Processor Description Languages

284 CHAPTER 11 Processor Design with ArchC

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AC_ARCH ( armv5e ) {

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ac_tlm_port MEM:256M; <== TLM port declaration

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ac_regbank RB:31;

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ac_wordsize 32;

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ARCH_CTOR ( armv5e ) {

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ac_isa ( " armv5e_isa .ac" );

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set_endian (" little ");

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};

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};

FIGURE 11.6

ARM functional architecture resource description.

module using the regular SystemC constructions for port binding. This is usually

done just after modules instantiation in the main file of a system model description.

The processor simulator will use this

MEM_port to communicate with the external

modules, and the

read and write methods mentioned earlier will actually trig-

ger calls to the methods in the TLM ...