Document Outline

• Figures
• Tables
• Overview
• Installation
  • System Requirements
  • Installation Procedure
  • Directory Structure and Executable
  • Setting up Linux for the Simulator
  • Configuration File
  • Updates and Questions
• Graphical User Interface
  • Tool Bar Buttons
  • Device Window
    • Add a New Device
    • Workspace Popup Menu
      • Add Connection
      • Configure Device
      • Disconnect Device
      • Delete Device
    • Example Computer Description
    • Device Window – Quick Reference
  • Device Groups
    • Terms
    • Concept Diagrams
    • Working with Device Groups
    • Shell Automation Commands for Device Groups
      • Device Tree
      • Enabled vs. Disabled vs. Mixed
    • Device Group Examples
      • Example: 1GB DDR2 memory
      • Example: Quad-Core Node
      • Example: SuperIO device
    • Creating a Device Group (GUI)
    • Creating a Device Group (Automation Commands)
    • Ungrouping a created device group
  • Main Window
    • SimStats and Diagnostic Ports
    • CPU-Statistics Graphs
      • Translation Graph
      • Real MIPS Graph
      • Invalidation Rate Graph
      • Exception Rate Graph
      • PIO Rate Graph
      • MMIO Rate Graph
    • Simulated Video
    • Hard Disk and Floppy Display
    • Using Hard Drive, DVD-/CD-ROM and Floppy Images
    • Registry Window
    • Help, Problems and Bug Reports
• Disk Images
  • Creating A Blank Hard-Drive Image
• Running the Simulator
  • Command-Line Arguments
    • Open a Simulation Definition File
  • Installing an Operating System
    • Assigning Disk-Images
    • Run The Simulation
    • Interaction with the Simulated Machine
    • Simulation Reset
  • Multi-Machine Support
• Create a Simulated Computer
  • BSD Files
  • Device Placement
  • Solo.bsd Device Configuration
  • Save and Run
• Device Configuration
  • AweSim Processor Device
  • Debugger Device
  • DIMM Device
  • Emerald Graphics Device
  • Matrox MGA-G400 PCI/AGP
  • Super IO Devices: Winbond W83627HF SIO / ITE 8712 SIO
  • Memory Device
  • PCA9548 SMB Device
  • PCA9556 SMB Device
  • AMD 8th Generation Integrated Northbridge Device
  • AMD-8111™ Southbridge Devices – IO Hubs
  • PCI BUS Device
  • AMD-8131™ PCI-X® Controller
  • AMD-8132™ PCI-X® Controller
  • PCI-X Test Device
  • AMD-8151™ AGP Bridge Device
  • Raid Device: Compaq SmartArray 5304
  • SMB Hub Device
  • AT24C Device
  • EXDI Server Device
  • USB Keyboard and USB Mouse Devices
  • XTR Device
    • Using XTR
      • Recoding XTR Trace
      • Stop XTR Record
      • XTR Playback
      • Stop XTR Playback
    • XTR Structure
      • XML Structure
      • XTR Binary File Contents
    • ModeFlags
    • Limitations
    • Example XTR XML File
  • JumpDrive Device
  • E1000 Network Adapter Device
    • Simulated Link Negotiation
    • The Mediator Daemon
    • MAC Addresses for use with the Adapter
    • Example Configurations
      • Absolute NIC
      • Client-Server simulated network
      • Isolated Client-Server simulated network (Same process)
    • Visibility Diagram
  • Plug and Play Monitor Device
  • ATI SB400/SB600/SB700 Southbridge Devices
  • ATI RS480/RS780/RD790/RD890 Northbridge Devices
  • AMD “Istanbul” Device
  • AMD “Sao Paulo” Device
  • AMD “Magny-Cours” Device
• PCI Configuration Viewer
  • Scanning PCI Buses
  • Modifying the PCI Configuration contents
• Logging
  • Message Log
  • Error Log
  • I/O Logging
• CPU Debugger
  • Using the CPU Debugger
    • Setting a Breakpoint
    • Single Stepping the Simulation
    • Stepping Over an Instruction
    • Skipping an Instruction
    • Viewing a Memory Region
    • Reading PCI Configuration Registers
    • Reading CPU MSR Contents
    • Find Pattern in Memory
  • Debugger Command Reference
• Debug Interface
  • Kernel Debugger
  • GDB Interface
    • Simple Approach
    • Alternate Approach
    • Using Another Port on the Same Machine
    • Using Two Separate Machines
  • Linux Host Serial Port Communication
• Command API
• DiskTool
  • Command-Line Mode
  • GUI Mode
• BIOS Developer’s Quick Start Guide
  • Loading a BIOS Image
  • Changing DRAM Size
  • Changing SPD Data
  • Clearing CMOS
  • Logging PCI Configuration Cycles
  • Logging CPU Cycles
  • Creating a Floppy-Disk Image
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Appendix
  • Format of Floppy and Hard-Drive Images
  • Bill of Material
    • Computer Platform Files (BSD)
    • Device Files (*.BSL)
    • Product Files (*.ID)
    • Image Files (*.HDD, *.FDD, *.ROM, *.SPD, *.BIN)
      • Hard-Disk Image Files
      • Memory SPD Files
  • Supported Guest Operating Systems
  • CPUID
    • CPUID Standard Feature Support (Standard Function 0x01)
    • CPUID AMD Feature Support (Extended Function 0x80000001)
  • Known Issues
    • FSAVE/FRSTOR and FSTENV/FLDENV
    • Triple Faulting
    • Performance-Monitoring Counter Extensions
    • Microcode Patching
    • Instruction Coherency
  • Instruction Reference
    • Notation
      • Mnemonic Syntax
      • Opcode Syntax
    • General Purpose Instructions
    • System Instructions
      • INT – Interrupt to Vector
      • IRET – Return from Interrupt
    • Virtualization Instruction Reference
    • 64-Bit Media Instruction Reference
    • 3DNow!™ Instruction Set
    • Extension to the 3DNow! Instruction Set
    • Prescott New Instructions
      • MONITOR – Setup Monitor Address
      • MWAIT – Monitor Wait
  • Automation Commands
    • Shell
    • IDE
    • USB
    • CMOS
    • ACPI
    • Floppy
    • Debug
    • AMD-8151™ AGP Bridge
    • VGA
    • Serial
    • HyperTransport™ Technology Configuration
    • 8th Generation Northbridge
    • DBC
    • AMD-8111™ Device
    • EHC
    • Journal
    • CPU
      • Profiling in SimNow™ Technology
      • CPU Code Generator Commands
    • Emerald Graphics
    • Matrox MGA-G400 Graphics
    • PCI Bus
    • SIO
    • Memory Device
    • Raid
    • DIMM
    • Keyboard and Mouse
    • JumpDrive
    • E1000
    • XTR
    • ATI SB400/SB600/SB700
    • ATI RS480
    • ATI RS780
    • ATI RD790/RD780/RX780
    • ATI RD890S/RD890/RD780S/RX880
• Index