cpu: Add CPU metadata om the Python classes

The configuration scripts currently hard-code the requirements of each
CPU. This is clearly not optimal as it makes writing new configuration
scripts painful and adding new CPU models requires existing scripts to
be updated. This patch adds the following class methods to the base
CPU and all relevant CPUs:

 * memory_mode -- Return a string describing the current memory mode
                  (invalid/atomic/timing).

 * require_caches -- Does the CPU model require caches?

 * support_take_over -- Does the CPU support CPU handover?

5 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py b/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py
index 759bc0881..4fc2ebf1b 100644
--- a/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py
+++ b/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py
@@ -100,6 +100,25 @@ class BaseCPU(MemObject):
     void flushTLBs();
 ''')
 
+    @classmethod
+    def memory_mode(cls):
+        """Which memory mode does this CPU require?"""
+        return 'invalid'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def require_caches(cls):
+        """Does the CPU model require caches?
+
+        Some CPU models might make assumptions that require them to
+        have caches.
+        """
+        return False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def support_take_over(cls):
+        """Does the CPU model support CPU takeOverFrom?"""
+        return False
+
     def takeOverFrom(self, old_cpu):
         self._ccObject.takeOverFrom(old_cpu._ccObject)
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/InOrderCPU.py b/src/cpu/inorder/InOrderCPU.py
index 3285d50ce..e29a29556 100644
--- a/src/cpu/inorder/InOrderCPU.py
+++ b/src/cpu/inorder/InOrderCPU.py
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ class InOrderCPU(BaseCPU):
     cxx_header = "cpu/inorder/cpu.hh"
     activity = Param.Unsigned(0, "Initial count")
 
+    @classmethod
+    def memory_mode(cls):
+        return 'timing'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def require_caches(cls):
+        return True
+
     threadModel = Param.ThreadModel('SMT', "Multithreading model (SE-MODE only)")
     
     cachePorts = Param.Unsigned(2, "Cache Ports")
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/O3CPU.py b/src/cpu/o3/O3CPU.py
index 4f720a8f6..f46388b4c 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/O3CPU.py
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/O3CPU.py
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ class DerivO3CPU(BaseCPU):
     type = 'DerivO3CPU'
     cxx_header = 'cpu/o3/deriv.hh'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def memory_mode(cls):
+        return 'timing'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def require_caches(cls):
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def support_take_over(cls):
+        return True
+
     activity = Param.Unsigned(0, "Initial count")
 
     cachePorts = Param.Unsigned(200, "Cache Ports")
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/AtomicSimpleCPU.py b/src/cpu/simple/AtomicSimpleCPU.py
index 1927a5862..c747582f6 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/AtomicSimpleCPU.py
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/AtomicSimpleCPU.py
@@ -42,8 +42,21 @@ from m5.params import *
 from BaseSimpleCPU import BaseSimpleCPU
 
 class AtomicSimpleCPU(BaseSimpleCPU):
+    """Simple CPU model executing a configurable number of
+    instructions per cycle. This model uses the simplified 'atomic'
+    memory mode."""
+
     type = 'AtomicSimpleCPU'
     cxx_header = "cpu/simple/atomic.hh"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def memory_mode(cls):
+        return 'atomic'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def support_take_over(cls):
+        return True
+
     width = Param.Int(1, "CPU width")
     simulate_data_stalls = Param.Bool(False, "Simulate dcache stall cycles")
     simulate_inst_stalls = Param.Bool(False, "Simulate icache stall cycles")
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/TimingSimpleCPU.py b/src/cpu/simple/TimingSimpleCPU.py
index 72560366e..25149eaa8 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/TimingSimpleCPU.py
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/TimingSimpleCPU.py
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ from BaseSimpleCPU import BaseSimpleCPU
 class TimingSimpleCPU(BaseSimpleCPU):
     type = 'TimingSimpleCPU'
     cxx_header = "cpu/simple/timing.hh"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def memory_mode(cls):
+        return 'timing'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def support_take_over(cls):
+        return True