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>
Alexey Brodkin