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When configured for debugging Zilog Z8000 targets, gdb includes a Z8000 simulator.
For the Z8000 family, `target sim' simulates either the Z8002 (the unsegmented variant of the Z8000 architecture) or the Z8001 (the segmented variant). The simulator recognizes which architecture is appropriate by inspecting the object code.
target sim argsAfter specifying this target, you can debug programs for the simulated
CPU in the same style as programs for your host computer; use the
file command to load a new program image, the run command
to run your program, and so on.
As well as making available all the usual machine registers (see Registers), the Z8000 simulator provides three additional items of information as specially named registers:
cyclesinststimeYou can refer to these values in gdb expressions with the usual conventions; for example, `b fputc if $cycles>5000' sets a conditional breakpoint that suspends only after at least 5000 simulated clock ticks.