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Visions for the future... ;-)
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/* ======================================================================= */
Building and Testing
/* ======================================================================= */
Check much more distributions:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
We should test many more distributions...
Use EDIF file (or similar) to generate bus/chip structures.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create all busses and chips according to an EDIF/EAGLE/... file.
Depending on the simulation details needed this can result in
*one* big *.c file with only "inline" functions inside.
/* ======================================================================= */
Bridges
/* ======================================================================= */
Use real hardware under FAUmachine (bridges):
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- network adapter (TAP device?)
- disks
- modem
- USB
- ...
FAUmachine as sniffer:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ethernet
- parallel port
- serial port
- USB
- ...
/* ======================================================================= */
Simulator
/* ======================================================================= */
Improved behaviour description for CPU:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use some kind of behaviour description for the CPU.
Use this description for interpreter code, JIT, ...
Simulate enough to get DDC work:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most Linux distributions try to figure out what monitor is
present using DDC. Support it.
Debugger register db0-db7:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tracer should use CPU structure to enable debugging using
registers db0 to db7. Currently only single stepping is supported.
Merge all mapped memory blocks:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use "io_malloc" to allocate memory for simulation.
Use "cpu_malloc" for CPU and APIC simulation.
Simulate DTR/DSR/CD for serial device:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DTR/DSR/CD/... might be set via inb/outb but they are not used
during simulation.
Real-time constrains for some devices needed
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E.g. keyboard driver needs some real-time features. Otherwise
keyboard might be too fast or too slow to be detected properly.
Switch between simulation driven time and dynamic time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
While doing I/O or accessing time we need simulation driven time.
To be able to use FAUmachine as a real user we need real-time or
dynamic time. Switch between both as needed.
Improve IDE to get CD-burner running
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some IDE commands have to be implemented to use a CD-burner.
Cache logic for IDE devices
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Implement Read/Ahead and Cache logic
- Implement buffered write
- Implement Flush Command
Umstorage should be similiar to memory Infrastrucutre
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- make storage components available including COW.
- make it possible to *map* pages
- umstorage needs its own interface and maybe process to control the
state
Simulate USB Devices
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Simulate USB Devices like printer, scanner, ...
Use multi-level COW
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Should be possible to use a COW image as basis of the next COW
image.
Suspend and Resume Functions for Simulator
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Add "suspend" and "resume" functions to simulator.
/* ======================================================================= */
VHDL simulation / Experiments
/* ======================================================================= */
Improve pattern matching
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* We should be able to match "Menu", "Buttons", ... and not
images.
* Allow matching to more raster image formats, like PNG or TIF.
Speed up pattern matching
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Speed up pattern recognition by generating some kind of
automata.
Write some improved examples
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use install procedures, oracle setup etc. as good
examples/experiments
/* ======================================================================= */
Frontend
/* ======================================================================= */
Better checking of configuration constraints:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Currently it is possible to specify "insane" configurations (e. g.
15.333 Mb of memory, I/O-APIC without APICs, etc.). These
configurations should be caught during startup and the user should get
a useful error message. At the moment such configurations cause
crashes and other strange behaviours.
Support XServer with different byte/bit ordering:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Currently the frontend is not able to run on XServers with
byte/bit order other than LSBFirst.
/* ======================================================================= */
BIOS
/* ======================================================================= */
Modify gcc to generate 16-bit real-mode code for BIOS/VGABIOS.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
32-bit code modified by assembler for real-mode consumes too
much space in 64 KByte ROM.
BIOS should check and report hardware present:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Real BIOS check and report hardware present before booting.
Would be nice for configuration checking.
Add some POST code, too.
Suspend to disk/Resume from disk:
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Support APM-like suspend/restore. This could speed up experiments, as
boot up/shutdown could be skipped and experiments can be repeated from
a well defined state.
/* ======================================================================= */
Misc
/* ======================================================================= */
Write a GUI for defining hardware setups:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The system might be composed using a graphical interface.
Write a GUI for defining expect scripts:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Would be nice to generate expect scripts in a GUI.
If next screen looks like ... then type "..."
If button ... is visible then click at ...
...
Write a native GUI for MacOS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Write a native GUI for MacOS (Carbon or Cocoa).
Write GUI to generate screenshots from video records:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's easier to install a system by hand while recording a video
and generate screenshots for "generate" scripts from that video
than to generate screenshots step by step during installation.
Create some hardware stuff to observe/control some real hardware:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use some kind of camera to "look" at monitor.
Use some kind of "mouse"/"keyboard" to generate clicks/keystrokes
by different computer.
VHDL simulator connection to in*/out*/interrupt interface:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Would be nice to simulate a new device using VHDL and to drive it
using a new driver written in C...
Use VHDL to model chips and compile it into C code.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Would be nice to have a VHDL frontend for modelling FAUmachine
components.
Improve performance:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- improve simulator
- use Linux extensions
Port FAUmachine to *-Linux:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use Alpha-Linux, Sparc-Linux as platform to run FAUmachine.
Port FAUmachine to I386-*:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use I386-Windows, I386-*BSD, I386-Solaris as platform to
run FAUmachine.
Fault injection for special CPU registers:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Implement fault injector for special registers like:
db0, db1, ... db7 (Debug registers)
seg[0] ... seg[9] (Segment descriptors)
tlb[0] ... tlb[NTLBS] (TLB buffer)
tsc (time stamp counter
...
Design new start tool:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Currently launcher will not start nodes on different hosts.
Expect uses (many) ssh connections. Both tools should make use
of one common tool/library.
/* ======================================================================= */
Misc
/* ======================================================================= */
FAUmachine for preservation:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some people need old hardware for their old software.
FAUmachine might simulate very old hardware (e.g. 8088-PCs).
Configurable hardware needed.
Improved BIOS (less stack consumption) needed.
FAUmachine for debugging:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use an extended gdb for debugging. Make it possible to
stop the whole FAUmachine setup (many PCs, VHDL-processes, ...)
and to dump/disassemble/... the state of all components
(CPU, memory, north/south-bridge, ...)
Improving simulation speed using PThreads:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Simulation speed might be improved to have multiple threads
(pthread-library) simulating different CPUs, chips, disks, ...
Generate motherboard, chips, ... using VHDL descriptions:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
mb_ga_686dlx.c and others could be generated using VHDL structural
descriptions.
Generate JIT files using JIT-Compiler-Compiler
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Design a JIT-Compiler-Compiler
Integrate FAUmachine into libvirt/virt-manager
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
libvirt can handle Xen/QEMU. It should be able to handle
FAUmachine's configurations, too.
To be extended...
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