In this document, I will describe how to start using the ArchC Platform Manager for managing platforms and platform components described in ArchC or SystemC.
You'll need ArchC >= 2.1, SystemC >= 2.2.0 and TLM 2.0 installed on your machine.
First, you need to download the ACPM executable file. It is available on the downloads section of this website. After downloading the file, you must give it the proper permissions in order to it work properly. You can achieve that by going to the folder where the file was downloaded and by typing the command:
$ chmod +x acpm
After downloading the file and granting it executable status, you should type in the following command in order to setup the basic structure:
$ ./acpm --start
The --start command downloads the ACPM Makefiles and generates the basic directory structure.
In order to ACPM properly work, you will need to edit the Makefile.conf file. The SystemC path can be edited in the line
export SYSTEMC := /s/systemc
The TLM path can be edited in the line
export TLM_PATH := /s/systemc/include
The ArchC path can be edited in the line
export ARCHC_PATH := /s/archc
Also, if you are running ACPM in a 32-bit linux environment, you should alter the line
export HOST_OS:= linux64
to
export HOST_OS:= linux
With these changes, now you are ready to download platforms and platform components, and also run them.
The next step after setting up the basic structure is downloading platform components. You can check which components are available for download by typing the following command:
$ ./acpm --listrepo
A list of available components for download is exibited. You can download the component using the following command:
$ ./acpm --get type component
Notice that the type arg is optional. However, you should always pass the proper component
name in order to download it properly. If you type the same component name that is shown
when you use the --listrepo command, you should get the component properly. If you want
to check whose components or platforms you already have, you can use the command:
$ ./acpm --list
It lists the components and platforms you have in your structure. With platforms and platform components downloaded, you are now ready to run them.
After downloading the proper platforms and platform components, you can choose which platform will be targeted by the Makefile simply editing this line in the Makefile file:
`PLATFORM := quad_mips`
You can compile the platform by using the commands:
$ make clean
$ make
It is strongly recommended to use the clean rule of Makefile before every compilation
attempt. There is even a stronger rule for cleaning the structure:
$ make distclean
We recommend using distclean whenever you are trying to compile a new platform after
other platforms were compiled. After compiling the platform, you can run it using the
command:
$ make run
It will execute and run the compiled platform using the ArchC simulator.