circuitpython/qemu-arm
Damien George 731f359292 all: Add py/mphal.h and use it in all ports.
py/mphal.h contains declarations for generic mp_hal_XXX functions, such
as stdio and delay/ticks, which ports should provide definitions for.  A
port will also provide mphalport.h with further HAL declarations.
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Makefile Makefiles: Remove duplicate object files when linking. 2015-10-24 15:46:53 +03:00
README.md qemu: fix typo in readme 2014-07-02 18:30:46 +01:00
main.c py: Allocate parse nodes in chunks to reduce fragmentation and RAM use. 2015-10-02 00:11:11 +01:00
mpconfigport.h py: Remove dependency on printf/fwrite in mp_plat_print. 2015-10-15 00:05:55 +01:00
mphalport.h all: Add py/mphal.h and use it in all ports. 2015-10-31 19:14:30 +03:00
qstrdefsport.h qemu-arm: more generic port name. 2014-04-21 21:04:04 +01:00
test_main.c py: Allocate parse nodes in chunks to reduce fragmentation and RAM use. 2015-10-02 00:11:11 +01:00

README.md

This is experimental, community-supported port for Cortex-M emulation as provided by QEMU (http://qemu.org).

The purposes of this port are to enable:

  1. Continuous integration
    • run tests agains architecture-specific parts of code base
  2. Experimentation
    • simulation & prototyping of anything that has architecture-specific code
    • exploring instruction set in terms of optimising some part of MicroPython or a module
  3. Streamlined debugging
    • no need for JTAG or even an MCU chip itself
    • no need to use OpenOCD or anything else that might slow down the process in terms of plugging things together, pressing buttons, etc.

This port will only work with with GCC ARM Embedded toolchain and not with CodeSourcery toolchain. You will need to modify LDFLAGS if you want to use CodeSourcery's version of arm-none-eabi. The difference is that CodeSourcery needs -T generic-m-hosted.ld while ARM's version requires --specs=nano.specs --specs=rdimon.specs to be passed to the linker.