nsim_hs_smp has 2 cores, and CONFIG_MP_NUM_CPUS defalut value is 2.
But some tests will have extra config: CONFIG_MP_NUM_CPUS=1, so we
need to launch cores according CONFIG_MP_NUM_CPUS, not using a fix
number 2.
Signed-off-by: Watson Zeng <zhiwei@synopsys.com>
ARC nSIM boards (starting with nsim_ prefix) allow to run
Zephyr in simulator and on real hardware.
Allow to run Zephyr on HW by enabling mdb-hw runner.
Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>
mdb runner is quite special as it can be used to run Zephyr on
both simulator (nSIM) and real hardware.
However it is really misleading as same command (west flash)
will run Zephyr in simulation for one board and try to run it
on HW for another board. Things are getting worse for boards
supporting both runs in simulation and on real hardware.
Let's split mdb runner for mdb-hw (for runs on HW) and mdb-nsim
(for runs in simulation) runners.
Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>
Typically we have ARC core configurations where Fast IRQs (FIRQ) are
enabled together with multiple register files and those we have covered
by testing. But FIRQ & single register bank we only happen to have on
the older EMSK v2.2.it might be a good idea to add a similar
configuration to nSIM "boards" so that we keep it tested regularly.
nsim_em7d_v22 configuration is similar with em_staterkit_em7d_v22,
both configed with FIRQ & single register bank.
Signed-off-by: Watson Zeng <zhiwei@synopsys.com>
* to avoid confusion, combine nsim and mdb related
cmake configurations.
* this also enable the lanuch of mdb in sanitycheck
Signed-off-by: Wayne Ren <wei.ren@synopsys.com>
* current supported boards:
* emsk, iotdk, nsim, emsdp, hsdk.
* for the unsupported future boards, pls take a
reference of supported boards' board.cmake.
* mdb runner is required and the default runner for SMP
case, e.g., HSDK and nsim_hs_smp.
* other ARC boards can also choose to use mdb by
setting runner as mdb, e.g. west flash --runner mdb.
* with mdb runner, user can make a debug through mdb gui
* with arc_nsim or opencod runner (default runner), user
can make a debug through gdb cmdline.
Signed-off-by: Wayne Ren <wei.ren@synopsys.com>
Now when SMP support for ARC is available we may introduce a simulation
platform which might be used for testing & development for SMP setups.
One important note is stand-alone nSIM (as well as its "Free" flavour)
doesn't support SMP simulation so we have to switch to use of nSIM via
proprietary MetaWare debugger [1] and so:
1. We introduce new emulation target "mdb"
2. It's only possible to run that platform for those who
have MetaWare tools installed and valid license.
Though QEMU port for ARC is in work at the moment and once we
open that port and it has SMP support we'll switch to it and everybody
will be able to try ARC HS with SMP.
[1] https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=sw_metaware
Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
ARC nSIM simulates pretty much any modern ARC core,
moreover it emulates a lot of different core features so
it is possible to play with them even wo real hardware.
Thus we add yet another ARC core family to be used on simulated
nSIM board.
For now it's just a basic configuration with ARC UART for
smoke-testing of Zephyr on ARC HS CPUs.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
Convert all board_set_xxer(foo) calls to board_set_xxer_ifndef(foo),
which allows the user to make their own decision at CMake time.
Signed-off-by: Marti Bolivar <marti.bolivar@nordicsemi.no>
This helps by letting us add checks for when the runner has already
been set. There is documentation saying you can set
-DBOARD_DEBUG_RUNNER at the command line and have it take effect,
which turns out not to be true for a large number of boards.
A status message helps the user debug.
(We'll address the existing in-tree boards in the next patch.)
Signed-off-by: Marti Bolivar <marti.bolivar@nordicsemi.no>
ARC nSIM simulates all flavors or ARC cores so there's
no point in limiting its usage to ARC EM family only.
Moreover with upcoming addition of ARC HS family support
in Zephyr we'll be re-using nSIM "board" for them as well.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
Watson Zeng