SVM
A simple virtual machine to illustrate core concepts of a computer system.
Building
Most Unix/Unix-like Systems (including the Cygwin environment and Mac OS)
cd build/
cmake ..
make
Windows with Visual Studio
- Get the latest version of CMake from
https://cmake.org/download. - Install or unpack the archive.
- Start the GUI version of CMake.
- Set the source directory to the root of the
svm/ - Set the build directory to
svm/build - Press
Configure - Ensure that there are no errors.
- Press
Generate - Open the generated Visual Studio solution file from the build directory.
Mac OS with Xcode
Install CMake from sources, Homebrew, or MacPorts. Generate an Xcode project and open it.
cd build/
cmake -G Xcode ..
Usage
SVM
svm <scheduler name> <.vmexe file> <.vmexe file>...
Check the main function in svm.c for a list of schedulers.
.vmexe is a compiled executable for a simple virtual CPU architecture used in
SVM. .vmexe files are translated from .vmasm sources by SVMASM. A number of
sample sources can be found in the assemblies directory. The build system will
automatically translate two samples into executables with SVMASM. You can find
them in the build/assemblies/. For your own .vmasm programs you have to run
SVMASM manually.
SVM loads executables into memory and creates processes for each image. It then starts execution of the first process on the virtual CPU sequentally.
Your task is to write implementation for each scheduler in kernel.c and
kernel.h. Use approaches described in the course book.
SVMASM
svmasm <source .vmasm> <output .vmexe>
SVMASM translates source assembly code into binary executables that can be used with the virtual CPU in SVM.
Use it to generate executables for your own .vmasm programs.