2 Threading Model

This chapter describes the Simics threading model from a device model perspective. Important concepts as cells, thread domains and execution context are explained in some detail. The Standard Device Model and the Threaded Device Model are also defined.

• 2.1 Overview
• 2.2 Basic Module Requirements
• 2.3 Simulation Cells
• 2.4 Thread Domains
• 2.5 Concurrency Modes
• 2.6 Standard Device Model
• 2.7 Threaded Device Model
• 2.8 Foreign Threads
• 2.9 Simics Scheduler