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2015-02-16config: Add memcheck stress testAndreas Hansson
This is a rather unfortunate copy of the memtest.py example script, that actually stresses the system with true sharing as opposed to the false sharing of the MemTest. To do so it uses TrafficGen instances to generate the reads/writes, and MemCheckerMonitor combined with the MemChecker to check the validity of the read/written values. As a bonus, this script also enables the addition of prefetchers, and the traffic is created to have a mix of random addresses and linear strides. We use the TaggedPrefetcher since the packets do not have a request with a PC. At the moment the code is almost identical to the memtest.py script, and no effort has been made to factor out the construction of the tree. The challenge is that the instantiation and connection of the testers and monitors is done as part of the tree building.
2015-01-16config: add --root-device machine parameterCurtis Dunham
In case /dev/sda1 is not actually the boot partition for an image, we can override it on the command line or in a benchmark definition.
2015-02-11config: Revamp memtest to allow testers on any levelAndreas Hansson
This patch revamps the memtest example script and allows for the insertion of testers at any level in the cache hierarchy. Previously all created topologies placed testers only at the very top, and the tree was thus entirely symmetric. With the changes made, it is possible to not only place testers at the leaf caches (L1), but also to connect testers at the L2, L3 etc. As part of the changes the object hierarchy is also simplified to ensure that the visual representation from the DOT printing looks sensible. Using SubSystems to group the objects is one of the key features.
2015-02-11cpu: Tidy up the MemTest and make false sharing more obviousAndreas Hansson
The MemTest class really only tests false sharing, and as such there was a lot of old cruft that could be removed. This patch cleans up the tester, and also makes it more clear what the assumptions are. As part of this simplification the reference functional memory is also removed. The regression configs using MemTest are updated to reflect the changes, and the stats will be bumped in a separate patch. The example config will be updated in a separate patch due to more extensive re-work. In a follow-on patch a new tester will be introduced that uses the MemChecker to implement true sharing.
2015-01-20scons: Do not build the InOrderCPUAndreas Hansson
One step closer to shifting focus to the MinorCPU.
2015-01-03arm: fix build_drive_system when not using default optionsAnthony Gutierrez
when trying to dual boot on arm build_drive_system will only use the default values for the dtb file, number of processors, and disk image. if you are using the non-default files by passing values on the command line for example, or by making a new entry in Benchmarks.py, the build config scripts will still look for the default files. this will lead to the wrong system files being used, or the simulator will fail if you do not have them. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2014-12-23config: Add options to take/resume from SimPoint checkpointsDam Sunwoo
More documentation at http://gem5.org/Simpoints Steps to profile, generate, and use SimPoints with gem5: 1. To profile workload and generate SimPoint BBV file, use the following option: --simpoint-profile --simpoint-interval <interval length> Requires single Atomic CPU and fastmem. <interval length> is in number of instructions. 2. Generate SimPoint analysis using SimPoint 3.2 from UCSD. (SimPoint 3.2 not included with this flow.) 3. To take gem5 checkpoints based on SimPoint analysis, use the following option: --take-simpoint-checkpoint=<simpoint file path>,<weight file path>,<interval length>,<warmup length> <simpoint file> and <weight file> is generated by SimPoint analysis tool from UCSD. SimPoint 3.2 format expected. <interval length> and <warmup length> are in number of instructions. 4. To resume from gem5 SimPoint checkpoints, use the following option: --restore-simpoint-checkpoint -r <N> --checkpoint-dir <simpoint checkpoint path> <N> is (SimPoint index + 1). E.g., "-r 1" will resume from SimPoint #0.
2014-12-04config: Add two options for setting the kernel command line.Gabe Black
Both options accept template which will, through python string formatting, have "mem", "disk", and "script" values substituted in from the mdesc. Additional values can be used on a case by case basis by passing them as keyword arguments to the fillInCmdLine function. That makes it possible to have specialized parameters for a particular ISA, for instance. The first option lets you specify the template directly, and the other lets you specify a file which has the template in it.
2014-11-23config, kvm: Enabling KvmCPU in SE modeAlexandru Dutu
This patch modifies se.py such that it can now use kvm cpu model.
2014-11-18configs: small fix to ruby portion of fs.py and se.pyNilay Vaish
In fs.py the io port controller was being attached to the iobus multiple times. This should be done only once. In se.py, the the option use_map was being set which no longer exists.
2014-11-06ruby: interface with classic memory controllerNilay Vaish
This patch is the final in the series. The whole series and this patch in particular were written with the aim of interfacing ruby's directory controller with the memory controller in the classic memory system. This is being done since ruby's memory controller has not being kept up to date with the changes going on in DRAMs. Classic's memory controller is more up to date and supports multiple different types of DRAM. This also brings classic and ruby ever more close. The patch also changes ruby's memory controller to expose the same interface.
2014-11-06ruby: single physical memory in fs modeNilay Vaish
Both ruby and the system used to maintain memory copies. With the changes carried for programmed io accesses, only one single memory is required for fs simulations. This patch sets the copy of memory that used to reside with the system to null, so that no space is allocated, but address checks can still be carried out. All the memory accesses now source and sink values to the memory maintained by ruby.
2014-10-29arm, tests: Update config files to more recent kernels and create 64-bit ↵Ali Saidi
regressions. This changes the default ARM system to a Versatile Express-like system that supports 2GB of memory and PCI devices and updates the default kernels/file-systems for AArch64 ARM systems (64-bit) to support up to 32GB of memory and PCI devices. Some platforms that are no longer supported have been pruned from the configuration files. In addition a set of 64-bit ARM regressions have been added to the regression system.
2014-10-16config: Add the ability to read a config file using C++ and PythonAndreas Hansson
This patch adds the ability to load in config.ini files generated from gem5 into another instance of gem5 built without Python configuration support. The intended use case is for configuring gem5 when it is a library embedded in another simulation system. A parallel config file reader is also provided purely in Python to demonstrate the approach taken and to provided similar functionality for as-yet-unknown use models. The Python configuration file reader can read both .ini and .json files. C++ configuration file reading: A command line option has been added for scons to enable C++ configuration file reading: --with-cxx-config There is an example in util/cxx_config that shows C++ configuration in action. util/cxx_config/README explains how to build the example. Configuration is achieved by the object CxxConfigManager. It handles reading object descriptions from a CxxConfigFileBase object which wraps a config file reader. The wrapper class CxxIniFile is provided which wraps an IniFile for reading .ini files. Reading .json files from C++ would be possible with a similar wrapper and a JSON parser. After reading object descriptions, CxxConfigManager creates SimObjectParam-derived objects from the classes in the (generated with this patch) directory build/ARCH/cxx_config CxxConfigManager can then build SimObjects from those SimObjectParams (in an order dictated by the SimObject-value parameters on other objects) and bind ports of the produced SimObjects. A minimal set of instantiate-replacing member functions are provided by CxxConfigManager and few of the member functions of SimObject (such as drain) are extended onto CxxConfigManager. Python configuration file reading (configs/example/read_config.py): A Python version of the reader is also supplied with a similar interface to CxxConfigFileBase (In Python: ConfigFile) to config file readers. The Python config file reading will handle both .ini and .json files. The object construction strategy is slightly different in Python from the C++ reader as you need to avoid objects prematurely becoming the children of other objects when setting parameters. Port binding also needs to be strictly in the same port-index order as the original instantiation.
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
2014-09-20cpu: use probes infrastructure to do simpoint profilingDam Sunwoo
Instead of having code embedded in cpu model to do simpoint profiling use the probes infrastructure to do it.
2014-09-01ruby: Fixes clock domains in configuration filesEmilio Castillo ext:(%2C%20Nilay%20Vaish%20%3Cnilay%40cs.wisc.edu%3E)
This patch fixes scripts related to ruby by adding the ruby clock domain. Now the L1 controllers and the Sequencer shares the cpu clock domain, while the rest of the components use the ruby clock domain. Before this patch, running simulations with the cpu clock set at 2GHz or 1GHz will output the same time results and could distort power measurements. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2014-08-10config: Fix cache latency param in mem testRadhika Jagtap
This patch fixes the cache latency in mem test which is split into two params, hit and response latency as per BaseCache.
2014-04-01configs: use SimpleMemory when using ruby in se modeNilay Vaish
A recent changeset altered the default memory class to DRAMCtrl. In se mode, ruby uses the physical memory to check if a given address is within the bounds of the physical memory. SimpleMemory is enough for this. Moreover, SimpleMemory does not check whether it is connected or not, something which DRAMCtrl does.
2014-03-20config: ruby: rename _cpu_ruby_ports to _cpu_portsNilay Vaish
2014-03-20config: fs.py: move creating of test/drive systems to functionsNilay Vaish
The code that creates test and drive systems is being moved to separate functions so as to make the code more readable. Ultimately the two functions would be combined so that the replicated code is eliminated.
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.
2014-03-20ruby: no piobus in se modeNilay Vaish
Piobus was recently added to se scripts for ruby so that the interrupt controller can be connected to something (required since the interrupt controller sends address range messages). This patch removes the piobus and instead, the pio port of ruby port will now ignore the range change messages in se mode.
2014-02-24ruby: correct errors in changeset 4eec7bdde5b0Nilay Vaish
Couple of errors were discovered in 4eec7bdde5b0 which necessitated this patch. Firstly, we create interrupt controllers in the se mode, but no piobus was being created. RubyPort, which earlier used to ignore range changes now forwards those to the piobus. The lack of piobus resulted in segmentation fault. This patch creates a piobus even in se mode. It is not created only when some tester is running. Secondly, I had missed out on modifying port connections for other coherence protocols.
2014-02-23ruby: route all packets through ruby portNilay Vaish
Currently, the interrupt controller in x86 is connected to the io bus directly. Therefore the packets between the io devices and the interrupt controller do not go through ruby. This patch changes ruby port so that these packets arrive at the ruby port first, which then routes them to their destination. Note that the patch does not make these packets go through the ruby network. That would happen in a subsequent patch.
2014-02-21config: ruby_random_test: updates due to recent unrelated changesNilay Vaish
2014-01-31config: correct bug in x86 drive sys instantiationNilay Vaish
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
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.
2013-10-17config: Fix memtest example scriptAli 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.
2013-10-07config: set cwd for processes in se.pyNilay Vaish
2013-09-17configs: Fix ruby_fs.py cache line sizeJoel Hestness
Recent changes added setting of system-wide cache line size and these settings occur in the top-level configs (se.py and fs.py). This setting also needs to take place in ruby_fs.py. This change sets the cache line size as appropriate.
2013-09-12config: Add voltage domain to Ruby example scriptsAndreas Hansson
This patch adds the minimum required voltage domain configuration to the Ruby example scripts.
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.
2013-08-19mem: Change AbstractMemory defaults to match the common caseAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the default parameter value of conf_table_reported to match the common case. It also simplifies the regression and config scripts to reflect this change.
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.
2013-07-18config: 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: 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.
2013-06-27config: Remove redundant explicit setting of default clocksAkash Bagdia
This patch removes the explicit setting of the clock period for certain instances of CoherentBus, NonCoherentBus and IOCache where the specified clock is same as the default value of the system clock. As all the values used are the defaults, there are no performance changes. There are similar cases where the toL2Bus is set to use the parent CPU clock which is already the default behaviour. The main motivation for these simplifications is to ease the introduction of clock domains.
2013-06-13config: Do not instantiate membus when using rubyNilay Vaish
This patch moves the instantiation of system.membus in se.py to the area of code where classic memory system has been dealt with. Ruby does not require this bus and hence it should not be instantiated.
2013-04-23config: Fix mem-type option not used in ruby_fs scriptMarco Elver
This fixes missing mem-type arguments to makeLinuxAlphaRubySystem and makeLinuxX86System after a recent changeset allowing mem-type to be configured via options missed fixing these calls. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
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
2013-04-22config: Add a KVM VM to systems with KVM CPUsAndreas Sandberg
KVM-based CPUs need a KVM VM object in the system to manage system-global KVM stuff (VM creation, interrupt delivery, memory managment, etc.). This changeset adds a VM to the system if KVM has been enabled at compile time (the BaseKvmCPU object exists) and a KVM-based CPU has been selected at runtime.
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.