Author: Imperas Software, Ltd., using OVP Open Standard APIs
Date : 12 Mar 2020
Version: 20200312.0
License: Model source included under Apache 2.0 open source license
License: Simulator riscvOVPsim licensed under Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) Fixed Platform Kits license
RISC-V Specifications currently supported:
- RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume I: User-Level ISA (User Architecture Version 20190305-Base-Ratification)
- RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume II: Privileged Architecture (Privileged Architecture Version 20190405-Priv-MSU-Ratification)
- RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, RISC-V "V" Vector Extension (with version configurable in the model using the 'vector_version' parameter. 'master' version conforms to specification changes up to 4 March 2020 and is regularly updated to track the evolving specification.)
- RISCV Extension B (Bit Manipulation)
- Run command: riscvOVPsim.exe --override riscvOVPsim/cpu/add_Extensions=B --showoverrides
- This will produce a formatted string, similar to 'Info (Bit Manipulation) extB Version(0.92) November 08 2019'
The riscvOVPsim simulator implements the full and complete functionality of the RISC-V Foundation's public User and Privilege specifications.
The simulator is command line configurable to enable/disable all current optional and processor specific options.
The simulator is developed, licensed and maintained by Imperas Software and it is fully compliant to the OVP open standard APIs.
As a member of the RISC-V Foundation community of software and hardware innovators collaboratively driving RISC-V adoption, Imperas has developed the riscvOVPsim simulator to assist RISC-V adopters to become compliant to the RISC-V specifications. The latest RISC-V compliance test suite and framework can be downloaded from https://www.github.com/riscv/riscv-compliance .
riscvOVPsim includes an industrial quality model and simulator of RISC-V processors for use for compliance and test development. It has been developed for personal, academic, or commercial use, and the model is provided as open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The simulator is provided under the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) Fixed Platform Kits license that enables download and usage. riscvOVPsim and Imperas RISC-V support is actively maintained and enhanced. To ensure you make use of the current version of riscvOVPsim this initial release will expire. Please download the latest version.
Runtime configurable settings for all RISC-V specification options makes it very easy to compare run time results with any RTL implementations.
Full commercial features including variant selection, comprehensive trace, GDB/Eclipse graphical source code debug, semihosting, and RISC-V foundation signature dump facility for compliance testing.
More information: riscvOVPsim user guide
Model Source: source
Examples: examples
riscvOVPsim is a fixed function simulation of one configurable processor model in a fixed platform. Full extendable platform simulations of reference designs booting FreeRTOS, Linux, SMP Linux etc. are available as open source and are available from www.IMPERAS.com, www.OVPworld.org.
The same fixed platform can be used to debug the application using GDB and Eclipse.
For GDB debug add the command line argument -gdbconsole, this will start the GDB debugger and connect to the virtual platform.
For Eclipse debug, using CDT, a configuration to attach to an external remote application for debug should be made. The port to attach to is opened on the running virtual platform by adding the command line argument -port when starting the virtual platform.
Please see the riscvOVPsim user guide for full details.
To use the simulator, just download the files, go into one of the example directories, and execute the provided run scripts. For example on Linux:
$ cd examples
$ cd fibonacci
$ RUN_RV32_fibonacci.shCpuManagerFixedPlatform (64-Bit) 20180425.0 Open Virtual Platform simulator from www.IMPERAS.com.
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Visit www.IMPERAS.com for multicore debug, verification and analysis solutions.CpuManagerFixedPlatform started: Tue Apr 24 19:12:06 2018
Info (OR_OF) Target 'riscvOVPsim/cpu' has object file read from 'fibonacci.RISCV32-O0-g.elf'
Info (OR_PH) Program Headers:
Info (OR_PH) Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr FileSiz MemSiz Flags Align
Info (OR_PD) LOAD 0x00000000 0x00010000 0x00010000 0x00016998 0x00016998 R-E 1000
Info (OR_PD) LOAD 0x00017000 0x00027000 0x00027000 0x000009c0 0x00000a54 RW- 1000
starting fib(38)...
fib(0) = 0
fib(1) = 1
fib(2) = 1
fib(3) = 2
...
fib(36) = 14930352
fib(37) = 24157817
finishing...
Info
Info ---------------------------------------------------
Info CPU 'riscvOVPsim/cpu' STATISTICS
Info Type : riscv (RVB32I+MACSU)
Info Nominal MIPS : 100
Info Final program counter : 0x100ac
Info Simulated instructions: 4,400,537,204
Info Simulated MIPS : 1439.2
Info ---------------------------------------------------
Info
Info ---------------------------------------------------
Info SIMULATION TIME STATISTICS
Info Simulated time : 44.01 seconds
Info User time : 3.06 seconds
Info System time : 0.00 seconds
Info Elapsed time : 3.10 seconds
Info Real time ratio : 14.18x faster
Info ---------------------------------------------------CpuManagerFixedPlatform finished: Tue Apr 24 19:12:10 2018
CpuManagerFixedPlatform (64-Bit) 20180425.0 Open Virtual Platform simulator from www.IMPERAS.com.
Visit www.IMPERAS.com for multicore debug, verification and analysis solutions.
riscvOVPsim is a fixed function simulation of one configurable processor model in a fixed platform. Full extendable platform simulations of reference designs booting FreeRTOS, Linux, SMP Linux etc. are available as open source and are available from www.IMPERAS.com, www.OVPworld.org.
Open Virtual Platforms was created in 2008 to provide an open standard set of APIs and methodology to develop virtual platforms and simulation technology. www.OVPworld.org.
Imperas Software Ltd. is the leading independent commercial developer of virtual platforms and high-performance software simulation solutions for embedded processor and systems. Leading semiconductor and embedded software companies use Imperas simulators for their processor based simulation solutions. www.imperas.com.
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