howiieyu / rv32emu-next

RISC-V RV32I[MA] emulator with ELF support (WIP)

RISC-V RV32I[MA] emulator with ELF support

rv32emu is an instruction set architecture (ISA) emulator implementing the 32 bit RISC-V processor model.

This repository is intended to replace sysprog21/rv32emu, which is used in Computer Architecture course. At the moment, the suffix -next is used to distinguish between the two repositories.

Build and Verify

rv32emu relies on some 3rd party packages to be fully usable and to provide you full access to all of its features. You need to have a working SDL2 library on your target system.

• macOS: brew install sdl2
• Ubuntu Linux / Debian: sudo apt install libsdl2-dev

Build the emulator.

make

Run sample RV32I[MA] programs:

make check

Run Doom, the classical video game, via rv32emu:

make demo

The build script will then download data file for Doom automatically. SDL2 based window should appear when Doom is loaded and executed.

Customization

rv32emu is configurable, and you can modify Makefile to fit your expectations:

• ENABLE_RV32M: Standard Extension for Integer Multiplication and Division
• ENABLE_RV32A: Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions
• Zicsr: Control and Status Register (CSR)
• Zifencei: Instruction-Fetch Fence

Add -D to enable and -U to disable the specific ISA extensions.

Reference

• libriscv: RISC-V userspace emulator library

License

rv32emu is released under the MIT License. Use of this source code is governed by a MIT license that can be found in the LICENSE file.