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2013-01-17ruby: 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.
2013-01-14Ruby: remove reference to g_system_ptr from class MessageNilay 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 In most of the places, g_system_ptr has been replaced by another clock object.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.
2012-12-11ruby: add a prefetcherNilay 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.