/kopycat

Kopycat is an emulator of hardware platforms of various architectures

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

Kopycat is a multi-processor architectures system and user-level (with VEOS module) emulator.

Description

Main features are:

  • Easy to assemble a new device. Configure your own platform using JSON or Kotlin.
  • Easy to customise. Create your own platform-module using Kotlin.
  • Cross-platform. Kopycat uses JVM as a backend and can be run on Windows, Linux and OSX.
  • One-to-one correspondence. Virtual platform representation is identical to block diagram.
  • Multiple supported architectures: MIPS, ARM, MSP430, v850ES, x86.
  • User-level mode. Can emulate a standalone ELF-file without full system emulation.

This project contains CPU cores: ARMv6, ARMv6M, ARMv7, MIPS, MSP430, v850ES, x86, and MCUs: CortexM0, STM32F0xx, MSP430x44x.

You can download prebuild JAR-files modules via the link: https://kopycat.ru/download

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Requirements to run prebuild Kopycat

To run Kopycat you have to install the following software:

  1. OpenJDK (version 11.0.6/7 tested)
  2. If Python REPL console is preferred instead of Kotlin console then Python required (version 2.7 and 3.6, 3.8 tested) with Jep package (version 0.3.9 tested) for embedded console in Kopycat.

NOTE: prebuild OpenJDK installer is available on https://adoptopenjdk.net/

Linux and OSX users can use package manager to install OpenJDK and Python. To install jep pip command can be used, but before compiler and toolchain have to be installed for building jep package. On Linux system gcc from apt and on OSX Developer Tools with XCode (XCode by itself is not needed, but we need a compiler). As for Windows users you may face a lot of difficulties while compiling Python packages.

Installation of requirements on Windows 10

  1. For Windows, you should manually download OpenJDK package and setup PATH and JAVA_HOME environment variables, see https://openjdk.java.net/install/

  2. Download and install Python (don't forget to add Python to PATH during installation and select to install pip) from the official site: https://www.python.org/downloads/

  3. Download and install Visual Studio build tools: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ (DON'T FORGET TO SELECT VERSION 14.x)

  4. Fix ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Python setuptools to work with Visual Studio compiler: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20050195/1312718

  5. Run Console from x64 Native Tools Command Prompt (installed in the main menu of Windows) and execute:

    pip install jep

Installation of requirements on Linux (i.e. Debian 9)

# only for debian 9
echo 'deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list
sudo apt update

sudo apt install gcc openjdk-11-jdk curl python socat

# path may differ. JAVA_HOME required to be set for jep installation
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py
pip install jep

NOTE: OpenJDK installation reference for Ubuntu https://dzone.com/articles/installing-openjdk-11-on-ubuntu-1804-for-real

Installation of requirements on OSX

brew install socat
brew cask install adoptopenjdk
brew install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk-openjdk11
brew install python@3.7
pip install jep

NOTE: OpenJDK installation reference https://dzone.com/articles/install-openjdk-versions-on-the-mac

Requirements for developing modules and software with Kopycat

For module development and working with sources the following software is required:

  1. IntelliJ (version >= 2020.2)
  2. Kotlin plugin (version >= 1.4.21)

Getting started

In this part of readme you will see how to start Kopycat:

  • for a device with STM32F042 (core: Cortex-M0; architecture: ARMv6M)
  • virtual ARM device (core: ARM1176JZS; architecture: ARMv6/v7)
  • ls and cat command for ARM architecture in user-level mode with VEOS

The peripheral modules implemented for STM32F042 are UART, TIMx, DMAC, GPIOx, WDG. These peripheral modules are enough to run FreeRTOS. How to work with FreeRTOS is shown in the freertos_uart firmware example.

Virtual ARM (VirtARM) runs UBoot, Linux with kernel 2.6.x, and ext2 filesystem.

ARM architecture is used in all the examples as the most popular in embedded devices nowadays.

NOTE: The concept of architecture and core may differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. For example, ARM has a complicated system of architecture and core. The low-level layer is architecture, i.e. ARMv6, ARMv7 (CPUs), ARMv6M (embedded MCUs), etc. Mentioned architecture are used in cores, i.e. ARM1176JZS (not ARMv11!), CortexM0, CortexM3, etc. And then MCUs are implemented, i.e. STM32F04. For TI MSP430 core, architecture and MCU itself are almost the same. So we will often use "core" to refer to core or architecture. Moreover, there is no architecture in sources of an entity. Kopycat lowest-level is Core that consists of CPU, actual CPU, which executes instructions, Decoder, COP, coprocessor, which process interrupts, MMU, memory management unit.

Run prebuild Kopycat core and module STM32F042 on Cortex-M0 core

  1. Download prebuild emulator core kopycat-X.Y.AB from latest release and unzip the archive into any directory (it is strongly recommended not to use directories with spaces or special symbols!)

  2. Add environment variable KOPYCAT_HOME (recommended, used by Kopycat core to lookup default modules library) to this directory, e.g. KOPYCAT_HOME=/opt/kopycat-X.Y.Z-RCx and add to environment variable PATH path to KOPYCAT_HOME/bin

  3. Download prebuild modules libraries for Kopycat modules-X.Y.AB from latest release and:

    • unzip this archive into any directory (it is also strongly recommended not to use directories with spaces or special symbols!) and add environment variable KOPYCAT_MODULES_LIB_PATH (only to simplify readme commands) to the directory

    OR

    • unzip this archive into ${KOPYCAT_HOME}/modules directory (if you setup KOPYCAT_HOME)

  4. Start emulation of one of the modules from the library, e.g. STM32F042

    kopycat -y ${KOPYCAT_MODULES_LIB_PATH} -l mcu -n stm32f042_example -g 23946 -p "firmware=example:usart_poll,tty1=socat:,tty2=socat:"

    OR if you set up KOPYCAT_HOME environment variable and copy modules into ${KOPYCAT_HOME}/modules just:

    kopycat -l mcu -n stm32f042_example -g 23946 -p "firmware=example:usart_poll,tty1=socat:,tty2=socat:"
    • -y - path to a bunch of prebuild module's libraries (aka registry)
    • -l - actual library for the module (name of directory in the registry)
    • -n - name of module, in our case is stm32f042_example - name of Kotlin class inside jar
    • -p - parameters for stm32f042_example module (class arguments). To get more information about arguments of module you should see sources of module (for this module available in repository on GitHub).
      • firmware - is firmware to load into FLASH of STM32F042 (in this case simple tty echo)
        • example - means usage of one of binaries from stm32f0xx.jar: benchmark_qsort, freertos_uart, gpiox_led, gpiox_registers, rhino_fw42k6, usart_dma, usart_poll. Sources for each firmware published in GitHub repository in the kopycat-modules/mcu/stm32f0xx/firmwares.
        • file - path to binary file i.e. *.bin from CLion.
        • bytes - hex string i.e. AACCDDEE90909090.
      • ttyX - virtual terminal connected to usart1 and usart2 of STM32F042.
    • -g - GDB server port

    NOTES:

    1. If you've added KOPYCAT_HOME environment variable you can put prebuild modules libraries into ${KOPYCAT_HOME}/modules without necessity to specify -y parameter explicitly.
    2. Due to socat this line will work only in nix system with installed socat. To disable it use tty1=null,tty2=null. For windows system com0com can be used or any other software to create virtual COM ports. In this case you should specify directly virtual com-port name tty1=COM1,tty2=COM2.

  5. You should see the following start log:

    • for python console:
    bat@Kernel ~ % kopycat -l mcu -n stm32f042_example -g 23946 -p "firmware=example:usart_poll,tty1=socat:,tty2=socat:"
12:53:54 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.112-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
12:53:54 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '...'
12:53:55 INF ...kopycat.Kopycat.setSnapshotsDir(Kopycat.kt:103): Change snapshots directory to '/Users/bat'
12:53:55 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:78): GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true) was created
12:53:55 INF ...ibrary.instantiate(ModuleFactoryLibrary.kt:105): stm32f042_example(null, top, firmware=example:usart_poll, tty1=socat:, tty2=socat:)
12:53:55 INF ...iliary.ANetworkThread.run(ANetworkThread.kt:55): GDB_SERVER waited for clients on [172.20.10.6:23946]
12:53:56 WRN ...cat$Companion.createPseudoTerminal(Socat.kt:75): Pseudo-terminals created for top.term1: /dev/ttys014 and /dev/ttys015
12:53:56 WRN ...cat$Companion.createPseudoTerminal(Socat.kt:75): Pseudo-terminals created for top.term2: /dev/ttys016 and /dev/ttys017
12:53:56 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:189): Setup core to top.stm32f042.cortexm0.arm for top
12:53:56 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:194): Setup debugger to top.stm32f042.dbg for top
12:53:56 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:210): Tracer wasn't found in top...
12:53:56 CFG ...s.UartTerminal$tx$2.invoke(UartTerminal.kt:176): Create transmitter UART terminal thread: 'top.term2'
12:53:56 CFG ...s.UartTerminal$tx$2.invoke(UartTerminal.kt:176): Create transmitter UART terminal thread: 'top.term1'
12:53:56 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:218): Initializing ports and buses...
12:53:56 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:220): ATTENTION: Some ports has warning use printModulesPortsWarnings to see it...
12:53:56 INF ...modules.cortexm0.CORTEXM0.reset(CORTEXM0.kt:58): Setup CORTEX-M0 core PC=0x080022C1 MSP=0x20001800
12:53:56 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:232): Module top is successfully initialized and reset as a top cell!
12:53:56 INF ...ion.lab403.kopycat.Kopycat.open(Kopycat.kt:151): Board top[stm32f042_example] with arm[ARMv6MCore] is ready
12:53:56 INF ...bstub.GDBServer.debuggerModule(GDBServer.kt:78): Set new debugger module top.stm32f042.dbg for GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true)
12:53:56 WRN ...at.KopycatStarter.console(KopycatStarter.kt:44): Use -kts option to enable Kotlin console. In the next version Kotlin console will be default.
12:53:56 CFG ...at.consoles.jep.JepLoader.load(JepLoader.kt:53): Loading Jep using Python command 'python3' to overwrite use '--python' option
12:53:56 CFG ...oles.jep.PythonShell.version(PythonShell.kt:34): Python Version(major=3, minor=9, micro=0)
12:53:56 CFG ...s.jep.JepLoader.findFileInPath(JepLoader.kt:25): Jep jar file: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jep/jep-3.9.1.jar
12:53:56 CFG ...s.jep.JepLoader.findFileInPath(JepLoader.kt:25): Jep shared library file: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jep/jep.cpython-39-darwin.so
Jep starting successfully!
12:53:56 INF ...ycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:112): Python console enabled
Python >
    • for kotlin console:
    bat@Kernel ~ % kopycat -l mcu -n stm32f042_example -g 23946 -p "firmware=example:usart_poll,tty1=socat:,tty2=socat:" -kts           
12:55:07 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.112-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
12:55:08 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '<KOPYCAT_HOME>'
12:55:09 INF ...kopycat.Kopycat.setSnapshotsDir(Kopycat.kt:103): Change snapshots directory to '/Users/bat'
12:55:09 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:78): GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true) was created
12:55:09 INF ...ibrary.instantiate(ModuleFactoryLibrary.kt:105): stm32f042_example(null, top, firmware=example:usart_poll, tty1=socat:, tty2=socat:)
12:55:09 INF ...iliary.ANetworkThread.run(ANetworkThread.kt:55): GDB_SERVER waited for clients on [172.20.10.6:23946]
12:55:09 WRN ...cat$Companion.createPseudoTerminal(Socat.kt:75): Pseudo-terminals created for top.term1: /dev/ttys018 and /dev/ttys019
12:55:10 WRN ...cat$Companion.createPseudoTerminal(Socat.kt:75): Pseudo-terminals created for top.term2: /dev/ttys020 and /dev/ttys021
12:55:10 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:189): Setup core to top.stm32f042.cortexm0.arm for top
12:55:10 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:194): Setup debugger to top.stm32f042.dbg for top
12:55:10 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:210): Tracer wasn't found in top...
12:55:10 CFG ...s.UartTerminal$tx$2.invoke(UartTerminal.kt:176): Create transmitter UART terminal thread: 'top.term2'
12:55:10 CFG ...s.UartTerminal$tx$2.invoke(UartTerminal.kt:176): Create transmitter UART terminal thread: 'top.term1'
12:55:10 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:218): Initializing ports and buses...
12:55:10 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:220): ATTENTION: Some ports has warning use printModulesPortsWarnings to see it...
12:55:10 INF ...modules.cortexm0.CORTEXM0.reset(CORTEXM0.kt:58): Setup CORTEX-M0 core PC=0x080022C1 MSP=0x20001800
12:55:10 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:232): Module top is successfully initialized and reset as a top cell!
12:55:10 INF ...ion.lab403.kopycat.Kopycat.open(Kopycat.kt:151): Board top[stm32f042_example] with arm[ARMv6MCore] is ready
12:55:10 INF ...bstub.GDBServer.debuggerModule(GDBServer.kt:78): Set new debugger module top.stm32f042.dbg for GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true)
warning: runtime JAR files in the classpath should have the same version. These files were found in the classpath:
    <KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kotlin-reflect-1.4.10.jar (version 1.4)
    <KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kotlin-stdlib-1.4.10.jar (version 1.4)
    <KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.3.71.jar (version 1.3)
    <KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.3.71.jar (version 1.3)
    <KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kotlin-script-runtime-1.4.10.jar (version 1.4)
    <KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kotlin-stdlib-common-1.4.10.jar (version 1.4)
warning: some runtime JAR files in the classpath have an incompatible version. Consider removing them from the classpath
12:55:13 INF ...ycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:112): Kotlin console enabled
Kotlin >

    NOTES:

    1. Pseudo-terminals created for top.term1: /dev/ttys002 and /dev/ttys004

      • /dev/ttys002 is endpoint to emulator connection to virtual COM port of USART1
      • /dev/ttys004 is endpoint to user connection to virtual COM port of USART1

    2. warning: runtime JAR files in the classpath should have the same version caused by Javalin library because it uses Kotlin 1.3.x that clashes with current Kopycat Kotlin version 1.4.10 but it not interferes.

    3. The next examples will be shown for Python console but almost all examples for Kotlin will be the same.

    4. Currently, Kotlin console supports autocomplete feature, for Python it will be added in next releases.

  6. Attach to /dev/ttys004 (name may differ) COM port using, for example, putty or screen

    screen /dev/ttys004

  7. In Kopycat console print and press enter:

    kc.start()  # run Kopycat emulation

  8. Now you can print something in /dev/ttys004 and will see echo. This echo is sent back by the internal firmware of STM32F042. If emulation isn't running, there is no echo in the console.

  9. To stop emulation in Kopycat console print and press enter:

    kc.halt()

kc - is a special proxy object to make visible all methods of Kopycat class from Java in Python interpreter using jep library. You can see all available methods of kc object in sources of Kopycat class.

Run prebuild Kopycat core and module of virtual ARM on ARM1176JZS core

  1. Start emulation of another module: Linux 2.6.xx on ARM core

    kopycat -y ${KOPYCAT_MODULES_LIB_PATH} -l mcu -n VirtARM -g 23946 -p "tty=socat:"

13:29:02 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.112-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
13:29:02 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '<KOPYCAT_HOME>'
13:29:03 INF ...kopycat.Kopycat.setSnapshotsDir(Kopycat.kt:103): Change snapshots directory to '/Users/bat'
13:29:03 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:78): GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true) was created
13:29:03 INF ...ibrary.instantiate(ModuleFactoryLibrary.kt:105): VirtARM(null, top, tty=socat:)
13:29:03 INF ...iliary.ANetworkThread.run(ANetworkThread.kt:55): GDB_SERVER waited for clients on [172.20.10.6:23946]
13:29:04 WRN ...cat$Companion.createPseudoTerminal(Socat.kt:75): Pseudo-terminals created for top.term: /dev/ttys018 and /dev/ttys019
13:29:04 CFG ....modules.virtarm.VirtARM.<init>(VirtARM.kt:115): Setting bootloaderCmd: 'setenv machid 25f8
setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 ignore_loglevel root=/dev/mtdblock0 init=/linuxrc lpj=622592
setenv verify n
bootm 1000000
'
13:29:04 CFG ....modules.virtarm.VirtARM.<init>(VirtARM.kt:120): Loading GCC map-file...
13:29:04 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:189): Setup core to top.arm1176jzs for top
13:29:04 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:194): Setup debugger to top.dbg for top
13:29:04 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:210): Tracer wasn't found in top...
13:29:04 CFG ...s.UartTerminal$tx$2.invoke(UartTerminal.kt:176): Create transmitter UART terminal thread: 'top.term'
13:29:04 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:218): Initializing ports and buses...
13:29:04 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:220): ATTENTION: Some ports has warning use printModulesPortsWarnings to see it...
13:29:04 FNE ...ware.processors.ARMv6CPU.reset(ARMv6CPU.kt:151): pc=0x00000000 sp=0x00000000
13:29:05 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:232): Module top is successfully initialized and reset as a top cell!
13:29:05 INF ...ion.lab403.kopycat.Kopycat.open(Kopycat.kt:151): Board top[VirtARM] with arm1176jzs[ARM1176JZS] is ready
13:29:05 INF ...bstub.GDBServer.debuggerModule(GDBServer.kt:78): Set new debugger module top.dbg for GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true)
13:29:05 WRN ...at.KopycatStarter.console(KopycatStarter.kt:44): Use -kts option to enable Kotlin console. In the next version Kotlin console will be default.
13:29:05 CFG ...at.consoles.jep.JepLoader.load(JepLoader.kt:53): Loading Jep using Python command 'python3' to overwrite use '--python' option
13:29:05 CFG ...oles.jep.PythonShell.version(PythonShell.kt:34): Python Version(major=3, minor=9, micro=0)
13:29:05 CFG ...s.jep.JepLoader.findFileInPath(JepLoader.kt:25): Jep jar file: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jep/jep-3.9.1.jar
13:29:05 CFG ...s.jep.JepLoader.findFileInPath(JepLoader.kt:25): Jep shared library file: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jep/jep.cpython-39-darwin.so
Jep starting successfully!
13:29:05 INF ...ycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:112): Python console enabled

  2. Attach to /dev/ttys013 (name may differ) COM port using for example putty or screen

    screen /dev/ttys013

  3. Run Kopycat emulation using kc.start() command and see U-boot and Linux loading. After Linux load you can log in into it using root/toor pair in /dev/ttys013 terminal.

Get available prebuild Kopycat modules from registry

  1. To get info of all available modules in libraries, run Kopycat using the following command:

    kopycat -y ${KOPYCAT_MODULES_LIB_PATH} -all

13:29:57 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.112-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
13:29:57 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '<KOPYCAT_HOME>'
13:29:58 INF ...kopycat.Kopycat.setSnapshotsDir(Kopycat.kt:103): Change snapshots directory to '/Users/bat'
13:29:58 INF ...opycat.printModulesRegistryInfo(Kopycat.kt:722): 
Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[veos]':
    Module: [       VirtualMemory] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]
    Module: [     MIPSApplication] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]
    Module: [x86WindowsApplication] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]
    Module: [      ARMApplication] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]

Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[mcu]':
    Module: [                 SCB] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/cortexm0.jar]
    Module: [                 STK] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/cortexm0.jar]
    Module: [            CORTEXM0] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/cortexm0.jar]
    Module: [                NVIC] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/cortexm0.jar]
    Module: [   stm32f042_example] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [     stm32f042_rhino] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                EXTI] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [           STM32F042] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                 LED] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                IWDG] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [               GPIOx] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [               FLASH] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                  BT] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                DMAC] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                 RCC] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                TIMx] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [              SYSCFG] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                 TSC] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [                 FMI] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [               TIM18] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [              USARTx] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [               rhino] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [             VirtARM] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/virtarm.jar]
    Module: [               Timer] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/virtarm.jar]
    Module: [            NANDCtrl] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/virtarm.jar]
    Module: [             NS16550] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/virtarm.jar]
    Module: [               PL190] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/virtarm.jar]

Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[cores]':
    Module: [        MipsDebugger] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/mips.jar]
    Module: [            MipsCore] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/mips.jar]
    Module: [          ARM1176JZS] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/arm.jar]
    Module: [          ARMv6MCore] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/arm.jar]
    Module: [           ARMv7Core] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/arm.jar]
    Module: [         ARMDebugger] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/arm.jar]
    Module: [         x86Debugger] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/x86.jar]
    Module: [             x86Core] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/cores/x86.jar]

Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[common]':
    Module: [             ATACTRL] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/ATACTRL.class]
    Module: [              M95160] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/M95160.class]
    Module: [                NAND] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/NAND.class]
    Module: [                 Hub] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/Hub.class]
    Module: [              i82551] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/i82551.class]
    Module: [        CompactFlash] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/CompactFlash.class]
    Module: [            Am79C972] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/Am79C972.class]
    Module: [             Signals] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/Signals.class]
    Module: [                  SD] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/SD.class]
    Module: [              EEPROM] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/EEPROM.class]
    Module: [             PCIHost] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/common/pci/PCIHost.class]

Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[memory]':
    Module: [                 ROM] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/memory/ROM.class]
    Module: [                VOID] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/memory/VOID.class]
    Module: [           SparseRAM] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/memory/SparseRAM.class]
    Module: [                 RAM] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/memory/RAM.class]

Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[terminals]':
    Module: [  UartStreamTerminal] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/terminals/UartStreamTerminal.class]
    Module: [        UartTerminal] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/terminals/UartTerminal.class]
    Module: [  UartSerialTerminal] -> ClassModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/lib/kopycat-0.3.30.jar/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules/terminals/UartSerialTerminal.class]

  2. To get info of only modules in libraries, that can be used as a top module run Kopycat using the following command: kopycat -top

    13:41:17 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.112-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
13:41:18 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '<KOPYCAT_HOME>'
13:41:19 INF ...kopycat.Kopycat.setSnapshotsDir(Kopycat.kt:103): Change snapshots directory to '/Users/bat'
13:41:19 INF ...opycat.printModulesRegistryInfo(Kopycat.kt:722): 
Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[veos]':
    Module: [     MIPSApplication] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]
    Module: [x86WindowsApplication] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]
    Module: [      ARMApplication] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/veos/veos.jar]

Library 'PeripheralFactoryLibrary[mcu]':
    Module: [   stm32f042_example] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [     stm32f042_rhino] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [               rhino] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/stm32f0xx.jar]
    Module: [             VirtARM] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/virtarm.jar]
    Module: [           Testbench] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/testbench.jar]
    Module: [          MSP430x44x] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/msp430x44x.jar]
    Module: [               P2020] -> JarModuleFactoryBuilder[<KOPYCAT_HOME>/modules/mcu/p2020.jar]

Get help

To get full help, run Kopycat using the following command kopycat --help:

13:43:06 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.112-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
usage: kopycat [-h] [-u MODULES] [-y REGISTRY] [-n NAME] [-l LIBRARY] [-s SNAPSHOT] [-p PARAMETERS] [-w SNAPSHOTS_DIR] [-g GDB_PORT] [-r REST] [-gb] [-run] [-standalone] [-all] [-top]
               [-ci] [-pw] [-python PYTHON] [-kts] [-ll LOG_LEVEL]

virtualization platform

named arguments:
  -h, --help             show this help message and exit
  -u MODULES, --modules MODULES
                         Modules libraries paths in format: lib1:path/to/lib1,lib2:path/to/lib2
  -y REGISTRY, --registry REGISTRY
                         Path to registry with libraries
  -n NAME, --name NAME   Top instance module name (with package path dot-separated)
  -l LIBRARY, --library LIBRARY
                         Top instance module library name
  -s SNAPSHOT, --snapshot SNAPSHOT
                         Snapshot file (top instance module/library can be obtained from here)
  -p PARAMETERS, --parameters PARAMETERS
                         Parameters for top module constructor in format: arg1=100,arg2=/dev/io
  -w SNAPSHOTS_DIR, --snapshots-dir SNAPSHOTS_DIR
                         Snapshots directory path (default path to store and load snapshots)
  -g GDB_PORT, --gdb-port GDB_PORT
                         GDB server port (if not specified then not started)
  -r REST, --rest REST   REST server port. If null - Commander will work
  -gb, --gdb-bin-proto   GDB server enabled binary protocol (default: false)
  -run, --run            Run emulation as soon as Kopycat ready (default: false)
  -standalone, --standalone
                         Run emulation as soon as Kopycat ready and exit when guest application stops (default: false)
  -all, --modules-registry-all-info
                         Print all loaded modules info and exit (default: false)
  -top, --modules-registry-top-info
                         Print top loaded modules info and exit (default: false)
  -ci, --connections-info
                         Print hier. top module buses connections info at startup (default: false)
  -pw, --ports-warnings  Print all ports warnings when loading Kopycat module at startup (default: false)
  -python PYTHON, --python PYTHON
                         Python interpreter command
  -kts, --kotlin-script  Set REPL to Kotlin script language (default: false)
  -ll LOG_LEVEL, --log-level LOG_LEVEL
                         Set messages minimum logging level for specified loggers in format logger0=LEVEL,logger1=LEVEL
                         Or for all loggers if no '=' was found in value just logger level, i.e. FINE
                         Available levels: ALL, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST, DEBUG, TRACE, OFF

Run Kopycat in user-level emulation mode with VEOS module

  1. KOPYCAT_HOME environment variable is required and KOPYCAT_HOME/bin is required to be added into PATH environment variable

  2. VEOS module should be placed in modules directory into KOPYCAT_HOME/modules

  3. Download other architecture ELF binary files to run using Kopycat, i.e. from Debian Stretch distributive:

  4. Unpack it to some folders and change directory to where you unpack

  5. Run the required binary using command for example:

    kopycat-veos-arm bin/ls -la /usr/share

    The output of this command will be something like that:

    ... tons of log ...
13:07:24 CFG ...at.veos.api.impl.StatAPI.stat64(StatAPI.kt:140): [0x00009ACC] stat64(path='/usr/share/doc' buf=0x100004E8) -> stat(st_dev=0, st_ino=0, st_mode=16877, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_rdev=0, st_size=96, st_blksize=0, st_blocks=0, st_atime=1607940014, st_mtime=1487766225, st_ctime=1487766225) in Process:1(state=Running)
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  1 root root   96 Feb 22  2017 doc
drwxr-xr-x  1 root root   96 Feb 22  2017 info
drwxr-xr-x 43 root root 1440 Feb 22  2017 locale
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  128 Feb 22  2017 man
13:07:24 FST ...ab403.kopycat.veos.VEOS.preExecute(VEOS.kt:402): Application exited

    Command kopycat-veos-arm is a script located in <KOPYCAT_HOME>/bin directory. This script run Kopycat in a standalone mode. Standalone mode is not waiting until a debugger connected but rather run emulated processor as soon as it is ready. To configure Kopycat with VEOS module the next environment options may be used:

    • KOPYCAT_VEOS_GDB_PORT - starts GDB server for specified port (default: not started).
    • KOPYCAT_VEOS_CONSOLE - what type of console to be used, may be: kotlin or python=<PYTHON_COMMAND> (default: python=python).
    • KOPYCAT_VEOS_WORKING_DIR - working root directory for emulation i.e. directory in host system that will be / for emulating (default: is current a directory).
    • KOPYCAT_VEOS_STANDALONE - if NO don't run emulated processor in Kopycat as soon as emulator ready (default: standalone mode)
    • KOPYCAT_VEOS_LD_PRELOAD - comma-separated list of preload dynamic libraries if these libraries required for ELF-file and not resolved automatically (default: empty)
    • KOPYCAT_VEOS_LOGGING_CONF - logging level for whole Kopycat or if specified module for the module, i.e. KOPYCAT_VEOS_LOGGING_CONF=OFF disable all logging messages, or KOPYCAT_VEOS_LOGGING_CONF=TimeAPI=OFF,StdlibAPI=FINE - disable logging for TimeAPI and set minimum logging level for StdlibAPI to FINE.

    For example with disabled logging:

    export KOPYCAT_VEOS_LOGGING_CONF=OFF
kopycat-veos-arm usr/bin/readelf -S /usr/bin/readelf

    Output is:

    13:52:05 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.115-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
13:52:05 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '<KOPYCAT_HOME>'
There are 28 section headers, starting at offset 0x862fc:

Section Headers:
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  W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings), I (info),
  L (link order), O (extra OS processing required), G (group), T (TLS),
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  y (purecode), p (processor specific)

Run core from sources with an implemented module STM32F042

  1. Clone Kopycat project git repo:

    git clone https://github.com/inforion/kopycat.git

  2. Import whole Kopycat project into IntelliJ

    1. Create a new project in IntelliJ from existing sources where you have cloned Kopycat repository
    2. When creating new project specify Import project from external model -> Gradle
    3. Choose import project when IntelliJ has loaded sources and wait until project is indexed

    After project has been imported, you will have the next project structure:

    • buildSrc contains Gradle plugins for build system
    • kopycat contains the emulator core and library manager. Also in src/main/kotlin/ru/inforion/lab403/kopycat/modules embedded modules such as memories (RAM, ROM, NAND, etc), terminals, etc. are placed
    • kopycat-modules contains user's modules (devices)
      • cores contains processor cores x86, mips, arm, etc.
      • mcu contains microprocessors units based on these cores (i.e. elanSC520, stm32f0xx, etc.)
      • devices contains devices based on MCUs

    cores, mcu, devices in project naming convention called library and a bunch of libraries called registry. When starting Kopycat you should specify registry path with compiled modules using -y parameter. Division on libraries is just an agreement to organize modules.

  3. Go to the sources of examples in kopycat-modules: kopycat-modules/misc/examples/src/main/kotlin/ru/inforion/lab403/examples/ NOTE: As an example virtarm, stm32f042_bytes and stm32f042_ihex are placed here

  4. Create an Object file in this directory using IntelliJ right-click menu, for example, test. This will be an entry point.

  5. Write the next code in it:

    package ru.inforion.lab403.examples

import ru.inforion.lab403.common.extensions.hex8
import ru.inforion.lab403.common.extensions.unhexlify
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.cores.arm.hardware.processors.AARMCPU
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.cores.base.common.Module
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.gdbstub.GDBServer
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.modules.stm32f042.STM32F042
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.modules.terminals.UartSerialTerminal

object test {
    @JvmStatic
    fun main(args: Array<String>) {
        // Create simple firmware
        // movs  r0, #3
        // movs  r1, #7
        // adds  r2, r1, r0
        val firmware = "0000000009000000032007210a18".unhexlify()

        // Create top-level module. It's necessarily only one top!
        val top = object : Module(null, "top") {
            // Place STM32F042 inside top module
            val mcu = STM32F042(this, "mcu", firmware)

            // Place virtual terminal -> will be created using socat
            // You could create virtual terminal by yourself using socat and specify path to /dev/tty...
            // For windows user you should use Com2Com and specify manually COMX from it
            val term1 = UartSerialTerminal(this, "term1", "socat:")

            init {
                // Make actual connection between STM32F042 and Virtual terminal
                buses.connect(mcu.ports.usart1_m, term1.ports.term_s)
                buses.connect(mcu.ports.usart1_s, term1.ports.term_m)

                // ARM debugger already in stm
            }
        }

        // initialize and reset top module and all inside
        top.initializeAndResetAsTopInstance()

        // start GDB server on port 23946
        val gdb = GDBServer(23946, true, binaryProtoEnabled = false)

        // connect GDB and device debugger
        gdb.debuggerModule(top.debugger)

        // HERE EMULATOR READ TO WORK WITH GDB
        // Below just code to see different API styles

        // step CPU core using debugger
        top.debugger.step()

        // read CPU register using debugger API
        var r0 = top.debugger.regRead(0)
        var r15 = top.debugger.regRead(15)
        println("using debugger API: r0 = 0x${r0.hex8} r15 = 0x${r15.hex8}")

        // read CPU register using core API
        r0 = top.core.reg(0)
        r15 = top.core.reg(15)
        println("using Core/CPU API: r0 = 0x${r0.hex8} r15 = 0x${r15.hex8}")

        // read CPU register using internal CPU API
        val arm = top.core.cpu as AARMCPU
        r0 = arm.regs.r0.value
        r15 = arm.regs.pc.value
        println("using internal API: r0 = 0x${r0.hex8} r15 = 0x${r15.hex8}")

        // process here will wait until debugger stop
    }
}

    NOTE: This example is also placed in project sources as stm32f042_bytes.

  6. Run the application using green triangle near fun main(args: Array<String>) and you should see log:

    15:28:04 WRN ...cat$Companion.createPseudoTerminal(Socat.kt:75): Pseudo-terminals created for top.term1: /dev/ttys020 and /dev/ttys021
15:28:05 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:189): Setup core to top.mcu.cortexm0.arm for top
15:28:05 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:194): Setup debugger to top.mcu.dbg for top
15:28:05 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:210): Tracer wasn't found in top...
15:28:05 CFG ...s.UartTerminal$tx$2.invoke(UartTerminal.kt:176): Create transmitter UART terminal thread: 'top.term1'
15:28:05 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:218): Initializing ports and buses...
15:28:05 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:220): ATTENTION: Some ports has warning use printModulesPortsWarnings to see it...
15:28:05 INF ...modules.cortexm0.CORTEXM0.reset(CORTEXM0.kt:58): Setup CORTEX-M0 core PC=0x00000009 MSP=0x00000000
15:28:05 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:232): Module top is successfully initialized and reset as a top cell!
15:28:05 INF ...bstub.GDBServer.debuggerModule(GDBServer.kt:78): Set new debugger module top.mcu.dbg for GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true)
using debugger API: r0 = 0x00000003 r15 = 0x0000000B
using Core/CPU API: r0 = 0x00000003 r15 = 0x0000000A
using internal API: r0 = 0x00000003 r15 = 0x0000000A
15:28:05 INF ...iliary.ANetworkThread.run(ANetworkThread.kt:55): GDB_SERVER waited for clients on [192.168.69.254:23946]

    NOTE: Different r15 register value is the result of the convention: technically ARM CPU is at 0x00000008 (set using second dword of firmware), but the last two bits of PC specifies in which mode CPU operates (ARM, THUMB). For Kopycat this information is stored in a special internal variable, but for the debugger we should signal that CPU is in THUMB mode.

    In this example a different method to work with emulator is also shown.

Run core from sources with an implemented module VirtARM on ARM1176JZS core

Similar example for VirtARM with Linux is shown in the source misc/examples/main/kotlin/ru/inforion/lab403/examples/virtarm.kt

Run core from sources with your own module (device) on ARMv6M core

  1. Do steps 1-3 from the previous abstract

  2. Create a module code structure

    1. Create a new library or choose one of the existing in the kopycat-modules. For example, in the next part we will use mcu library.

    2. Inside mcu library create a new folder and name it after your module, for example, testbench.

    3. Inside testbench create a new text file with a name build.gradle and write the next code into it:

      plugins {
    id 'ru.inforion.lab403.gradle.kopycat'  // kopycat gradle build plugin 
}

group 'ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat'  // choose any group you want but follow package rules of Java
version '0.1'

buildKopycatModule {
    library = "mcu"  // library must be a similar to modules library (in our case mcu)
    require += "cores:arm"  // comma separated modules dependency - in our case only arm core 
}

    4. To the file settings.gradle in the project root add the following line:

      include(":kopycat-modules:mcu:testbench")

    5. Reimport the project and IntelliJ should create a folder structure by itself and a blue square should appear near testbench. If the structure has not been created then make it by yourself following the next rule:

      src/main/kotlin/<GROUP>/modules/<MODULE_NAME> - let's name this directory SRC_DIR

      where <GROUP> - group that you specified in build.gradle file and <MODULE_NAME>, your module name.

    6. Create a new Kotlin class file in SRC_DIR (name it as you wish but follow Kotlin file naming convention, and we recommend to use module name for the main file) i.e. Testbench

    NOTES:

    • you could use this structure for future modules
    • you could place several devices in one module

  3. Write code of your testbench device in Testbench file

    package ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.modules.testbench

import ru.inforion.lab403.common.extensions.MHz
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.cores.base.common.Module
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.cores.base.common.ModuleBuses
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.modules.cores.ARMv6MCore
import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.modules.memory.RAM

// Kopycat library manager looks for classes inherited from Module class
class Testbench(parent: Module?, name: String) : Module(parent, name) {

    // Add ARMv6 core into testbench device
    // First argument is parent module (where instantiated device fold)
    // Second argument is name (aka designator) can be any unique name  
    val arm = ARMv6MCore(this, "arm", frequency = 10.MHz, ipc = 1.0)

    // Add modifiable memory region into testbench device (size = 1 MB)
    val ram = RAM(this, "ram", size = 0x10_0000)

    // Create internal buses description for testbench device
    // Buses are somelike wires and used to connect different parts of device 
    inner class Buses : ModuleBuses(this) {
        val mem = Bus("mem")
    }

    // Assign new buses description to testbench device
    override val buses = Buses()

    // Make actual connection between CORE and RAM
    init {
        arm.ports.mem.connect(buses.mem)
        ram.ports.mem.connect(buses.mem, offset = 0x0000_0000)
    }
}

    Now you could compile and run emulator in two ways:

    • first: instantiate testbench using code
    • second: use Kopycat library manager

  4. Instantiate testbench

    1. Create somewhere in the project folder structure object file Starter, i.e. inside SRC_DIR

    2. Write the following code in it:

      package ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.modules.testbench

import ru.inforion.lab403.kopycat.cores.base.enums.Datatype.*

object Starter {
    @JvmStatic
    fun main(args: Array<String>) {
        // Create our Testbench device
        val top = Testbench(null, "testbench")

        // Initialize it as a top device (device that has no parent)
        top.initializeAndResetAsTopInstance()

        // Write some instructions into memory
        top.core.write(WORD, 0x0000_0000, 0x2003) // movs  r0, #3
        top.core.write(WORD, 0x0000_0002, 0x2107) // movs  r1, #7
        top.core.write(WORD, 0x0000_0004, 0x180A) // adds  r2, r1, r0

        // Setup program counter
        // Note, that we may use top.arm.cpu.pc but there is some caveat here
        // top.arm.cpu.pc just change PC but don't make flags changing (i.e. change core mode)
        // so be aware when change PC. 
        top.arm.cpu.BXWritePC(0x0000_0000)

        // Make a step
        top.arm.step()
        assert(top.core.reg(0) == 3L)

        // Make another step
        top.arm.step()
        assert(top.core.reg(1) == 7L)

        // And one more step
        top.arm.step()
        assert(top.core.reg(2) == 10L)
    }
}

      Note, this is simple standard application for Kotlin language.

    3. Run the application using green triangle near fun main(args: Array<String>) and you should see:

      12:25:28 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:189): Setup core to testbench.arm for testbench
12:25:28 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:194): Setup debugger to testbench.dbg for testbench
12:25:28 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:210): Tracer wasn't found in testbench...
12:25:28 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:218): Initializing ports and buses...
12:25:28 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:220): ATTENTION: Some ports has warning use printModulesPortsWarnings to see it...
12:25:28 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:232): Module testbench is successfully initialized and reset as a top cell!

Process finished with exit code 0

      Since we set assert function on registers values, it means that the execution has successfully completed.

    4. To make possible connection with GDB debugger (IDA Pro or CLion):

      • add the following line after the arm instantiation in Testbench class:

        val dbg = ARMDebugger(this, "dbg")

      • add the following lines to the init section in Testbench class:

        dbg.ports.breakpoint.connect(buses.mem)
dbg.ports.reader.connect(buses.mem)

      • add the following line at the end of the main function in Starter:

        GDBServer(23946, true, binaryProtoEnabled = false).also { it.debuggerModule(top.debugger) }

      • after that you can connect using IDA Pro, CLion or other GDB compatible debugger using port 23946

  5. Use Kopycat library manager

    This case may be required for dynamic loading modules from library.

    1. Add run configurations as show in the screenshot below:

      First add kopycat-arm-build configuration: image

      Then add kopycat-testbench-build (please, pay attention on "before launch" section at bottom of run configuration window): image

      And finally kopycat-testbench (please, pay attention on "before launch" section at bottom of run configuration window): image

    2. Start kopycat-testbench configuration and after successful start you will see the following log:

      12:28:09 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:54): Build version: kopycat-0.3.30-e87ed235-2021.115-Regular [JRE v11.0.6]
12:28:10 INF ...atStarter.getRegistryPath(KopycatStarter.kt:34): Kopycat directory: '<KOPYCAT_HOME>'
12:28:13 INF ...kopycat.Kopycat.setSnapshotsDir(Kopycat.kt:103): Change snapshots directory to '/Users/bat/Documents/repos/kopycat-private/temp'
12:28:13 INF ...pycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:78): GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true) was created
12:28:13 INF ...ibrary.instantiate(ModuleFactoryLibrary.kt:105): Testbench(null, top)
12:28:13 INF ...iliary.ANetworkThread.run(ANetworkThread.kt:55): GDB_SERVER waited for clients on [192.168.76.24:23946]
12:28:14 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:189): Setup core to top.arm for top
12:28:14 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:194): Setup debugger to top.dbg for top
12:28:14 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:210): Tracer wasn't found in top...
12:28:14 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:218): Initializing ports and buses...
12:28:14 WRN ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:220): ATTENTION: Some ports has warning use printModulesPortsWarnings to see it...
12:28:14 CFG ....initializeAndResetAsTopInstance(Module.kt:232): Module top is successfully initialized and reset as a top cell!
12:28:14 INF ...ion.lab403.kopycat.Kopycat.open(Kopycat.kt:151): Board top[Testbench] with arm[ARMv6MCore] is ready
12:28:14 INF ...bstub.GDBServer.debuggerModule(GDBServer.kt:78): Set new debugger module top.dbg for GDB_SERVER(port=23946,alive=true)
12:28:14 WRN ...at.KopycatStarter.console(KopycatStarter.kt:44): Use -kts option to enable Kotlin console. In the next version Kotlin console will be default.
12:28:14 CFG ...at.consoles.jep.JepLoader.load(JepLoader.kt:53): Loading Jep using Python command 'python3' to overwrite use '--python' option
12:28:14 CFG ...oles.jep.PythonShell.version(PythonShell.kt:34): Python Version(major=3, minor=9, micro=0)
12:28:14 CFG ...s.jep.JepLoader.findFileInPath(JepLoader.kt:25): Jep jar file: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jep/jep-3.9.1.jar
12:28:14 CFG ...s.jep.JepLoader.findFileInPath(JepLoader.kt:25): Jep shared library file: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jep/jep.cpython-39-darwin.so
Jep starting successfully!
12:28:15 INF ...ycat.KopycatStarter.main(KopycatStarter.kt:112): Python console enabled
Python >

      NOTE: In this case we have not added any data into RAM and have not set PC. You could do it inside Testbench