README: rewrite to document xtask

The `xtask` command has come a long way, and is the preferred method of
building this repositry. Document the fun ways it can be used.

Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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* **emulation**: Renode scripts used to emulate Xous
* **xous-rs**: userspace library
## Generating an image
## Quickstart using Hosted Mode
You can build all Xous packages by running:
You can try out Xous in a "hosted mode" wherein programs are compiled
for your native platform and are run locally as processes within your
current operating system. System calls are replaced with network calls
to a kernel that simply shuffles messages around.
Xous uses the [xtask](https://github.com/matklad/cargo-xtask/) convention,
where various complex build commands are stored under `cargo xtask`.
This allows for us to create arbitrarily complex build sequences
without resorting to `make` (which is platform-dependent),
`sh` (which requires a lot of external tooling), or another build
system.
To build a set of sample programs and run them all using the
kernel for communication, clone this repository and run:
```sh
$ rustup target add riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
$ cargo build --target riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
$ cd kernel
$ cargo build -p kernel --target riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
$ cd ..
$ cd loader
$ cargo build -p loader --target riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
$ cd ..
cargo xtask run
```
This will compile all runtime packages for `riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf`.
Note that the kernel and loader must currently be built separately, due
to the fact that they have custom linker scripts.
This will build several servers and a "shell" program to control them
all. Most notably, a `graphics-server` will appear and kernel messages
will begin scrolling in your terminal.
These need to be packaged into a loadable binary. You can generate such
a binary by running the following:
## Quickstart using an emulator
Xous uses [Renode](https://renode.io/) as the preferred emulator, because
it is easy to extend the hardware peripherals without recompiling the
entire emulator.
[Download Renode](https://renode.io/#downloads) and ensure it is in your path.
Then, build Xous:
```sh
$ cargo run -p tools --bin create-image -- \
--csv emulation/csr.csv \
--kernel kernel/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/debug/kernel \
--init target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/debug/shell \
target/args.bin
rustup target add riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
cargo xtask renode-image
```
## Targeting Real Hardware
This will compile everything in `release` mode for RISC-V, compile the tools
require to package it all up, then create an image file.
The following files need manual adjustment:
* emulation/csr.csv should map to the csr.csv of the final SoC
* examples/graphics-server/src/backend/betrusted.rs needs a correct address for the "control" data structure (based on csr.csv)
* kernel/src/debug.rs:7 needs a correct UART base, based on csr.csv
* loader/src/debug.rs:31 needs a correct UART base, based on csr.csv
* kernel/src/main.rs:67 needs a corret UART base, based on csr.csv
Create the loader.bin from the .elf. `objcopy` adds several hundred megabytes of zero at the end of `loader.bin` so just
take the first 64kiB, which is the exact size allocated for it anyways in hardware. The final loadable image is created by
`cat`ing the loader and the kernel together.
Finally, run Renode and specify the `xous-release.resc` REnode SCript:
```sh
renode emulation/xous-release.resc
```
riscv64-unknown-elf-objcopy loader/target/riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf/release/loader -O binary loader_raw.bin
dd if=loader_raw.bin of=loader.bin bs=1024 count=64
cat loader.bin target/args.bin > xous.img
Renode will start emulation automatically, and will run the same set of programs
as in "Hosted mode".
## Generating a hardware image
To build for real hardware, you must specify an `.svd` file. This
file is generated by the SoC build process and describes a single
Betrusted core. These addresses will change as hardware is modified,
so if you distribute a modified Betrusted core, you should be sure
to distribute the `.svd` file.
An example file may be found under `svd2utra/`, but this is probably
out of date and won't work with your device.
Pass this `.svd` file to the `hw-image` `xtask` command:
```sh
cargo xtask hw-image svd2utra/examples/soc.svd
```
This will compile all runtime packages for `riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf`, and
will generate a release image under the `target/` directory, which will be printed
on the output.
The image should be written to location 0x2050_0000 (SPI ROM offset 0x50_0000), using
the `provision-xous.sh` script inside [betrusted-scripts](https://github.com/betrusted-io/betrusted-scripts/blob/master/provision-xous.sh)
running on a Betrusted provisioning harness, that is a Raspberry Pi 4 with the appropriate debug hat attached, and the Precursor hardware plugged into the debug hat. You can also check out the `dvt-hardware` branch for the WIP integration of all the above commands.
## Try It Out on a Desktop
Clone this repository, and run
`cargo xtask run`