systemc: Add a stub kernel SimObject.

The guts of this class will be added in later changes.

Change-Id: I3582c40f88f7d9ba6028a6f0a8ee5c32924a65bf
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10822
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/systemc/SystemC.py b/src/systemc/SystemC.py
index 07ca84bd0..8eb6c22a2 100644
--- a/src/systemc/SystemC.py
+++ b/src/systemc/SystemC.py
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
 
 from m5.SimObject import SimObject
 
+# This class represents the systemc kernel. There should be exactly one in the
+# simulation. It receives gem5 SimObject lifecycle callbacks (init, regStats,
+# etc.) and manages the lifecycle of the systemc simulation accordingly.
+# It also acts as a collecting point for systemc related control functionality.
+class SystemC_Kernel(SimObject):
+    type = 'SystemC_Kernel'
+    cxx_class = 'SystemC::Kernel'
+    cxx_header = 'systemc/kernel.hh'
+
 # This class represents systemc sc_object instances in python config files. It
 # inherits from SimObject in python, but the c++ version, sc_core::sc_object,
 # doesn't inherit from gem5's c++ SimObject class.