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Re: wnpp: cgen -- cpu tools generator
- From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- To: Drew Scott Daniels <ddaniels at UMAlumni dot mb dot ca>
- Cc: 95469 at bugs dot debian dot org, "Eray Ozkural (exa)" <erayo at cs dot bilkent dot edu dot tr>, cgen at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:17:42 -0400
- Subject: Re: wnpp: cgen -- cpu tools generator
- References: <20050926031104.GC22631@zimmer>
Hi -
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 10:11:04PM -0500, Drew Scott Daniels wrote:
> cgen looks like an interesting tool, but I'm not sure about all of it's
> uses. The description says it has simulators. What kind of simulator?
cgen can generate the instruction-decoding kernels of gdb and sid
simulators. See http://sources.redhat.com/gdb and /sid.
> Could it be used to create an emulator?
To my EE ears, an "emulator" refers to a physical device that plugs
into the socket of the chip being emulated. A simulator is a software
program that does an abstract form of that. cgen does not deal with
emulators of this kind.
> Are there any alternatives to these tools available in Debian? [...]
I don't know.
- FChE