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author | Andreas Sandberg <andreas@sandberg.pp.se> | 2014-02-09 20:49:28 +0100 |
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committer | Andreas Sandberg <andreas@sandberg.pp.se> | 2014-02-09 20:49:28 +0100 |
commit | c52190a695dc1928713e5bbda85cd17867c7e465 (patch) | |
tree | 8e9e03fdd3b1cf367f4fa9e28eaf8458947cfcf7 /tests/quick/se/20.eio-short/ref/alpha/eio/simple-atomic/stats.txt | |
parent | eb73a14fe29ff4940a206a9961e30c2376412951 (diff) | |
download | gem5-c52190a695dc1928713e5bbda85cd17867c7e465.tar.xz |
cpu: simple: Add support for using branch predictors
This changesets adds branch predictor support to the
BaseSimpleCPU. The simple CPUs normally don't need a branch predictor,
however, there are at least two cases where it can be desirable:
1) A simple CPU can be used to warm the branch predictor of an O3
CPU before switching to the slower O3 model.
2) The simple CPU can be used as a quick way of evaluating/debugging
new branch predictors since it exposes branch predictor
statistics.
Limitations:
* Since the simple CPU doesn't speculate, only one instruction will
be active in the branch predictor at a time (i.e., the branch
predictor will never see speculative branches).
* The outcome of a branch prediction does not affect the performance
of the simple CPU.
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/quick/se/20.eio-short/ref/alpha/eio/simple-atomic/stats.txt')
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