Simics x86-440BX Target Guide

VIRTUTECH CONFIDENTIAL 3.3. Hippie
3.3 Hippie
Hippie includes a standard Red Hat Linux 6.2 install. In the default configuration hippie has
a single 20MHz Pentium 4 processor, 256 MB memory, one 1GB IDE disk and one IDE CD-
ROM. There is also a PCI based Voodoo3 graphics card and an ISA based LANCE network
adapter. The default configuration can be modified as described in section 3.5.
Additional information:
• Red Hat Linux 6.2, installed on Simics as “KDE Workstation”.
• Linux kernel 2.2.14, including SMP support.
• SimicsFS support.
• Login root, no password.
• X11 configured for Voodoo 3 in 800x600 32-bit.
• Configured with static IP address 10.10.0.9, gateway 10.10.0.1, when DHCP not used.
3.3.1 Hippie Scripts
hippie-common.simics
Starts the Hippie machine with the default configuration.
hippie-dhcp-common.simics
Similar to hippie-common.simics, but gets the host name and IP address from the
DHCP server.
hippie-gcache-common.simics
Default Hippie machine with a g-cache cache model connected.
3.4 Dredd
Dredd ships without software, and is intended to be used for installing new OSes on Simics.
In the default configuration dredd has a single 20MHz Pentium 4 processor, 256 MB
memory, one 19GB IDE disk and one IDE CD-ROM. There is also an AGP based Voodoo3
graphics card and a PCI based DEC21143 network adapter. The default configuration can
be modified as described in section 3.5.
Information about how to install an OS in described in more detail in chapter 6.
3.4.1 Dredd Scripts
dredd-cd-install1.simics
Script for installing an OS on Dredd in Simics, phase 1.
dredd-cd-install2.simics
Script for installing an OS on Dredd in Simics, phase 2.
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