cpu: Added interface for vector reg file

This patch adds some more functionality to the cpu model and the arch to
interface with the vector register file.

This change consists mainly of augmenting ThreadContexts and ExecContexts
with calls to get/set full vectors, underlying microarchitectural elements
or lanes. Those are meant to interface with the vector register file. All
classes that implement this interface also get an appropriate implementation.

This requires implementing the vector register file for the different
models using the VecRegContainer class.

This change set also updates the Result abstraction to contemplate the
possibility of having a vector as result.

The changes also affect how the remote_gdb connection works.

There are some (nasty) side effects, such as the need to define dummy
numPhysVecRegs parameter values for architectures that do not implement
vector extensions.

Nathanael Premillieu's work with an increasing number of fixes and
improvements of mine.

Change-Id: Iee65f4e8b03abfe1e94e6940a51b68d0977fd5bb
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
[ Fix RISCV build issues and CC reg free list initialisation ]
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2705

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+
+/* Auxiliary structs for architecture traits. */
+
+#ifndef __ARCH_COMMON_TRAITS_HH__
+#define __ARCH_COMMON_TRAITS_HH__
+
+#include "enums/VecRegRenameMode.hh"
+
+/** Helper structure to get the vector register mode for a given ISA.
+ * This way we implement a default 'full' mode, and only those ISA that care
+ * have to actually specialise the template to forward the call to the
+ * appropriate member of the ISA.
+ */
+template <typename ISA>
+struct initRenameMode
+{
+    static Enums::VecRegRenameMode mode(const ISA*) { return Enums::Full; }
+    /**
+     * Compare the initial rename mode of two instances of the ISA.
+     * Result is true by definition, as the default mode is Full.
+     * */
+    static bool equals(const ISA*, const ISA*) { return true; }
+};
+
+#endif /* __ARCH_COMMON_TRAITS_HH__ */