_LOGIN=y.
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3. This configuration has BINFS enabled so that the builtin applications
|
|
can be made visible in the file system. Because of that, the
|
|
build in applications do not work as other examples.
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|
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|
For example trying to execute the hello builtin application will
|
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fail:
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nsh> hello
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nsh: hello: command not found
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nsh>
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Unless you first mount the BINFS file system:
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nsh> mount -t binfs /bin
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nsh> ls /bin
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/bin:
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hello
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nsh> echo $PATH
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/bin
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nsh> hello
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Hello, World!!
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nsh>
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|
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Notice that the executable 'hello' is found using the value in the PATH
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|
variable (which was preset to "/bin"). If the PATH variable were not set
|
|
then you would have to use /bin/hello on the command line.
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|
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|
nsh2
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|
|
|
This is another example that configures to use the NuttShell at apps/examples/nsh.
|
|
Like nsh, this version uses NSH built-in functions: The nx, nxhello, and
|
|
nxlines examples are included as built-in functions.
|
|
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|
NOTES:
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1. X11 Configuration
|
|
|
|
This configuration uses an X11-based framebuffer driver. Of course, this
|
|
configuration can only be used in environments that support X11! (And it
|
|
may not even be usable in all of those environments without some "tweaking"
|
|
See discussion below under the nx11 configuration).
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|
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|
nx
|
|
|
|
Configures to use apps/examples/nx.
|
|
|
|
NOTES:
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|
|
|
1. Special Framebuffer Configuration
|
|
|
|
Special simulated framebuffer configuration options:
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBHEIGHT - Height of the framebuffer in pixels
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBWIDTH - Width of the framebuffer in pixels.
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP - Pixel depth in bits
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|
|
|
2. No Display!
|
|
|
|
This version has NO DISPLAY and is only useful for debugging NX
|
|
internals in environments where X11 is not supported. There is
|
|
and additonal configuration that may be added to include an X11-
|
|
based simulated framebuffer driver:
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_X11FB - Use X11 window for framebuffer
|
|
|
|
See the "nx11" configuration below for more information.
|
|
|
|
3. Multi- and Single-User Modes
|
|
|
|
The default is the single-user NX implementation. To select
|
|
the multi-user NX implementation:
|
|
|
|
CONFG_NX_MULTIUSER=y
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|
CONFIG_DISABLE_MQUEUE=n
|
|
|
|
nx11
|
|
|
|
Configures to use apps/examples/nx. This configuration is similar
|
|
to the nx configuration except that it adds support for an X11-
|
|
based framebuffer driver. Of course, this configuration can only
|
|
be used in environments that support X11! (And it may not even
|
|
be usable in all of those environments without some "tweaking").
|
|
|
|
1. Special Framebuffer Configuration
|
|
|
|
This configuration uses the same special simulated framebuffer
|
|
configuration options as the nx configuration:
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_X11FB - Use X11 window for framebuffer
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBHEIGHT - Height of the framebuffer in pixels
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBWIDTH - Width of the framebuffer in pixels.
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP - Pixel depth in bits
|
|
|
|
2. X11 Configuration
|
|
|
|
But now, since CONFIG_SIM_X11FB is also selected the following
|
|
definitions are needed
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP (must match the resolution of the display).
|
|
CONFIG_FB_CMAP=y
|
|
|
|
My system has 24-bit color, but packed into 32-bit words so
|
|
the correct setting of CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP is 32.
|
|
|
|
For whatever value of CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP is selected, the
|
|
corresponding CONFIG_NX_DISABLE_*BPP setting must not be
|
|
disabled.
|
|
|
|
3. Touchscreen Support
|
|
|
|
A X11 mouse-based touchscreen simulation can also be enabled
|
|
by setting:
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_INPUT=y
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_TOUCHSCREEN=y
|
|
|
|
Then you must also have some application logic that will call
|
|
board_tsc_setup(0) to register the touchscreen driver. See
|
|
also configuration "touchscreen"
|
|
|
|
NOTES:
|
|
|
|
a. If you do not have the call to sim_tcinitialize(0), the build
|
|
will mysteriously fail claiming that is can't find up_tcenter()
|
|
and up_tcleave(). That is a consequence of the crazy way that
|
|
the simulation is built and can only be eliminated by calling
|
|
up_simtouchscreen(0) from your application.
|
|
|
|
b. You must first up_fbinitialize() before calling up_simtouchscreen()
|
|
or you will get a crash.
|
|
|
|
c. Call sim_tcunininitializee() when you are finished with the
|
|
simulated touchscreen.
|
|
|
|
d. Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_INPUT=y for touchscreen debug output.
|
|
|
|
4. X11 Build Issues
|
|
|
|
To get the system to compile under various X11 installations
|
|
you may have to modify a few things. For example, in order
|
|
to find libXext, I had to make the following change under
|
|
Ubuntu 9.09:
|
|
|
|
cd /usr/lib/
|
|
sudo ln -s libXext.so.6.4.0 libXext.so
|
|
|
|
5. Multi- and Single-User Modes
|
|
|
|
The default is the single-user NX implementation. To select
|
|
the multi-user NX implementation:
|
|
|
|
CONFG_NX_MULTIUSER=y
|
|
CONFIG_DISABLE_MQUEUE=n
|
|
|
|
6. apps/examples/nxterm
|
|
|
|
This configuration is also set up to use the apps/examples/nxterm
|
|
test instead of apps/examples/nx. To enable this configuration,
|
|
First, select Multi-User mode as described above. Then add the
|
|
following definitions to the defconfig file:
|
|
|
|
-CONFIG_NXTERM=n
|
|
+CONFIG_NXTERM=y
|
|
|
|
-CONFIG_NX_MULTIUSER=n
|
|
+CONFIG_NX_MULTIUSER=y
|
|
|
|
-CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NX=y
|
|
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NX=n
|
|
|
|
-CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXTERM=n
|
|
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXTERM=y
|
|
|
|
See apps/examples/README.txt for further details.
|
|
|
|
nxffs
|
|
|
|
This is the apps/examples/nxffs test using a MTD RAM driver to
|
|
simulate the FLASH part.
|
|
|
|
nxlines
|
|
|
|
This is the apps/examples/nxlines test.
|
|
|
|
nxwm
|
|
|
|
This is a special configuration setup for the NxWM window manager
|
|
UnitTest. The NxWM window manager can be found here:
|
|
|
|
nuttx-code/NxWidgets/nxwm
|
|
|
|
The NxWM unit test can be found at:
|
|
|
|
nuttx-code/NxWidgets/UnitTests/nxwm
|
|
|
|
Documentation for installing the NxWM unit test can be found here:
|
|
|
|
nuttx-code/NxWidgets/UnitTests/READEM.txt
|
|
|
|
NOTES
|
|
|
|
1. There is an issue with running this example under the
|
|
simulation. In the default configuration, this example will
|
|
run the NxTerm example which waits on readline() for console
|
|
input. When it calls readline(), the whole system blocks
|
|
waiting from input from the host OS. So, in order to get
|
|
this example to run, you must comment out the readline call in
|
|
apps/nshlib/nsh_consolemain.c like:
|
|
|
|
Index: nsh_consolemain.c
|
|
===================================================================
|
|
--- nsh_consolemain.c (revision 4681)
|
|
+++ nsh_consolemain.c (working copy)
|
|
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
|
|
/* Execute the startup script */
|
|
|
|
#ifdef CONFIG_NSH_ROMFSETC
|
|
- (void)nsh_script(&pstate->cn_vtbl, "init", NSH_INITPATH);
|
|
+// REMOVE ME
|
|
+// (void)nsh_script(&pstate->cn_vtbl, "init", NSH_INITPATH);
|
|
#endif
|
|
|
|
/* Then enter the command line parsing loop */
|
|
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@
|
|
fflush(pstate->cn_outstream);
|
|
|
|
/* Get the next line of input */
|
|
-
|
|
+sleep(2); // REMOVE ME
|
|
+#if 0 // REMOVE ME
|
|
ret = readline(pstate->cn_line, CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN,
|
|
INSTREAM(pstate), OUTSTREAM(pstate));
|
|
if (ret > 0)
|
|
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@
|
|
"readline", NSH_ERRNO_OF(-ret));
|
|
nsh_exit(&pstate->cn_vtbl, 1);
|
|
}
|
|
+#endif // REMOVE ME
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
/* Clean up */
|
|
|
|
UPDATE: I recently implemented a good UART simulation to driver
|
|
the serial console. So I do not believe that problem exists and
|
|
I think that the above workaround should no longer be necessary.
|
|
However, I will leave the above text in place until I get then
|
|
oppotunity to verify that the new UART simulation fixes the problem.
|
|
|
|
ostest
|
|
|
|
The "standard" NuttX apps/examples/ostest configuration.
|
|
|
|
pashello
|
|
|
|
Configures to use apps/examples/pashello.
|
|
|
|
touchscreen
|
|
|
|
This configuration uses the simple touchscreen test at
|
|
apps/examples/touchscreen. This test will create an empty X11 window
|
|
and will print the touchscreen output as it is received from the
|
|
simulated touchscreen driver.
|
|
|
|
Since this example uses the simulated frame buffer driver, the
|
|
most of the configuration settings discussed for the "nx11"
|
|
configuration also apply here. See that discussion above.
|
|
|
|
See apps/examples/README.txt for further information about build
|
|
requirements and configuration settings.
|
|
|
|
traveler
|
|
|
|
Configures to build the Traveler first person, 3-D ray casting game at
|
|
apps/graphics/traveler. This configuration derives fromthe nx11
|
|
configuration and many of the comments there appear here as well.
|
|
This configuration defpends on X11 and, of course, can only be used in
|
|
environments that support X11! (And it may not even be usable in all of
|
|
those environments without some "tweaking").
|
|
|
|
1. Special Framebuffer Configuration
|
|
|
|
This configuration uses the same special simulated framebuffer
|
|
configuration options as the nx configuration:
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_X11FB - Use X11 window for framebuffer
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBHEIGHT - Height of the framebuffer in pixels
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBWIDTH - Width of the framebuffer in pixels.
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP - Pixel depth in bits
|
|
|
|
2. X11 Configuration
|
|
|
|
But now, since CONFIG_SIM_X11FB is also selected the following
|
|
definitions are needed
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP (must match the resolution of the display).
|
|
CONFIG_FB_CMAP=y
|
|
|
|
My system has 24-bit color, but packed into 32-bit words so
|
|
the correct setting of CONFIG_SIM_FBBPP is 32.
|
|
|
|
3. X11 Build Issues
|
|
|
|
To get the system to compile under various X11 installations
|
|
you may have to modify a few things. For example, in order
|
|
to find libXext, I had to make the following change under
|
|
Ubuntu 9.09:
|
|
|
|
cd /usr/lib/
|
|
sudo ln -s libXext.so.6.4.0 libXext.so
|
|
|
|
udgram
|
|
|
|
This is the same as the nsh configuration except that it includes
|
|
two addition build in applications: server and client. These
|
|
applications are provided by the test at apps/examples/udgram.
|
|
This configuration enables local, Unix domain sockets and supports
|
|
the test of the datagram sockets.
|
|
|
|
To use the test:
|
|
|
|
nsh> mount -t binfs /bin
|
|
nsh> server &
|
|
nsh> client
|
|
|
|
unionfs
|
|
|
|
This is a version of NSH dedicated to performing the simple test
|
|
of the Union File System at apps/exmaples/uniofs. The command
|
|
'unionfs' will mount the Union File System at /mnt/unionfs. You
|
|
can than compare what you see at /mnt/unionfs with the content
|
|
of the ROMFS file systems at apps/examples/unionfs/atestdir and
|
|
btestdir.
|
|
|
|
Here is some sample output from the test:
|
|
|
|
NuttShell (NSH)
|
|
nsh> unionfs
|
|
Mounting ROMFS file system 1 at target=/mnt/a with source=/dev/ram4
|
|
Mounting ROMFS file system 2 at target=/mnt/b with source=/dev/ram5
|
|
nsh> ls /mnt/unionfs
|
|
/mnt/unionfs:
|
|
.
|
|
afile.txt
|
|
offset/
|
|
|
|
When unionfs was created, file system was joined with and offset called
|
|
offset". Therefore, all of the file system 2 root contents will appear
|
|
to reside under a directory called offset/ (although there is no
|
|
directory called offset/ on file system 2). Fie system 1 on the other
|
|
hand does have an actual directory called offset/. If we list the
|
|
contents of the offset/ directory in the unified file system, we see
|
|
he merged content of the file system 1 offset/ directory and the file
|
|
system 2 root directory:
|
|
|
|
nsh> cat /mnt/unionfs/afile.txt
|
|
This is a file in the root directory on file system 1
|
|
|
|
nsh> ls /mnt/unionfs/offset
|
|
/mnt/unionfs/offset:
|
|
afile.txt
|
|
.
|
|
adir/
|
|
bfile.txt
|
|
bdir/
|
|
nsh> cat /mnt/unionfs/offset/afile.txt
|
|
This is a file in the offset/ directory on file system 1
|
|
|
|
nsh> cat /mnt/unionfs/offset/bfile.txt
|
|
This is another file in the root directory on file system 2
|
|
|
|
The directory offset/adir exists on file system 1 and the directory\
|
|
adir/ exists on file system 2. You can see that these also overlap:
|
|
|
|
nsh> ls /mnt/unionfs/offset/adir
|
|
/mnt/unionfs/offset/adir:
|
|
..
|
|
asubdir/
|
|
adirfile.txt
|
|
bsubdir/
|
|
bdirfile.txt
|
|
.
|
|
|
|
The unified directory listing is showing files from both file systems in
|
|
their respective offset adir/ subdirectories. The file adirfile.txt
|
|
exists in both file system 1 and file system 2 but the version if file
|
|
system 2 is occluded by the version in file system 1. The only way
|
|
that you can which are looking at is by cat'ing the file:
|
|
|
|
nsh> cat /mnt/unionfs/offset/adir/adirfile.txt
|
|
This is a file in directory offset/adir on file system 1
|
|
|
|
The file on file system 1 has correctly occluded the file with the same
|
|
name on file system 2. bdirfile.txt, however, only exists on file
|
|
system 2, so it is not occluded:
|
|
|
|
nsh> cat /mnt/unionfs/offset/adir/bdirfile.txt
|
|
This is another file in directory adir on file system 2
|
|
|
|
You can see the files in the two file systems before they were unified at
|
|
apps/examples/unionfs/atestdir and btestdir.
|
|
|
|
ustream
|
|
|
|
This is the same as the nsh configuration except that it includes
|
|
two addition built in applications: server and client. These
|
|
applications are provided by the test at apps/examples/ustream.
|
|
This configuration enables local, Unix domain sockets and supports
|
|
the test of the stream sockets.
|
|
|
|
To use the test:
|
|
|
|
nsh> mount -t binfs /bin
|
|
nsh> server &
|
|
nsh> client
|
|
|