For now using the checkpoint or switchcpu pseudo instructions will return control...

src/sim/pseudo_inst.cc:
    Exit sim loop with a specific string to indicate to Python what caused the exit.  The user's script needs to interpret the exit events and handle them as desired.

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extra : convert_revision : 8eb4a42285dacb3ada3a791173c605b5acb78598

diff --git a/src/sim/pseudo_inst.cc b/src/sim/pseudo_inst.cc
index dc08e6c06e9a72c56dca937e11ce71dd3a9c65e6..869805f5c7e48f10840435493d987aa9f6388775 100644 (file)
--- a/src/sim/pseudo_inst.cc
+++ b/src/sim/pseudo_inst.cc
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ namespace AlphaPseudo
     {
         if (!doCheckpointInsts)
             return;
+        exitSimLoop("checkpoint");
     }
 
     uint64_t
@@ -278,5 +279,6 @@ namespace AlphaPseudo
 
     void switchcpu(ThreadContext *tc)
     {
+        exitSimLoop("switchcpu");
     }
 }