gem5 - gem5

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2014-11-06	ruby: coherence protocols: remove data block from dirctory entry	Nilay Vaish
	This patch removes the data block present in the directory entry structure of each protocol in gem5's mainline. Firstly, this is required for moving towards common set of memory controllers for classic and ruby memory systems. Secondly, the data block was being misused in several places. It was being used for having free access to the physical memory instead of calling on the memory controller. From now on, the directory controller will not have a direct visibility into the physical memory. The Memory Vector object now resides in the Memory Controller class. This also means that some significant changes are being made to the functional accesses in ruby.
2014-11-06	ruby: remove sparse memory.	Nilay Vaish
	In my opinion, it creates needless complications in rest of the code. Also, this structure hinders the move towards common set of code for physical memory controllers.
2014-10-16	mem: Dynamically determine page bytes in memory components	Andreas Hansson
	This patch takes a step towards an ISA-agnostic memory system by enabling the components to establish the page size after instantiation. The swap operation in the memory is now also allowing any granularity to avoid depending on the IntReg of the ISA.
2014-10-11	ruby: structures: coorect #ifndef macros in header files	Nilay Vaish

2014-09-03	base: Use the global Mersenne twister throughout	Andreas Hansson
	This patch tidies up random number generation to ensure that it is done consistently throughout the code base. In essence this involves a clean-up of Ruby, and some code simplifications in the traffic generator. As part of this patch a bunch of skewed distributions (off-by-one etc) have been fixed. Note that a single global random number generator is used, and that the object instantiation order will impact the behaviour (the sequence of numbers will be unaffected, but if module A calles random before module B then they would obviously see a different outcome). The dependency on the instantiation order is true in any case due to the execution-model of gem5, so we leave it as is. Also note that the global ranom generator is not thread safe at this point. Regressions using the memtest, TrafficGen or any Ruby tester are affected and will be updated accordingly.
2014-09-01	ruby: remove typedef of Index as int64	Nilay Vaish
	The Index type defined as typedef int64 does not really provide any help since in most places we use primitive types instead of Index. Also, the name Index is very generic that it does not merit being used as a typename.
2014-09-01	ruby: move files from ruby/system to ruby/structures	Nilay Vaish
	The directory ruby/system is crowded and unorganized. Hence, the files the hold actual physical structures, are being moved to the directory ruby/structures. This includes Cache Memory, Directory Memory, Memory Controller, Wire Buffer, TBE Table, Perfect Cache Memory, Timer Table, Bank Array. The directory ruby/systems has the glue code that holds these structures together. --HG-- rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MachineID.hh => src/mem/ruby/common/MachineID.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/buffers/MessageBuffer.cc => src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/buffers/MessageBuffer.hh => src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/buffers/MessageBufferNode.cc => src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBufferNode.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/buffers/MessageBufferNode.hh => src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBufferNode.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/AbstractReplacementPolicy.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/AbstractReplacementPolicy.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/BankedArray.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/BankedArray.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/BankedArray.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/BankedArray.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/Cache.py => src/mem/ruby/structures/Cache.py rename : src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/CacheMemory.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.py => src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.py rename : src/mem/ruby/system/LRUPolicy.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/LRUPolicy.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MemoryControl.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/MemoryControl.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MemoryControl.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/MemoryControl.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MemoryControl.py => src/mem/ruby/structures/MemoryControl.py rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MemoryNode.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/MemoryNode.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MemoryNode.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/MemoryNode.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/MemoryVector.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/MemoryVector.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/PerfectCacheMemory.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/PerfectCacheMemory.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/PersistentTable.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/PersistentTable.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/PersistentTable.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/PersistentTable.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/PseudoLRUPolicy.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/PseudoLRUPolicy.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/RubyMemoryControl.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyMemoryControl.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/RubyMemoryControl.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyMemoryControl.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/RubyMemoryControl.py => src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyMemoryControl.py rename : src/mem/ruby/system/SparseMemory.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/SparseMemory.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/SparseMemory.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/SparseMemory.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/TBETable.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/TBETable.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/TimerTable.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/TimerTable.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/TimerTable.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/TimerTable.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/WireBuffer.cc => src/mem/ruby/structures/WireBuffer.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/system/WireBuffer.hh => src/mem/ruby/structures/WireBuffer.hh rename : src/mem/ruby/system/WireBuffer.py => src/mem/ruby/structures/WireBuffer.py rename : src/mem/ruby/recorder/CacheRecorder.cc => src/mem/ruby/system/CacheRecorder.cc rename : src/mem/ruby/recorder/CacheRecorder.hh => src/mem/ruby/system/CacheRecorder.hh
2013-02-10	ruby: replace Time with Cycles (final patch in the series)	Nilay Vaish
	This patch is as of now the final patch in the series of patches that replace Time with Cycles.This patch further replaces Time with Cycles in Sequencer, Profiler, different protocols and related entities. Though Time has not been completely removed, the places where it is in use seem benign as of now.
2013-01-17	ruby: remove calls to g_system_ptr->getTime()	Nilay Vaish
	This patch further removes calls to g_system_ptr->getTime() where ever other clocked objects are available for providing current time.
2013-01-14	Ruby: remove reference to g_system_ptr from class Message	Nilay Vaish
	This patch was initiated so as to remove reference to g_system_ptr, the pointer to Ruby System that is used for getting the current time. That simple change actual requires changing a lot many things in slicc and garnet. All these changes are related to how time is handled. In most of the places, g_system_ptr has been replaced by another clock object. The changes have been done under the assumption that all the components in the memory system are on the same clock frequency, but the actual clocks might be distributed.
2012-12-11	ruby: add a prefetcher	Nilay Vaish
	This patch adds a prefetcher for the ruby memory system. The prefetcher is based on a prefetcher implemented by others (well, I don't know who wrote the original). The prefetcher does stride-based prefetching, both unit and non-unit. It obseves the misses in the cache and trains on these. After the training period is over, the prefetcher starts issuing prefetch requests to the controller.