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-ChangeLog
-
-See the ChangeLog file looking for lines taged with the word FIXME.
-
-
-COREFILE.C:
-
-The implementation of corefile.c (defined by corefile.h) isn't the
-best. It is intended to be functionaly correct rather than fast. One
-option being considered is to add a data cache to reduce the overhead
-of the most common case of data read/writes.
-
-
-VEA:
-
-Missing VEA system calls.
-
-ppc-instructions:
-
-Missing or commented out instructions.
-
-
-64bit:
-
-64bit target untested. 64bit host broken. For instance use of scanf
-"%x", &long long.
-
-
-
-hw_*.c:
-
-Better and more devices.
-
-PORTABILITY:
-
-(Notes taken from Michael Meissner): Heavy use of the ## operator -
-fix using the clasic X/**/Y hack; Use of the signed keyword. In
-particular, signed char has no analogue in classic C (though most
-implementations of classic C use signed chars); Use of long long which
-restricts the target compiler to be GCC.
-
-
-TRACING:
-
-debug.c: Macro's should be extended to include:
-
- IS_*TRACE: True if tracing enabled
- *TRACE_PREFIX: Outputs just the prefix line
-
-hw_trace.c: Flush, replace with a psim_set_tracing or some
- such program.
-
-
-CIA/NIA:
-
-Replace with functions to return/increment the CIA?
-
-
-
-SMP & GDB:
-
-GDB doesn't understand SMP!
-
-
-
-
-OVERALL STRUCTURE:
-
-A new file pstruct.h is to be created that contains a single flat data
-structure containing:
-
- pstruct {
- events;
- core;
- processor[nr_cpus];
- monitor;
- devices;
- trace;
- }
-
-The CPU's structure, in turn would contain the VM sub structures.
-
-When SMP==0, everything would have PSTRUCT passed. In SMP mode,
-however, there are two choices: PSTRUCT + CPU_NR or PROCESSOR. I
-suspect the latter is better.
-
-It is believed that this would significantly improve performance (at
-the price of reduced control over object scope).
-
-
-
-
-IGEN:
-
-Igen at present can't do the following:
-
- o duplication is an all or nothing afair.
-
- It should be configurable according to
- the instruction or the sub-table.
-
-
- o Due to the naming, only a single generated
- simulator can be included in a program.
-
- IGEN should be able to generate multiple
- engines that can all be included in a program
-
- o handle alternate architectures.
-
-
- o Igen should support the generation of a
- disasembler and posibly an assembler.
-
- I suggest that the table be extended to
- include, for each instruction, additional
- lines describing the extual format of the
- instruction.
-
- One possible format is:
-
- "mtlr %RS":SPR.something
- "mtspr %SPR, %RS"