The Virtutech Simics environment, regardless of what components are included (source code or not, etc), is currently intended to have the following structure. Note that some of these files or directories may not be included in your particular package.
| Directory/File | Description |
| simics/Version | version and timestamp for this distribution |
| simics/RELEASENOTES | description of the current Simics subversion changes |
| simics/LIMITATIONS | known problems and limitations |
| simics/README.previous/ | README files for previous Simics version |
| simics/LICENSE | Simics license |
| simics/licenses/ | FLEXlm license files goes here |
| simics/bin/ | various utilities |
| simics/scripts/ | various tools and scripts needed for compilation |
| simics/src/ | main source code directory |
| simics/src/devices/ | main device module directory |
| simics/src/devices/FAS366U/ | a typical SCSI device ... |
| simics/src/devices/.. | .. etc |
| simics/src/extensions/ | main extension module directory |
| simics/src/extensions/trace/ | generic instruction trace tool |
| simics/src/extensions/.. | .. etc |
| simics/src/include/ | include files for Simics API |
| simics/src/misc/ | source code for external programs |
| simics/config/ | generic configuration files for make |
| simics/config/masters/ | main makefiles |
| simics/doc/ | Simics documentation |
| simics/doc/*-one/ | single-document HTML documentation (if any) |
| simics/doc/directories/ | multi-document HTML documentation |
| simics/host/ | directory with files for named host type |
| simics/host/bin/ | Simics binaries files |
| simics/host/lib/ | Simics loadable modules |
| simics/host/lib/python/ | Simics Python files |
| simics/host/lib/python-x.y/ | Standard Python files |
| simics/host/sys/flexlm/bin/ | FLEXlm binaries |
| simics/host/sys/lib/ | external libraries used by Simics |
| simics/targets/* | virtual machine configurations |
A Simics workspace is intended to have the following structure.
| Directory/File | Description |
| workspace/simics | Shortcut to start Simics in command-line mode |
| workspace/simics-eclipse | Shortcut to start Simics with the Eclipse frontend |
| workspace/GNUmakefile | Makefile to build all modules in this workspace |
| workspace/Workspace.mk | Inner makefile |
| workspace/Config.mk | Default definitions of make variables |
| workspace/Config-user.mk | Optional file with overridden make variables |
| workspace/modules/ | Source code of user-developed modules |
| workspace/targets/* | Example target machine configurations |
| workspace/host/ | Directory with user files for named host type |
| workspace/host/lib/ | Simics loadable user-developed modules |
| workspace/host/lib/python/ | User-developed Simics Python files. |
| workspace/host/obj/ | scratch compilation area |
| workspace/.workspace-properties/ | For internal bookkeeping |