Hi to all mips programmers! First i want sorry for my bad english ... i'm working for upgrade :-D So i want to submit any question: I'm compiling with mips compiler gcc (mips-linux-gcc from tools mips-2007 iso image ) and all GNU tools and i have any problems. I succeed to compile the program demo "hello_mips.c" from gxemul sample in this way: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ $mips-linux-gcc -I../../src/include/testmachine -g -DMIPS hello.c -mips1 -mabi=32 -c -o hello_mips32.o $mips-linux-ld -T /home/bemipefe/Programs/mipstools/usr/lib/ldscripts/elf32btsmip.x -e f hello_mips32.o -o hello_mips32 ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ As you see i must specify the script for linking because option "-Ttext 0x80030000" supplied from gxemul README don't work. So i have modified the script changing "0x1000000" in "0x10000000" in that is: PROVIDE (__executable_start = 0x10000000); . = 0x10000000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS; I have also added "SIZEOF_HEADERS" that (at first "0") . Now the linker don't claim any message but if i test the binary, occur a exeption in run time: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ [bemipefe@M-Parallelmind hello]$ ../../gxemul -V -E testmips -C R3000 ./hello_mips32 GXemul 0.4.4 Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Anders Gavare Read the source code and/or documentation for other Copyright messages. Simple setup... net: simulating 10.0.0.0/8 (max outgoing: TCP=100, UDP=100) simulated gateway: 10.0.0.254 (60:50:40:30:20:10) using nameserver 192.168.1.1 machine "default": memory: 32 MB cpu0: R3000 (I+D = 4+4 KB) machine: MIPS test machine loading ./hello_mips32 starting cpu0 at 0x100001ac ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GXemul> step [ exception TLBL <tlb> vaddr=0x100001ac pc=0x100001ac ] 80000000: 00000000 nop ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ If I change "0x10000000" in "0x80000000" and also the section: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ /* Adjust the address for the data segment. We want to adjust up to the same address within the page on the next page up. */ . = 0x80000000; ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ In the same way from "0x10000000" to "0x80000000". Now i do run the program with gxemul and i still down in trap of "exeption" in TLBL: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ [bemipefe@M-Parallelmind hello]$ ../../gxemul -V -E testmips -C R3000 ./hello_mips32 GXemul 0.4.4 Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Anders Gavare Read the source code and/or documentation for other Copyright messages. Simple setup... net: simulating 10.0.0.0/8 (max outgoing: TCP=100, UDP=100) simulated gateway: 10.0.0.254 (60:50:40:30:20:10) using nameserver 192.168.1.1 machine "default": memory: 32 MB cpu0: R3000 (I+D = 4+4 KB) machine: MIPS test machine loading ./hello_mips32 starting cpu0 at 0x800001ac ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GXemul> step 800001ac: 3c1c0000 lui gp,0x0 GXemul> step 800001b0: 279c7e44 addiu gp,gp,32324 GXemul> step 800001b4: 0399e021 addu gp,gp,t9 GXemul> step 800001b8: 27bdffe0 addiu sp,sp,-32 GXemul> step 800001bc: afbf001c sw ra,28(sp) [0xa0007efc] GXemul> step 800001c0: afbe0018 sw fp,24(sp) [0xa0007ef8] GXemul> step 800001c4: 03a0f021 move fp,sp GXemul> step 800001c8: afbc0010 sw gp,16(sp) [0xa0007ef0] GXemul> step 800001cc: 8f828018 lw v0,-32744(gp) [0xfffffe5c] [ exception TLBL <tlb> vaddr=0xfffffe5c pc=0x800001cc ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ But in this time i see any executed istruction. The ask is: How can fix it ? The problem is in the linker ? How can find documentation from ELF format ? Thank you and Good Work!