When a Charon-PAR instance is started, the first interface visible to the user is the PDC (processor dependent code) console of the emulated system (i.e., the firmware of the system). It provides some important function that will be described below:
PDC Main and Configuration Menus
At the console prompt Main menu: Enter command or menu > the user can enter either one of the available commands directly or display the main menu by entering menu:
Please note: Commands can be entered by typing the full command or the abbreviation indicated by the uppercase letters. The commands must be entered in lowercase.
There is an overlap between menus, as shown by the configuration menu (type co or more letters of the command) below:
Important commands in the main menu:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Boot from the primary boot device. |
boot alt | Boot from the alternative boot device. |
boot device | Boot from device with specified device path. Example device path: 0/0/1/0.0.0 |
path pri | Display primary boot path. |
path alt | Display alternative boot path. |
path <pri | alt> path | Set the boot path. If neither PRI nor ALT is specified, the primary path will be set. |
search | Search for boot devices |
lif path lifimage | Boot a lif file. This parameter is currently mostly used for testing. Use only as advised by Stromasys. The path parameter is a SCSI device path for 64-bit systems, on a 32-bit system it can be the device path of a network card or a SCSI device path. The lifimage parameter contains the path of the bootable lif file (absolute path or path relative to the directory in which the emulator runs). |
reset | Restart the system. |
Important commands only available in the configuration menu:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
auto | Display the autoboot settings. |
auto boot on | off | Enable or disable system autoboot. |
bootinfo | Displays a summary of boot parameter and paths as shown below:
|
default | Reset the parameter values to the predefined settings. |
Please note: the service menu and the information menu currently do not contain important additional commands.
ODE MAPPER2 Program
The MAPPER2 program can be used to report all the emulated hardware of the emulated historic PA-RISC system.
To start it, perform the following steps:
- Start the Charon instance.
- At the PDC menu, enter boot pri to boot from the main path.
- At the prompt
Interact with IPL (Y or N)? >, enterY. - At the
ISL>prompt, enter the commandODE. - At the ODE> prompt, enter
RUN MAPPER2.
The program will display the hardware found on the system. A partial output is shown below:
After the program has completed, type exit at the ODE prompt to return to the ISL prompt, or type exit in the Charon-PAR console to stop the emulator.