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2015-03-02	mem: Move crossbar default latencies to subclasses	Andreas Hansson
	This patch introduces a few subclasses to the CoherentXBar and NoncoherentXBar to distinguish the different uses in the system. We use the crossbar in a wide range of places: interfacing cores to the L2, as a system interconnect, connecting I/O and peripherals, etc. Needless to say, these crossbars have very different performance, and the clock frequency alone is not enough to distinguish these scenarios. Instead of trying to capture every possible case, this patch introduces dedicated subclasses for the three primary use-cases: L2XBar, SystemXBar and IOXbar. More can be added if needed, and the defaults can be overridden.
2014-12-23	tests: Add a regression for the stack distance calculator	Andreas Hansson
	Re-use the existing traffic generator regression, and enable the stack distance calculation in the comm monitor, along with the verification stack. The traffic generator config is also tuned to not increase the run-time too much (and actually have some address re-use).
2014-09-20	mem: Rename Bus to XBar to better reflect its behaviour	Andreas 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
2014-05-09	mem: Auto-generate CommMonitor trace file names	Sascha Bischoff
	Splits the CommMonitor trace_file parameter into three parameters. Previously, the trace was only enabled if the trace_file parameter was set, and would be written to this file. This patch adds in a trace_enable and trace_compress parameter to the CommMonitor. No trace is generated if trace_enable is set to False. If it is set to True, the trace is written to a file based on the name of the SimObject in the simulation hierarchy. For example, system.cluster.il1_commmonitor.trc. This filename can be overridden by additionally specifying a file name to the trace_file parameter (more on this later). The trace_compress parameter will append .gz to any filename if set to True. This enables compression of the generated traces. If the file name already ends in .gz, then no changes are made. The trace_file parameter will override the name set by the trace_enable parameter. In the case that the specified name does not end in .gz but trace_compress is set to true, .gz is appended to the supplied file name.
2013-08-19	power: Add voltage domains to the clock domains	Akash 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.
2013-06-27	sim: Add the notion of clock domains to all ClockedObjects	Akash 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.
2013-06-27	config: Add a system clock command-line option	Akash 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.
2013-06-27	config: Remove redundant explicit setting of default clocks	Akash 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.
2013-01-07	cpu: Add support for protobuf input for the trace generator	Andreas Hansson
	This patch adds support for reading input traces encoded using protobuf according to what is done in the CommMonitor. A follow-up patch adds a Python script that can be used to convert the previously used ASCII traces to protobuf equivalents. The appropriate regression input is updated as part of this patch.
2013-01-07	mem: Add tracing support in the communication monitor	Andreas Hansson
	This patch adds packet tracing to the communication monitor using a protobuf as the mechanism for creating the trace. If no file is specified, then the tracing is disabled. If a file is specified, then for every packet that is successfully sent, a protobuf message is serialized to the file.
2012-09-21	TrafficGen: Add a basic traffic generator regression	Andreas Hansson
	This patch adds a basic regression for the traffic generator. The regression also serves as an example of the file formats used. More complex regressions that make use of a DRAM controller model will follow shortly.