zephyr/doc/board/qemu_cortex_m3.rst

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.. _qemu_cortex_m3:
ARM Cortex-M3 Emulation (QEMU)
##############################
Overview
********
The Zephyr kernel uses the qemu_cortex_m3 board configuration
to emulate the TI LM3S6965 platform running on QEMU. It provides support
for an ARM Cortex-M3 CPU and the following devices:
* Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller
* System Tick System Clock
* Stellaris UART
.. note::
This board configuration makes no claims about its suitability for use
with an actual ti_lm3s6965 hardware system, or any other hardware system.
Supported Boards
****************
The qemu_cortex_m3 board configuration has been tested on
QEMU 2.1 patched with Zephyr's
:file:`0001-armv7m-support-basepri-primask-interrupt-locking.patch`.
Supported Features
******************
The qemu_cortex_m3 board configuration supports the following
hardware features:
+--------------+------------+----------------------+
| Interface | Controller | Driver/Component |
+==============+============+======================+
| NVIC | on-chip | nested vectored |
| | | interrupt controller |
+--------------+------------+----------------------+
| Stellaris | on-chip | serial port |
| UART | | |
+--------------+------------+----------------------+
| SYSTICK | on-chip | system clock |
+--------------+------------+----------------------+
The kernel currently does not support other hardware features on this platform.
Interrupt Controller
====================
Refer to the :ref:`frdm_k64f`.
.. note::
Unlike the frdm_k64f board configuration, the qemu_cortex_m3
board configuration sets option :option:`NUM_IRQ_PRIO_BITS` to '3'.
System Clock
============
The qemu_cortex_m3 board configuration uses a system
clock frequency of 12 MHz.
Serial Port
===========
The qemu_cortex_m3 board configuration uses a single
serial communication channel with the CPU's UART0.
Known Problems or Limitations
*****************************
The following platform features are unsupported:
* Memory protection through optional MPU.
However, using a XIP kernel effectively provides
TEXT/RODATA write protection in ROM.
* SRAM at addresses 0x1FFF0000-0x1FFFFFFF
* Writing to the hardware's flash memory
Bibliography
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1. The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3,
Second Edition by Joseph Yiu (ISBN 978-0-12-382090-7)
2. ARMv7-M Architecture Technical Reference Manual
(ARM DDI 0403D ID021310)
3. Procedure Call Standard for the ARM Architecture
(ARM IHI 0042E, current through ABI release 2.09,
2012/11/30)
4. Cortex-M3 Revision r2p1 Technical Reference Manual
(ARM DDI 0337I ID072410)
5. Cortex-M3 Devices Generic User Guide
(ARM DUI 0052A ID121610)