Add cowgod docs, small changes to main, add experimental opcode parsing

src/chip8.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ pub const MAX_PRG_SIZE: usize = 3584;
 // Instruction constants
 const INSTR_NOOP:   u16 = 0x0000;
 const INSTR_EXIT:   u16 = 0x00FD;
+const INSTR_CLS:    u16 = 0x00E0;
+const INSTR_RET:    u16 = 0x00EE;
+
+// Commonn Instruction Masks
+const INSTR_MASK_SYS:       u16 = 0x0000;
+const INSTR_MASK_JP:    u16 = 0x1000;
+const INSTR_MASK_CALL:  u16 = 0x2000;
+
+const ADDR_MASK:  u16 = 0x0FFF;
+
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct EmulationState {
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ fn exec_program(state: &mut EmulationState) {
 
     let mut head_byte: u8;
     let mut tail_byte: u8;
-    let mut instruction_tuple: (u8, u8);
+    let mut instruction: u16;
 
     for _i in PRGRM_START+usize::from(state.program_counter)..MAX_MEM_SIZE {
         // Grab the first byte of instruction
@@ -84,20 +94,47 @@ fn exec_program(state: &mut EmulationState) {
         tail_byte = state.memory[PRGRM_START + usize::from(state.program_counter)];
         state.program_counter += 1;
         
-        instruction_tuple = (head_byte, tail_byte);
+        instruction = util::u8_tuple_to_u16((head_byte, tail_byte));
+
 
         println!("0x{:02X?}{:02X?}", head_byte, tail_byte);
 
-        if util::u8_tuple_to_u16(instruction_tuple) == INSTR_EXIT {
+        if instruction == INSTR_EXIT {
             println!("Read exit instruction, stopping emulation");
             return;
         }
 
-        if util::u8_tuple_to_u16(instruction_tuple) == INSTR_NOOP {
+        if instruction == INSTR_NOOP {
             println!("Read no-op instruction, stopping emulation");
             return;
         }
+
+        parse_instruction(state, instruction);
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_instruction(state: &mut EmulationState, instr: u16) {
+
+    if (instr == INSTR_CLS) {
+        println!("Clear screen");
     }
 
+    if (instr == INSTR_RET) {
+        println!("Return");
+    }
 
+    if ((instr & INSTR_MASK_SYS) > 0) {
+        let addr: u16 = (instr & ADDR_MASK);
+        println!("Got SYS instruction {:04X?} with address {:04X?}", instr, addr);
+    }
+
+    if ((instr & INSTR_MASK_JP) > 0) {
+        let addr: u16 = (instr & ADDR_MASK);
+        println!("Got JP instruction {:04X?} with address {:04X?}", instr, addr);
+    }
+
+    if ((instr & INSTR_MASK_CALL) > 0) {
+        let addr: u16 = (instr & ADDR_MASK);
+        println!("Got CALL instruction {:04X?} with address {:04X?}", instr, addr);
+    }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ fn main()
 {
     // Collect our execution args
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
-    // let mut inject_mode: bool = false;
-    // let mut patch_file_path: &String = &"".to_string();
 
     // Grab our filepath from our options
     if &args.len() < &2
@@ -22,11 +20,12 @@ fn main()
         exit(0);
     }
 
-    let file_path: &String = &args[1];
+    // Read last argument as path of chip8 executable
+    let file_path: &String = &args[args.len()-1];
     
     if path::Path::new(file_path).exists()
     {
-        println!("File exists, reading '{}'...", file_path);
+        println!("'{}' exists, reading...", file_path);
         
         let contents: Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error> = fs::read(file_path);
         
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ fn main()
 
             println!("Read {} bytes of program data", file_data.len());
             chip8::start_emulation(program);
-            
         }
-    } else
+    } 
+    else
     {
         println!("[Error] File '{}' does not exist", file_path);
         exit(-1);