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2014-09-20mem: Rename Bus to XBar to better reflect its behaviourAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the name of the Bus classes to XBar to better reflect the actual timing behaviour. The actual instances in the config scripts are not renamed, and remain as e.g. iobus or membus. As part of this renaming, the code has also been clean up slightly, making use of range-based for loops and tidying up some comments. The only changes outside the bus/crossbar code is due to the delay variables in the packet. --HG-- rename : src/mem/Bus.py => src/mem/XBar.py rename : src/mem/coherent_bus.cc => src/mem/coherent_xbar.cc rename : src/mem/coherent_bus.hh => src/mem/coherent_xbar.hh rename : src/mem/noncoherent_bus.cc => src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.cc rename : src/mem/noncoherent_bus.hh => src/mem/noncoherent_xbar.hh rename : src/mem/bus.cc => src/mem/xbar.cc rename : src/mem/bus.hh => src/mem/xbar.hh
2014-09-03arm: Support >2GB of memory for AArch64 systemsAli Saidi
2014-09-03arm: Assume we have a kernel that supports pci devicesAli Saidi
Change the default kernel for AArch64 and since it supports PCI devices remove the hack that made it use CF. Unfortunately, there isn't really a half-way here and we need to switch. Current users will get an error message that the kernel isn't found and hopefully go download a new kernel that supports PCI.
2014-09-03config: Refactor RealviewEMM to fit into new config systemGeoffrey Blake
This eliminates some default devices and adds in helper functions to connect the devices defined here to associate with the proper clock domains.
2014-09-03cpu: Change writeback modeling for outstanding instructionsMitch Hayenga
As highlighed on the mailing list gem5's writeback modeling can impact performance. This patch removes the limitation on maximum outstanding issued instructions, however the number that can writeback in a single cycle is still respected in instToCommit().
2014-07-28arm: make the PseudoLRU tags the default for the O3_ARM_v7aL2Anthony Gutierrez
the Cortex-A15 has a random replacement policy for its L2 cache. see the Cortex-A15 Technical Reference Manual 1.7 About the L2 memory system. this patch makes the PseudoLRU tags the default for the ARM O3 CPU's L2 cache.
2014-07-23cpu: `Minor' in-order CPU modelAndrew Bardsley
This patch contains a new CPU model named `Minor'. Minor models a four stage in-order execution pipeline (fetch lines, decompose into macroops, decompose macroops into microops, execute). The model was developed to support the ARM ISA but should be fixable to support all the remaining gem5 ISAs. It currently also works for Alpha, and regressions are included for ARM and Alpha (including Linux boot). Documentation for the model can be found in src/doc/inside-minor.doxygen and its internal operations can be visualised using the Minorview tool utils/minorview.py. Minor was designed to be fairly simple and not to engage in a lot of instruction annotation. As such, it currently has very few gathered stats and may lack other gem5 features. Minor is faster than the o3 model. Sample results: Benchmark | Stat host_seconds (s) ---------------+--------v--------v-------- (on ARM, opt) | simple | o3 | minor | timing | timing | timing ---------------+--------+--------+-------- 10.linux-boot | 169 | 1883 | 1075 10.mcf | 117 | 967 | 491 20.parser | 668 | 6315 | 3146 30.eon | 542 | 3413 | 2414 40.perlbmk | 2339 | 20905 | 11532 50.vortex | 122 | 1094 | 588 60.bzip2 | 2045 | 18061 | 9662 70.twolf | 207 | 2736 | 1036
2014-06-30arm: make the bi-mode predictor the default for O3_ARM_v7a_BPAnthony Gutierrez
the branch predictor used in the Cortex-A15 is a bi-mode style predictor, see: http://arm.com/files/pdf/at-exploring_the_design_of_the_cortex-a15.pdf and http://nvidia.com/docs/IO/116757/NVIDIA_Quad_a15_whitepaper_FINALv2.pdf this patch makes the bi-mode predictor the default for the ARM O3 CPU.
2014-05-15config: remove unecessary assignment of etherlink interfacesAnthony Gutierrez
in makeDualRoot() the etherlink interfaces are set using the tsunami interface however, they are set again a few lines later based on whether or not the system is a realview or tsunami system; the original assignment is always overwritten or there will be a fatal. this seems like an artifact from when tsunami was the only type of system capable of running with the dual option.
2014-04-14arm: set default kernels for VExpress_EMM and VExpress_EMM64Anthony Gutierrez
2014-04-10config: add num-work-ids command line optionGedare Bloom
Adds the parameter --num-work-ids to Options.py and reads the parameter into the System params in Simulation.py. This parameter enables setting the number of possible work items to different than 16. Support for this parameter already exists in src/sim/System.py, so this changeset only affects the Python config files. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2014-03-23mem: Rename SimpleDRAM to a more suitable DRAMCtrlAndreas Hansson
This patch renames the not-so-simple SimpleDRAM to a more suitable DRAMCtrl. The name change is intended to ensure that we do not send the wrong message (although the "simple" in SimpleDRAM was originally intended as in cleverly simple, or elegant). As the DRAM controller modelling work is being presented at ISPASS'14 our hope is that a broader audience will use the model in the future. --HG-- rename : src/mem/SimpleDRAM.py => src/mem/DRAMCtrl.py rename : src/mem/simple_dram.cc => src/mem/dram_ctrl.cc rename : src/mem/simple_dram.hh => src/mem/dram_ctrl.hh
2014-03-23mem: Change memory defaults to be more representativeAndreas Hansson
Make the default memory type DDR3-1600 x64, and use the open-adaptive page policy. This change is aiming to ensure that users by default are using a realistic memory system.
2014-03-23mem: More descriptive address-mapping scheme namesAndreas Hansson
This patch adds the row bits to the name of the address mapping schemes to make it more clear that all the current schemes places the row bits as the most significant bits.
2014-03-20config: remove ruby_fs.pyNilay Vaish
The patch removes the ruby_fs.py file. The functionality is being moved to fs.py. This would being ruby fs simulations in line with how ruby se simulations are started (using --ruby option). The alpha fs config functions are being combined for classing and ruby memory systems. This required renaming the piobus in ruby to iobus. So, we will have stats being renamed in the stats file for ruby fs regression.
2014-02-18arm: armv8 boot options to enable v8Anthony Gutierrez
Modifies FSConfig.py to enable ARMv8 compatibility. To boot gem5 with ARMv8: Download the v8 kernel, .dtb file, and root FS from: http://gem5.org/Download Download the ARMv8 toolchain, and add the bin dir to your path: http://www.linaro.org/engineering/engineering-projects/armv8 Build gem5 for ARM Build the v8 bootloader (in gem5/system/arm/aarch64_bootloader) Make script in gem5/system/arm/aarch64_bootloader will require v8 toolchain, drop the produced boot_emm.arm64 in $(M5_PATH)/binaries/ Run: $ build/ARM/gem5.fast configs/example/fs.py --machine-type=VExpress_EMM64 \ --kernel=/path/to/kernel/vmlinux-linaro-tracking \ --dtb-filename=/path/to/dtb/rtsm_ve-aemv8a.dtb \ --disk-image=/path/to/img/linaro-minimal-armv8.img
2014-02-18mem: Add a wrapped DRAMSim2 memory controllerAndreas Hansson
This patch adds DRAMSim2 as a memory controller by wrapping the external library and creating a sublass of AbstractMemory that bridges between the semantics of gem5 and the DRAMSim2 interface. The DRAMSim2 wrapper extracts the clock period from the config file. There is no way of extracting this information from DRAMSim2 itself, so we simply read the same config file and get it from there. To properly model the response queue, the wrapper keeps track of how many transactions are in the actual controller, and how many are stacking up waiting to be sent back as responses (in the wrapper). The latter requires us to move away from the queued port and manage the packets ourselves. This is due to DRAMSim2 not having any flow control on the response path. DRAMSim2 assumes that the transactions it is given are matching the burst size of the choosen memory. The wrapper checks to ensure the cache line size of the system matches the burst size of DRAMSim2 as there are currently no provisions to split the system requests. In theory we could allow a cache line size smaller than the burst size, but that would lead to inefficient use of the DRAM, so for not we fatal also in this case.
2014-01-28x86: add a warning about the number of memory controllersNilay Vaish
When memory size > 3GB, print a warning that twice the number of memory controllers would be created.
2014-01-27config: allow more than 3GB of memory for x86 simulationsNilay Vaish
This patch edits the configuration files so that x86 simulations can have more than 3GB of memory. It also corrects a bug in the MemConfig.py script.
2014-01-24arm: Add support for ARMv8 (AArch64 & AArch32)ARM gem5 Developers
Note: AArch64 and AArch32 interworking is not supported. If you use an AArch64 kernel you are restricted to AArch64 user-mode binaries. This will be addressed in a later patch. Note: Virtualization is only supported in AArch32 mode. This will also be fixed in a later patch. Contributors: Giacomo Gabrielli (TrustZone, LPAE, system-level AArch64, AArch64 NEON, validation) Thomas Grocutt (AArch32 Virtualization, AArch64 FP, validation) Mbou Eyole (AArch64 NEON, validation) Ali Saidi (AArch64 Linux support, code integration, validation) Edmund Grimley-Evans (AArch64 FP) William Wang (AArch64 Linux support) Rene De Jong (AArch64 Linux support, performance opt.) Matt Horsnell (AArch64 MP, validation) Matt Evans (device models, code integration, validation) Chris Adeniyi-Jones (AArch64 syscall-emulation) Prakash Ramrakhyani (validation) Dam Sunwoo (validation) Chander Sudanthi (validation) Stephan Diestelhorst (validation) Andreas Hansson (code integration, performance opt.) Eric Van Hensbergen (performance opt.) Gabe Black
2014-01-03config, x86: move kernel specification from tests to FSConfig.pySteve Reinhardt
For some reason, the default x86 kernel is specified in tests/configs/x86_generic.py and not in configs/common/FSConfig.py, where the kernels for all the other ISAs are. This means that running configs/example/fs.py for x86 fails because no kernel is specified. Moving the specification over fixes this problem. There is another problem that this uncovers, which is that going past the init stage (i.e., past where the regression test stops) fails because the fsck test on the disk device fails, but that's a separate issue.
2013-11-15cpu: allow the fetch buffer to be smaller than a cache lineAnthony Gutierrez
the current implementation of the fetch buffer in the o3 cpu is only allowed to be the size of a cache line. some architectures, e.g., ARM, have fetch buffers smaller than a cache line, see slide 22 at: http://www.arm.com/files/pdf/at-exploring_the_design_of_the_cortex-a15.pdf this patch allows the fetch buffer to be set to values smaller than a cache line.
2013-10-17util: Streamline .apc project convertsion scriptDam Sunwoo
This Python script generates an ARM DS-5 Streamline .apc project based on gem5 run. To successfully convert, the gem5 runs needs to be run with the context-switch-based stats dump option enabled (The guest kernel also needs to be patched to allow gem5 interrogate its task information.) See help for more information.
2013-10-17arm, config: Fix a small issue with the dtb file being specifiedAli Saidi
2013-10-09config: correct example ruby scriptsNilay Vaish
A couple of recent changesets added/deleted/edited some variables that are needed for running the example ruby scripts. This changeset edits these scripts to bring them to a working state.
2013-09-30x86: Add support for m5ops through a memory mapped interfaceAndreas Sandberg
In order to support m5ops in virtualized environments, we need to use a memory mapped interface. This changeset adds support for that by reserving 0xFFFF0000-0xFFFFFFFF and mapping those to the generic IPR interface for m5ops. The mapping is done in the X86ISA::TLB::finalizePhysical() which means that it just works for all of the CPU models, including virtualized ones.
2013-09-30config: Add a 'kvm' CPU aliasAndreas Sandberg
Add a CPU alias, 'kvm', for the first available KVM-accelerated CPU model.
2013-09-11config: Initialize and check cpt_starttickJoel Hestness
The previous changeset (9816) that fixes the use of max ticks introduced the variable cpt_starttick, which is used for setting the relative max tick. Unfortunately, with checkpointing at an instruction count or with simpoints, the checkpoint tick is not stored conveniently, so to ensure that cpt_starttick is initialized, set it to 0. Also, if using --rel-max-tick, check the use of instruction counts or simpoints to warn the user that the max tick setting does not include the checkpoint ticks.
2013-08-26ARM: Fix configuration files for bare-metal binaries.Ali Saidi
2013-08-19config: Command line support for multi-channel memoryAndreas Hansson
This patch adds support for specifying multi-channel memory configurations on the command line, e.g. 'se/fs.py --mem-type=ddr3_1600_x64 --mem-channels=4'. To enable this, it enhances the functionality of MemConfig and moves the existing makeMultiChannel class method from SimpleDRAM to the support scripts. The se/fs.py example scripts are updated to make use of the new feature.
2013-08-19power: Add voltage domains to the clock domainsAkash Bagdia
This patch adds the notion of voltage domains, and groups clock domains that operate under the same voltage (i.e. power supply) into domains. Each clock domain is required to be associated with a voltage domain, and the latter requires the voltage to be explicitly set. A voltage domain is an independently controllable voltage supply being provided to section of the design. Thus, if you wish to perform dynamic voltage scaling on a CPU, its clock domain should be associated with a separate voltage domain. The current implementation of the voltage domain does not take into consideration cases where there are derived voltage domains running at ratio of native voltage domains, as with the case where there can be on-chip buck/boost (charge pumps) voltage regulation logic. The regression and configuration scripts are updated with a generic voltage domain for the system, and one for the CPUs.
2013-08-19config: Move the memory instantiation outside FSConfigAndreas Hansson
This patch moves the instantiation of the memory controller outside FSConfig and instead relies on the mem_ranges to pass the information to the caller (e.g. fs.py or one of the regression scripts). The main motivation for this change is to expose the structural composition of the memory system and allow more tuning and configuration without adding a large number of options to the makeSystem functions. The patch updates the relevant example scripts to maintain the current functionality. As the order that ports are connected to the memory bus changes (in certain regresisons), some bus stats are shuffled around. For example, what used to be layer 0 is now layer 1. Going forward, options will be added to support the addition of multi-channel memory controllers.
2013-07-18Configs: Fix up maxtick and maxtimeJoel Hestness
This patch contains three fixes to max tick options handling in Options.py and Simulation.py: 1) Since the global simulator frequency isn't bound until m5.instantiate() is called, the maxtick resolution needs to happen after this call, since changes to the global frequency will cause m5.simulate() to misinterpret the maxtick value. Shuffling this also requires tweaking the checkpoint directory handling to signal the checkpoint restore tick back to run(). Fixing this completely and correctly will require storing the simulation frequency into checkpoints, which is beyond the scope of this patch. 2) The maxtick option in Options.py was defaulted to MaxTicks, so the old code would always skip over the maxtime part of the conditionals at the beginning of run(). Change the maxtick default to None, and set the maxtick local variable in run() appropriately. 3) To clarify whether max ticks settings are relative or absolute, split the maxtick option into separate options, for relative and absolute. Ensure that these two options and the maxtime option are handled appropriately to set the maxtick variable in Simulation.py.
2013-07-18config: Update script to set cache line size on systemAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the config scripts such that they do not set the cache line size per cache instance, but rather for the system as a whole.
2013-06-28configs: rearrange the available options in Options.pyNilay Vaish
It also changes the instantiation of physmem in se.py so as to make use of the memory size supplied by the mem_size option.
2013-06-27sim: Add the notion of clock domains to all ClockedObjectsAkash Bagdia
This patch adds the notion of source- and derived-clock domains to the ClockedObjects. As such, all clock information is moved to the clock domain, and the ClockedObjects are grouped into domains. The clock domains are either source domains, with a specific clock period, or derived domains that have a parent domain and a divider (potentially chained). For piece of logic that runs at a derived clock (a ratio of the clock its parent is running at) the necessary derived clock domain is created from its corresponding parent clock domain. For now, the derived clock domain only supports a divider, thus ensuring a lower speed compared to its parent. Multiplier functionality implies a PLL logic that has not been modelled yet (create a separate clock instead). The clock domains should be used as a mechanism to provide a controllable clock source that affects clock for every clocked object lying beneath it. The clock of the domain can (in a future patch) be controlled by a handler responsible for dynamic frequency scaling of the respective clock domains. All the config scripts have been retro-fitted with clock domains. For the System a default SrcClockDomain is created. For CPUs that run at a different speed than the system, there is a seperate clock domain created. This domain incorporates the CPU and the associated caches. As before, Ruby runs under its own clock domain. The clock period of all domains are pre-computed, such that no virtual functions or multiplications are needed when calling clockPeriod. Instead, the clock period is pre-computed when any changes occur. For this to be possible, each clock domain tracks its children.
2013-06-27config: Rename clock option to Ruby clockAkash Bagdia
This patch changes the 'clock' option to 'ruby-clock' as it is only used by Ruby.
2013-06-27config: Add a system clock command-line optionAkash Bagdia
This patch adds a 'sys_clock' command-line option and use it to assign clocks to the system during instantiation. As part of this change, the default clock in the System class is removed and whenever a system is instantiated a system clock value must be set. A default value is provided for the command-line option. The configs and tests are updated accordingly.
2013-06-27config: Add a CPU clock command-line optionAkash Bagdia
This patch adds a 'cpu_clock' command-line option and uses the value to assign clocks to components running at the CPU speed (L1 and L2 including the L2-bus). The configuration scripts are updated accordingly. The 'clock' option is left unchanged in this patch as it is still used by a number of components. In follow-on patches the latter will be disambiguated further.
2013-06-03config: Add missing CPUs to --restore-with-cpuAndreas Sandberg
The --restore-with-cpu option didn't use CpuConfig.cpu_names() to determine which CPU names are valid, instead it used a static list of known CPU names. This changeset makes the option parsing code use the CPU list from the CpuConfig module instead.
2013-05-30mem: More descriptive DRAM config namesAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the class names of the variuos DRAM configurations to better reflect what memory they are based on. The speed and interface width is now part of the name, and also the alias that is used to select them on the command line. Some minor changes are done to the actual parameters, to better reflect the named configurations. As a result of these changes the regressions change slightly and the stats will be bumped in a separate patch.
2013-05-30mem: Add a LPDDR3-1600 configurationAndreas Hansson
This patch adds a typical (leaning towards fast) LPDDR3 configuration based on publically available data. As expected, it looks very similar to the LPDDR2-S4 configuration, only with a slightly lower burst time.
2013-05-30mem: Avoid explicitly zeroing the memory backing storeAndreas Hansson
This patch removes the explicit memset as it is redundant and causes the simulator to touch the entire space, forcing the host system to allocate the pages. Anonymous pages are mapped on the first access, and the page-fault handler is responsible for zeroing them. Thus, the pages are still zeroed, but we avoid touching the entire allocated space which enables us to use much larger memory sizes as long as not all the memory is actually used.
2013-05-14cpu: remove local/globalHistoryBits params from branch predAnthony Gutierrez
having separate params for the local/globalHistoryBits and the local/globalPredictorSize can lead to inconsistencies if they are not carefully set. this patch dervies the number of bits necessary to index into the local/global predictors based on their size. the value of the localHistoryTableSize for the ARM O3 CPU has been increased to 1024 from 64, which is more accurate for an A15 based on some correlation against A15 hardware.
2013-04-22config: Add a mem-type config option to se/fs scriptsAndreas Hansson
This patch enables selection of the memory controller class through a mem-type command-line option. Behind the scenes, this option is treated much like the cpu-type, and a similar framework is used to resolve the valid options, and translate the short-hand description to a valid class. The regression scripts are updated with a hardcoded memory class for the moment. The best solution going forward is probably to get the memory out of the makeSystem functions, but Ruby complicates things as it does not connect the memory controller to the membus. --HG-- rename : configs/common/CpuConfig.py => configs/common/MemConfig.py
2013-04-22cpu: generate SimPoint basic block vector profilesDam Sunwoo
This patch is based on http://reviews.m5sim.org/r/1474/ originally written by Mitch Hayenga. Basic block vectors are generated (simpoint.bb.gz in simout folder) based on start and end addresses of basic blocks. Some comments to the original patch are addressed and hooks are added to create and resume from checkpoints based on instruction counts dictated by external SimPoint analysis tools. SimPoint creation/resuming options will be implemented as a separate patch.
2013-04-09Configs: Fix handling of maxtick and take_checkpointsJoel Hestness
In Simulation.py, calls to m5.simulate(num_ticks) will run the simulated system for num_ticks after the current tick. Fix calls to m5.simulate in scriptCheckpoints() and benchCheckpoints() to appropriately handle the maxticks variable.
2013-03-28x86: create space in bios memory mapNilay Vaish
As of now, we mark the top 1MB of memory space as unusable. Part of it is actually usable and is required to be marked so by some of the newer versions of linux kernel. This patch marks the top 639KB as usable. This value was chosen by looking at QEMU's output for bios memory map.
2013-03-22config: return exit event instead of causeNilay Vaish
changeset: a4739b6f799d made some changes that where an exit event should have been returned in place of exit cause. This patch corrects the error.
2013-02-20config: Fix --prog-interval command line optionAli Saidi