Re: [Gems-users] How to copy files to the simulated machine

[Greg Byrd <gbyrd@xxxxxxxx>]

I've noticed that the files are not immediately available.  We generally 
insert the cd, simulate for a while, and then access the files.  (We 
genereally see warnings about certain SCSI commands being invalid or 
unrecognized -- that's a clue that the simulated system is trying to 
access the CD.)
Here's a script that we used to create a checkpoint with the CDROM 
mounted and ready to read.  The 400M cycles was chosen by a student -- I 
have no idea if you really need to wait that long.   It doesn't really 
take very long, though, because this is done in Simics functional mode, 
before the Ruby module is loaded.
------------------------------------------
load-module file-cdrom
new-file-cdrom splash2.iso
cd25B_2_6.insert splash2

@def end_sim():
  wait_for_hap_idx("Core_Step_Count", 
SIM_step_count(SIM_proc_no_2_ptr(0)) + 400000000)
  SIM_write_configuration_to_file("base-1p_with_benchmarks")
  SIM_quit(0)

@start_branch(end_sim)

continue
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Never tried the volume management trick.

...Greg



Dave wrote:

> Here is what I do, which doesn't work:
>
> simics>new-file-cdrom ../benchmarks.iso
> cdrom 'benchmarks' created
> simics>cd25B_2_6.insert benchmarks
> Interting media 'benchmarks' into CDROM drive
> simics>c
>
> Then, I try to access CDROM on the simulated machine 
> (sarek-solaris10), but there is nothing in the cdrom directory.
> Thanks
>
> */Greg Byrd <gbyrd@xxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>
>
>     Once your CDROM image is mounted, you can access just as you would a
>     CDROM on the simulated machine. Your files should be accessible under
>     /cdrom/cdrom/...
>
>     ...Greg
>
>
>
>     Dave wrote:
>
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > I have a question on how to copy files from the host machine to the
>     > simulated machine. I need to copy my benchmarks from the host
>     machine
>     > to the simulated machine, but I don't know how. I believe I need to
>     > install SimicsFS so that I can mount the host files to the
>     simulated
>     > machine, but the SimicsFS installation described in the Simics User
>     > Guide talks about copying files from the host machine to the
>     simulated
>     > machine. I don't understand. I have already created a CDROM
>     image file
>     > and put it into Simics, but I don't understand how I can access it
>     > from the simulated machine (sarek-solaris10).
>     >
>     > Thank you.
>     >
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