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Apparatus and method for emulation routine control transfer via host jump instruction creation and insertion
Apparatus and method for emulation routine control transfer via host jump instruction creation and insertion
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机译:通过主机跳转指令的创建和插入来仿真例行控制传递的设备和方法
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An apparatus for emulation routine control transfer creates a jump host instruction (JHI) containing the address of a next emulation routine during the execution of a current emulation routine and outputs the JHI at the end of current emulation routine for transfer of host processor control. The apparatus preferably comprises: an emulated program counter (EPC), a summing means, a state machine, a pointer storage means, an opcode storage means, and a jump instruction circuit. The state machine is preferably coupled to control the loading of the EPC, the loading of the opcode storage means, the summing means, the pointer storage means and the operation of the jump instruction circuit. The pointer storage means is preferably coupled between the data bus and the jump instruction circuit. The state machine preferably issues commands on the control bus and directly to the summing means and the jump instruction circuit to prefetch the next emulation routine, create a jump instruction to the beginning of the next emulation routine and assert the jump instruction on the bus at the appropriate time to transfer directly from one emulation routine to the next using the single host jump instruction. The jump host instruction is placed upon the host processor's instruction bus after execution of the final instruction within a current emulation routine. Thus, the execution of the next emulation routine begins immediately after the execution of the jump host instruction, and significant amounts of processing time associated with the dispatch loop are eliminated.
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