Package mars.mips.dump

Class MIFDumpFormat

java.lang.Object

mars.mips.dump.MIFDumpFormat

public class MIFDumpFormat
extends Object

The Memory Initialization File (.mif) VHDL-supported file format This is documented for the Altera platform at www.altera.com/support/software/nativelink/quartus2/glossary/def_mif.html.

Version:

December 2007

Author:

Pete Sanderson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MIFDumpFormat()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dumpMemoryRange(File file, int firstAddress, int lastAddress)	Write MIPS memory contents according to the Memory Initialization File (MIF) specification.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MIFDumpFormat

public MIFDumpFormat()

Constructor. File extention is "mif".

Method Details

dumpMemoryRange

public void dumpMemoryRange(File file,
 int firstAddress,
 int lastAddress)
                     throws AddressErrorException,
IOException

Write MIPS memory contents according to the Memory Initialization File (MIF) specification.

Parameters:

file - File in which to store MIPS memory contents.

firstAddress - first (lowest) memory address to dump. In bytes but must be on word boundary.

lastAddress - last (highest) memory address to dump. In bytes but must be on word boundary. Will dump the word that starts at this address.

Throws:

AddressErrorException - if firstAddress is invalid or not on a word boundary.

IOException - if error occurs during file output.