EduMIPS64 v1.2.8
EduMIPS64 version 1.2.8
22nd of October, 2020
EduMIPS64 is a GPL MIPS64 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) simulator and graphical debugger.
Notes for this release
This is version 1.2.8 of EduMIPS64. Its codename is NLMS, to remember my late father Nicola Luigi Maria Spadaccini, who left us last month.
This version contains a few bug fixes (including a fix for the LUI instruction which was completely broken) and a new experimental CLI interface (which you can enter by using the --headless command-line flag).
This is also the first version to be distributed as a Windows MSI installer, which contains a JRE and everything you need to run the simulator on Windows without needing external dependencies. As usual, the simulator is also distributed as a JAR and via the Snapcraft store.
This version contains contributions from the following people, listed in no particular order:
- iwodder - @iwodder
- Miguel Pinto - @rocas777
- Oscar Elhanafey - @Ooelhana
- Paolo Viotti - @pviotti
- Pimts - @pimts
- Andrea Spadaccini - @lupino3
Please keep in mind that this is still EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE. It may BURN YOUR HARD DISK, DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA and even GO OUT WITH YOUR PARTNER. :)
If you find a bug, please open an issue on GitHub.
EduMIPS64 is hosted on GitHub: www.github.com/EduMIPS64/edumips64.
Our web site is www.edumips.org, and our development blog is http://edumips64.blogspot.com.
Main changes since 1.2.7.1
Added
- New experimental command-line interface, started with the --headless command-line option
- Windows installer (MSI)
Changed
- EduMIPS64 now uses Java 11, to benefit from modern Java features
- Adopted picocli for command-line options
- Removed the JAR with no bundled dependencies, since start-up now depends on picocli