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Ski IA-64 Simulator Reference Manual 1.0L
standard Linux fashion. The Ski command line syntax is shown below. The -i, -rest, -icnt, and -stats flags can
appear in any order.
ski [-help] [-i filename] [-rest filename] [program_filename [args]+]
xski [-help] [-noconsole] [-i filename] [-rest filename] [program_filename [args]+]
bski [-help][-noconsole][-i filename][-rest filename][-icnt filename][-stats][program_filename
[args]+]
2.5.1.1 Summary of Flags
-help
A list of flags accepted by this variety of Ski (
ski
,
xski
,or
bski
) is printed out. No other processing is done and Ski
terminates.
-i filename
The specified file is run as a command file before the first prompt to the user. If an program_filename is provided on
the same command line, the program_filename is loaded before the command file is run. This provides a convenient
way to load a program, initialize other machine state, and then turn control over to the user.
-icnt filename
For
bski
only: This flag specifies instruction counts should be saved in the specified file. For each kind of instruction
executed during the simulation, the instruction count file shows five fields of information:
• The instruction mnemonic
• The total number of times the instruction was executed
• The number of executions that were predicated on
• The number of executions that were predicated off
• The number of executions that were predicated on predicate register 0, which is “hardwired” on
The value in the second field equals the sum of the values in the last three fields.
-noconsole
For
xski
and
bski
only: This flag tells Ski not to create a separate console window for the simulated program’s
standard I/O. Instead, Ski will use the existing console window’s for standard I/O purposes in the simulated program.
-rest filename
Restore the simulator run saved in filename. See Section 8.6, “Saving and Restoring the Simulator State”. This flag
cannot be combined with an program_filename. If combined with a -i flag, the -i flag is accepted and the -rest flag
is silently ignored.
-stats
For
bski
only: specifies execution run-time and instruction rate information should be send to standard out (stdout) at
the end of the run. This information is normally displayed in the Main/Command Window of
xski
and
ski
. The
-stats flag allows users of
bski
to get the same information.
2.5.2 The XSki File
xski
’s screen presentation is substantially controlled by the contents of the XSki file, which uses the X Window System’s
resource mechanism to provide information to
xski
. You can edit this file to change
xski
’s use of graphic buttons,
described in Section 3.7.1, “The xski Main Window”. The XSki file is part of the standard Ski distribution and you should
put this file in your X Window System’s app-defaults directory or in your home directory. If there is no valid XSki file,
the simulator will not be usable. You can find more information on installing
xski
in the release notes that come with each
Ski distribution.