How to pause and continue to run in sparta?

[Cranexiao95]

Hi,
I use CommandLineSimulator to create a simulator. Then I want to implemnet pause function in the simulator.
For Example, if I press 'p' in the keyboard, the simulator will pause and enter a sleep state. Then I press 'c' in the keyboard, it can continue to run.
Can the CommandLineSimulator acheive this function?

[klingaard]

The command line isn't designed to be interactive. It's main use case is single testcase, single run with various modes to either run simulation completely or fractionally using command line options like -i <inst cnt> or -r <cycle count>.

If you're looking for an interactive simulation, you can try rolling your own by bypassing the CommandLineSimulator instance and directly use the Simulation interface instead. Also, there is python shell support you might try: https://github.com/sparcians/map/tree/master/sparta#python-shell-not-well-supported

[Cranexiao95]

Thank you for your answer.
I want to know if the sparta model can pause instead of stop? I found a function "stopRunning" in scheduler. I try to use this function, but the model will stop immediately. Is there a similar function can pause the scheduler?

[klingaard]

The scheduler allows you to call stopRunning at anytime and then you can call run immediately following that to continue simulation. The Scheduler should continue where it left off, which can be in the middle of a time quantum or in between them.