| .. _riscv32-virtual: |
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| RISCV32 Virtual |
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| Overview |
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| The RISCV32 Virtual board is a virtual platform made with Renode as an alternative to QEMU. |
| Contrary to QEMU, the peripherals of this platform can be easily configured by editing the |
| ``riscv32_virtual.repl`` script and the devicetree files accordingly, this allows certain hardware |
| configurations that only exist in proprietary boards/SoCs to be tested in upstream CI. |
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| Programming and debugging |
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| Building |
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| Applications for the ``riscv32_virtual`` board configuration can be built as usual |
| (see :ref:`build_an_application`): |
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| .. zephyr-app-commands:: |
| :board: riscv32_virtual |
| :goals: build |
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| Flashing |
| ======== |
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| While this board is emulated and you can't "flash" it, you can use this |
| configuration to run basic Zephyr applications and kernel tests in the Renode |
| emulated environment. For example, with the :zephyr:code-sample:`synchronization` sample: |
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| .. zephyr-app-commands:: |
| :zephyr-app: samples/synchronization |
| :host-os: unix |
| :board: riscv32_virtual |
| :goals: run |
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| This will build an image with the synchronization sample app, boot it using |
| Renode, and display the following console output: |
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| .. code-block:: console |
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| *** Booting Zephyr OS build zephyr-v3.5.0-1511-g56f73bde0fb0 *** |
| thread_a: Hello World from cpu 0 on riscv32_virtual! |
| thread_b: Hello World from cpu 0 on riscv32_virtual! |
| thread_a: Hello World from cpu 0 on riscv32_virtual! |
| thread_b: Hello World from cpu 0 on riscv32_virtual! |
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| Exit Renode by pressing :kbd:`CTRL+C`. |
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| Debugging |
| ========= |
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| Refer to the detailed overview about :ref:`application_debugging`. |
