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1.. _target-lm3s6965evb-qemu:
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4lm3s6965evb-qemu
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6This target is specifically for emulation of the Texas Instruments Stellaris
7LM3S lm3s6965evb using QEMU. This may be useful for testing ARMv7-M code without
8physical hardware.
9
10This target configuration has **not** been tested on the physical Stellaris
11development board.
12
13Building
14========
15To build for this Pigweed target, simply build the top-level "qemu_gcc" Ninja
16target.
17
18.. code-block:: sh
19
20   $ ninja -C out qemu_gcc
21
22Testing
23=======
24This target does not yet support automatic test running (though it would be
25relatively easy to do so). To run a QEMU binary, see the instructions below.
26
27Executing Binaries
28==================
29When running a QEMU binary, you may chose to run it interactively with GDB, or
30allow the binary to run in a hands-off manner.
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32Running Without GDB
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34When running without GDB, the firmware will execute normally without requiring
35further interaction.
36
37.. code-block:: sh
38
39   $ qemu-system-arm -cpu cortex-m3 -machine lm3s6965evb \
40     -nographic -no-reboot \
41     -kernel path/to/firmware.elf
42
43Run With GDB
44------------------
45When running with GDB, execution of the binary will begin in a halted state. To
46begin running the code, you must connect using GDB, set any breakpoints you
47wish, and then continue execution.
48
49.. code-block:: sh
50
51   # Start the VM and GDB server.
52   $ qemu-system-arm -cpu cortex-m3 -machine lm3s6965evb \
53     -gdb tcp::3333 -S
54     -nographic -no-reboot \
55     -kernel path/to/firmware.elf
56
57In another window
58
59.. code-block:: sh
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61   $ arm-none-eabi-gdb path/to/firmare.elf
62   (gdb) target remote :3333
63   (gdb) break SomeFunction()
64   (gdb) continue
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