(sim_resume): Clarify use of SIGGNAL.

(sim_stop_reason): Clarify meaning of sim_signalled.

2 files changed, 32 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 3062b344d..225299153 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Feb  8 17:01:13 2000  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
+
+	* remote-sim.h (sim_resume): Clarify use of SIGGNAL.
+	(sim_stop_reason): Clarify meaning of sim_signalled.
+
 2000-02-03  Timothy Wall <twall@redhat.com>
 
 	* dis-asm.h (struct disassemble_info): Added octets_per_byte
diff --git a/include/remote-sim.h b/include/remote-sim.h
index a4480b49c..a8eb92382 100644
--- a/include/remote-sim.h
+++ b/include/remote-sim.h
@@ -211,7 +211,27 @@ int sim_store_register PARAMS ((SIM_DESC sd, int regno, unsigned char *buf, int
 void sim_info PARAMS ((SIM_DESC sd, int verbose));
 
 
-/* Run (or resume) the simulated program.  */
+/* Run (or resume) the simulated program.
+
+   STEP, when non-zero indicates that only a single simulator cycle
+   should be emulated.
+
+   SIGGNAL, if non-zero is a (HOST) SIGRC value indicating the type of
+   event (hardware interrupt, signal) to be delivered to the simulated
+   program.
+
+   Hardware simulator: If the SIGRC value returned by
+   sim_stop_reason() is passed back to the simulator via SIGGNAL then
+   the hardware simulator shall correctly deliver the hardware event
+   indicated by that signal.  If a value of zero is passed in then the
+   simulation will continue as if there were no outstanding signal.
+   The effect of any other SIGGNAL value is is implementation
+   dependant.
+
+   Process simulator: If SIGRC is non-zero then the corresponding
+   signal is delivered to the simulated program and execution is then
+   continued.  A zero SIGRC value indicates that the program should
+   continue as normal. */
 
 void sim_resume PARAMS ((SIM_DESC sd, int step, int siggnal));
 
@@ -234,13 +254,13 @@ int sim_stop PARAMS ((SIM_DESC sd));
    (SIGTRAP); a completed single step (SIGTRAP); an internal error
    condition (SIGABRT); an illegal instruction (SIGILL); Access to an
    undefined memory region (SIGSEGV); Mis-aligned memory access
-   (SIGBUS).
+   (SIGBUS).  For some signals information in addition to the signal
+   number may be retained by the simulator (e.g. offending address),
+   that information is not directly accessable via this interface.
 
-   SIM_SIGNALLED: The program has stopped. The simulator has
-   encountered target code that requires the (HOST) signal SIGRC to be
-   delivered to the simulated program.  Ex: `kill (getpid (),
-   TARGET_SIGxxx)'.  Where TARGET_SIGxxx has been translated into a
-   host signal.  FIXME: This is not always possible..
+   SIM_SIGNALLED: The program has been terminated by a signal. The
+   simulator has encountered target code that causes the the program
+   to exit with signal SIGRC.
 
    SIM_RUNNING, SIM_POLLING: The return of one of these values
    indicates a problem internal to the simulator. */