ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator for the Solaris Operating Environment (SPARC Platform Edition) User's Guide

Preface

The ChorusOS^TM 4.0.1 Simulator for the Solaris^TM Operating Environment (SPARC^TM Platform Edition) is a port of the ChorusOS 4.0.1 operating system to the Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 (formerly 2.7) operating environments.

The ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator is a UNIX process that uses the Solaris API as if it were a hardware platform.

This book describes specific aspects of this port that relate to building, installing, using and programming the simulator. It is intended as a guide for engineers who wish to develop and test ChorusOS applications without the need for a physical target.

Prerequisites

This book assumes you are familiar with the ChorusOS 4.0.1 APIs. For information about the ChorusOS 4.0.1 operating system, please refer to the books within the ChorusOS 4.0.1 Common Documentation Collection.

How This Guide is Organized

Chapter 1, ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator Architecture introduces the ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator for the Solaris Operating Environment (SPARC Platform Edition) and describes the boot mechanism, remote inter-process communication, and the network architecture.
Chapter 2, Running the ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator describes how to configure and run one or more instances of the simulator in a networked environment.
Chapter 3, BSP for the ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator describes how to write a device driver for the simulator.
Chapter 4, Using the ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator describes the differences between using the ChorusOS 4.0.1 Simulator and using the ChorusOS 4.0.1 operating system on a physical target.

Related Books

See the ChorusOS 4.0 Installation Guide for Solaris Hosts for a description of how to install the ChorusOS 4.0.1 product on your Solaris^TM host workstation.

See the ChorusOS 4.0 Simulator for the Solaris Operating Environment (SPARC Platform Edition) Target Family Guide for a description of the product and installation instructions.

See the ChorusOS 4.0 Introduction for a complete description of ChorusOS 4.0.1 features.

Typographical Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographical Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`

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