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Diffstat (limited to 'src/mem/port.hh')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mem/port.hh | 25 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/port.hh b/src/mem/port.hh index 79fbf1fdb..80ae035b1 100644 --- a/src/mem/port.hh +++ b/src/mem/port.hh @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ class Port /** Descriptive name (for DPRINTF output) */ const std::string portName; + /** A pointer to the peer port. Ports always come in pairs, that way they + can use a standardized interface to communicate between different + memory objects. */ + Port *peer; + public: /** @@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ class Port * of memory system object to which the port belongs. */ Port(const std::string &_name) - : portName(_name) + : portName(_name), peer(NULL) { } /** Return port name (for DPRINTF). */ @@ -98,15 +103,6 @@ class Port RangeChange }; - private: - - /** A pointer to the peer port. Ports always come in pairs, that way they - can use a standardized interface to communicate between different - memory objects. */ - Port *peer; - - public: - /** Function to set the pointer for the peer port. @todo should be called by the configuration stuff (python). */ @@ -169,10 +165,11 @@ class Port */ bool sendTiming(Packet *pkt) { return peer->recvTiming(pkt); } - /** Function called by the associated device to send an atomic access, - an access in which the data is moved and the state is updated in one - cycle, without interleaving with other memory accesses. - */ + /** Function called by the associated device to send an atomic + * access, an access in which the data is moved and the state is + * updated in one cycle, without interleaving with other memory + * accesses. Returns estimated latency of access. + */ Tick sendAtomic(Packet *pkt) { return peer->recvAtomic(pkt); } |