DocumentCode :
511921
Title :
Checkpoint and Restore for SystemC models
Author :
Montón, Màrius ; Engblom, Jakob ; Burton, Mark
fYear :
2009
fDate :
22-24 Sept. 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
We present preliminary work in the field of saving and restoring model state within a SystemC simulation environment. Save and restore (or checkpointing) is a useful technique that can greatly assist target software and simulation model development and debug. In contrast to other approaches that aim at saving and restoring the state of an entire simulation process, we investigate mechanisms by which only the essential simulation state is saved. This makes the checkpoints far more compact, and saved simulation states can be moved between host machines, and be used with updated or completely different simulation models. Our results indicate that SystemC models written to certain coding guidelines can be saved and restored reliably. As a result, virtual platforms and platform components written in SystemC can be made more useful to software developers, and support smarter workflows.
Keywords :
checkpointing; codes; program debugging; software engineering; SystemC models; checkpointing; codes; model state restoration; software debugging; software development; Checkpointing; Guidelines; Software debugging;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Specification & Design Languages, 2009. FDL 2009. Forum on
Conference_Location :
Sophia Antipolis
ISSN :
1636-9874
Electronic_ISBN :
1636-9874
Type :
conf
Filename :
5404062
Link To Document :
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