spot/iface/nips/nips_vm/ChangeLog

2010-11-27  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>

	Fix compilation with Clang.

	* state.c: Do not include state_inline.h twice with different
	value of STATE_INLINE.  It was included once via state.h with
	STATE_INLINE = "extern inline", and another time directly with
	STATE_INLINE = "extern". Now...
	* state.h: ... only include it once here with STATE_INLINE =
	"static inline".

2010-01-21  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>

	Kill a warning on Ubuntu.

	* interactive.c (interactive_simulate): Explicitly ignore the
	return of scanf to kill a warning.

2007-03-27  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* Released version 1.2.7

2007-03-26  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* nipsvm.c (simple_error_cb): added, fixes segfault in
	error callback which received the wrong context;
	reported by <timo.lindfors@iki.fi>

2007-03-10  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* Released version 1.2.6

	* search.c (search): silenced warning on MacOS X

	* instr_step.c (instr_succ): code cleanup:
	  p_monitor

	* Makefile (LDFLAGS_LIB): MacOS X support

2006-07-06  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* nips_disasm.pl: emit !modflags only of non-empty

	* nips_asm.pl: if set, use NIPS_HOME to locate *.pl files

2006-06-27  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* main.c: adjusted version
	* search.c: initialize n_atomic_steps to zero (lost in last commit)

2006-06-06  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* Released version 1.2.5

	* search.c: count and print number of atomic steps.

2006-05-19  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* nipsvm.c (nipsvm_default_error_cb): removed extra comment

	* tests/spin/pftp: commented out unused variable

	* bytecode.h, bytecode.c (bytecode_str_inf): added interface to
	query structure information.
	TODO: use binary search to find record.
	TODO: adapt interface for bytecode_src_loc

2006-03-14  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* instr.c (instr_load_special_timeout): renamed to instr_lds_timeout
	(instr_load_special_pid): renamed to instr_lds_pid
	(instr_load_special_nrpr): renamed to instr_lds_nrpr
	(instr_load_special_last): renamed to instr_lds_last
	(instr_load_special_np): renamed to instr_lds_np
	(instr_lrun): fixed storage size bug
	(instr_run_intern): fixed storage size bug

2006-03-13  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* Makefile (MACHINE): set MACHINE if compiler target
	architecture cannot be worked out from ``gcc -dumpmachine'', e.g.
	``make MACHINE=x86_64-linux''
	(CFLAGS): use -m64 for x86_64
	(CFLAGS_LIB): use -fPIC by default on x86, except for win32

2006-03-11  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* state.c (channel_to_str): more unsignedness fixes
	* instr.c (instr_chnew): more unsignedness fixes
	* hashtab.c (hashtab_get_pos): more unsignedness fixes

	* Makefile: changed way to detect mingw32 compiler to make it work
	with ming32 cross compiler, use -DSMALLSTACK by default in windows
	(TARGET): set TARGET to cross compile, e.g.:
	``make TARGET=i586-mingw32msvc all''
	* search.c: use #ifdef WIN32 ... #endif for windows specific
	sections
	* timeval.h: shift platform specifics here, just include if needed
	* instr_step.c: conditionalize on SMALLSTACK

2006-03-09  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* hashtab.c (hashtab_hash): fixed signedness oversight

2006-02-23  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* BUGS: Added Bug#2.

	* instr_step.c (instr_succ): extension of finite paths only if
	monitor is present.

	* state_inline.h (global_state_compare): add type cast so that
	C++ compilers don't choke.  Note, that this function is
	deprecated, still.

	* nipsvm.h: comment cosmetics

2006-02-17  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* nips_disasm.pl: very simple bytecode-to-C stub generator.
	  The generated function must be inserted manually into the VM
	  currently.  Also, giving such a specialized VM a different
	  bytecode file than was used for generating the C stub results
	  in hilarious behavior.  Not recommended.

	  Speedup: yes, but not very large.  Much is eaten by complicated
	  PC handling.  Possible optimizations: move instruction decoding
	  out of execution loop (requires quite some surgery)

	* nips_asm_instr.pl (get_instructions): tag instructions whether
	  they change control-flow or yield errors.
	(instruction_cfun): bytecode to C-function name mapping

	* instr.c (instr_ldc): renamed from instr_load_constant to match
	  functions names generated by disassembler script
	(instr_trunc): renamed from instr_truncate
	(instr_exec): replaced occurrences of renamed functions

2006-02-15  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* nips_asm.pl: collate flags for the same address instead of
	  emitting them individually.  Happens, if the compiler generates
	  several labels for the same code address each of which has flags
	  set.  I am not sure that was a real problem for the current VM
	  implementation.

2006-02-11  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* state.c (global_state_to_str): output flags (accepting,
	  terminated) if monitor is present

2006-02-06  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* search.c (search_succ_cb): fixed type of succ_sz (size_t)

	* state.c (global_state_to_str): fixed format arg mismatch for
	  64-bit systems.

2006-02-03  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* Released version 1.2.3

2006-02-02  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* search.c (t_search_context, search, search_succ_cb): count
	  transitions

	* nipsvm.h (nipsvm_state_monitor_accepting)
	(nipsvm_state_monitor_terminated)
	(nipsvm_state_monitor_acc_or_term): added

	* state.c, state.h (global_state_monitor_accepting)
	(global_state_monitor_terminated)
	(global_state_monitor_acc_or_term): deprecated

2006-02-01  Michael Weber  <michaelw@foldr.org>

	* hashtab.c: faster hash collision resolution using (very simple)
	  double hashing, speeding up almost-filled hash table insertions.
	  I measured a speedup of 1.35 when filling hash table to 93%.

	API CHANGES AHEAD

	Old API functions are still there, but will be be phased out
	eventually.

	* nipsvm.c, nipsvm.h : beginnings of a new interface: nipsvm_*
	  equivalents of the most used global_* methods

	* simpler and less fragile callback interface, all extra
	  information is stashed away in
	  nipsvm_transition_information_t (can be extended without visibly
	  changing the API)

	* converted some of the internals to the new API (work in
	  progress)

	* some state handling functions have grown an extra size_t
	  argument, instead of calculating the state size themselves

	* search.c (search): added initial state to hash table to
	  eliminate off-by-one difference between visited states and
	  states in table

	* Makefile: added -g option by default, removed rt_err.o from
	  libnips_vm (not needed)


2005-10-11, 2005-10-12
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added range errors in assembler
changed maximum size of global variables to 65535
  - access to global variables 256..65535 not possible using LDVA / STVA
    use LDC <address> ; LDV / STV instead
added instructions
  - GLOBSZX <size of global variables (0..65535)>
    set size of global variables using 2 byte constant
  - LDB [L|G]
    load bit from local / global memory
    stack:<addr>:<bit> ---> stack:<value>
    only last 3 bits of <bit> are used
  - STB [L|G]
    store bit into local / global memory
    stack:<value>:<addr>:<bit> ---> stack
    <value> must be 0 or 1 (other values are treated as 1)
  - LDV / STV [L|G] [2u|2s|4] LE
    load / store variable in little endian format
    works as version without LE at end (but in little endian format)
  - BGET /BSET r_i, b for bit access to registers
    behaviour is as FGET b / FSET b (but for r_i instead of r_F)

1.2.2 2005-09-30
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tried to fix unalign errors on alpha
tried to fix left unalign errors on alpha
fixed byte order bug in LVAR instructions (remote ref)
added global_state_initial_size
added string output of states

1.2.1 2005-09-21
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now forcing cycle in case of blocking system
 - needed in most LTL model checkers to recognize
   invalid states in which system blocks
 - added INSTR_SUCC_CB_FLAG_SYS_BLOCK flag (successor callback)

1.2 2005-09-06
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first public release