Merge zizzer:/bk/newmem

into  zed.eecs.umich.edu:/z/hsul/work/sparc/m5

--HG--
extra : convert_revision : 6e58629b1e51f1fc493a89f16c3f2e676dc5d191

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/python/m5/objects/Repl.py b/src/python/m5/objects/Repl.py
index 10892cf6f..b76aa1d6e 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/objects/Repl.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/objects/Repl.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class Repl(SimObject):
 
 class GenRepl(Repl):
     type = 'GenRepl'
-    fresh_res = Param.Int("associativity")
-    num_pools = Param.Int("capacity in bytes")
-    pool_res = Param.Int("block size in bytes")
+    fresh_res = Param.Int("Fresh pool residency time")
+    num_pools = Param.Int("Number of priority pools")
+    pool_res = Param.Int("Pool residency time")
diff --git a/src/python/m5/params.py b/src/python/m5/params.py
index 9e5f985c3..d83d5f73f 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/params.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/params.py
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ class NumericParamValue(ParamValue):
     def __float__(self):
         return float(self.value)
 
+    def __long__(self):
+        return long(self.value)
+
+    def __int__(self):
+        return int(self.value)
+
     # hook for bounds checking
     def _check(self):
         return
@@ -308,8 +314,11 @@ class CheckedInt(NumericParamValue):
     def __init__(self, value):
         if isinstance(value, str):
             self.value = convert.toInteger(value)
-        elif isinstance(value, (int, long, float)):
+        elif isinstance(value, (int, long, float, NumericParamValue)):
             self.value = long(value)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError, "Can't convert object of type %s to CheckedInt" \
+                  % type(value).__name__
         self._check()
 
 class Int(CheckedInt):      cxx_type = 'int';      size = 32; unsigned = False