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This patch moves the branch predictor files in the o3 and inorder directories
to src/cpu/pred. This allows sharing the branch predictor across different
cpu models.
This patch was originally posted by Timothy Jones in July 2010
but never made it to the repository.
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rename : src/cpu/o3/bpred_unit.cc => src/cpu/pred/bpred_unit.cc
rename : src/cpu/o3/bpred_unit.hh => src/cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh
rename : src/cpu/o3/bpred_unit_impl.hh => src/cpu/pred/bpred_unit_impl.hh
rename : src/cpu/o3/sat_counter.hh => src/cpu/pred/sat_counter.hh
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1. Updates the Branch Predictor correctly to the state
just after a mispredicted branch, if a squash occurs.
2. If a BTB does not find an entry, the branch is predicted not taken.
The global history is modified to correctly reflect this prediction.
3. Local history is now updated at the fetch stage instead of
execute stage.
4. In the Update stage of the branch predictor the local predictors are
now correctly updated according to the state of local history during
fetch stage.
This patch also improves performance by as much as 17% on some benchmarks
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At the same time, rename the trace flags to debug flags since they
have broader usage than simply tracing. This means that
--trace-flags is now --debug-flags and --trace-help is now --debug-help
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rename : src/cpu/2bit_local_pred.cc => src/cpu/pred/2bit_local.cc
rename : src/cpu/o3/2bit_local_pred.hh => src/cpu/pred/2bit_local.hh
rename : src/cpu/btb.cc => src/cpu/pred/btb.cc
rename : src/cpu/o3/btb.hh => src/cpu/pred/btb.hh
rename : src/cpu/ras.cc => src/cpu/pred/ras.cc
rename : src/cpu/o3/ras.hh => src/cpu/pred/ras.hh
rename : src/cpu/tournament_pred.cc => src/cpu/pred/tournament.cc
rename : src/cpu/o3/tournament_pred.hh => src/cpu/pred/tournament.hh
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