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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT # OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, # SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT # LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, # DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY # THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # # Authors: Andreas Hansson from __future__ import print_function import math import optparse import m5 from m5.objects import * from m5.util import addToPath from m5.stats import periodicStatDump addToPath('../') from common import MemConfig # this script is helpful to sweep the efficiency of a specific memory # controller configuration, by varying the number of banks accessed, # and the sequential stride size (how many bytes per activate), and # observe what bus utilisation (bandwidth) is achieved parser = optparse.OptionParser() dram_generators = { "DRAM" : lambda x: x.createDram, "DRAM_ROTATE" : lambda x: x.createDramRot, } # Use a single-channel DDR3-1600 x64 (8x8 topology) by default parser.add_option("--mem-type", type="choice", default="DDR3_1600_8x8", choices=MemConfig.mem_names(), help = "type of memory to use") parser.add_option("--mem-ranks", "-r", type="int", default=1, help = "Number of ranks to iterate across") parser.add_option("--rd_perc", type="int", default=100, help = "Percentage of read commands") parser.add_option("--mode", type="choice", default="DRAM", choices=dram_generators.keys(), help = "DRAM: Random traffic; \ DRAM_ROTATE: Traffic rotating across banks and ranks") parser.add_option("--addr_map", type="int", default=1, help = "0: RoCoRaBaCh; 1: RoRaBaCoCh/RoRaBaChCo") (options, args) = parser.parse_args() if args: print("Error: script doesn't take any positional arguments") sys.exit(1) # at the moment we stay with the default open-adaptive page policy, # and address mapping # start with the system itself, using a multi-layer 2.0 GHz # crossbar, delivering 64 bytes / 3 cycles (one header cycle) # which amounts to 42.7 GByte/s per layer and thus per port system = System(membus = IOXBar(width = 32)) system.clk_domain = SrcClockDomain(clock = '2.0GHz', voltage_domain = VoltageDomain(voltage = '1V')) # we are fine with 256 MB memory for now mem_range = AddrRange('256MB') system.mem_ranges = [mem_range] # do not worry about reserving space for the backing store system.mmap_using_noreserve = True # force a single channel to match the assumptions in the DRAM traffic # generator options.mem_channels = 1 options.external_memory_system = 0 options.tlm_memory = 0 options.elastic_trace_en = 0 MemConfig.config_mem(options, system) # the following assumes that we are using the native DRAM # controller, check to be sure if not isinstance(system.mem_ctrls[0], m5.objects.DRAMCtrl): fatal("This script assumes the memory is a DRAMCtrl subclass") # there is no point slowing things down by saving any data system.mem_ctrls[0].null = True # Set the address mapping based on input argument # Default to RoRaBaCoCh if options.addr_map == 0: system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoCoRaBaCh" elif options.addr_map == 1: system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoRaBaCoCh" else: fatal("Did not specify a valid address map argument") # stay in each state for 0.25 ms, long enough to warm things up, and # short enough to avoid hitting a refresh period = 250000000 # stay in each state as long as the dump/reset period, use the entire # range, issue transactions of the right DRAM burst size, and match # the DRAM maximum bandwidth to ensure that it is saturated # get the number of banks nbr_banks = system.mem_ctrls[0].banks_per_rank.value # determine the burst length in bytes burst_size = int((system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value * system.mem_ctrls[0].device_bus_width.value * system.mem_ctrls[0].burst_length.value) / 8) # next, get the page size in bytes page_size = system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value * \ system.mem_ctrls[0].device_rowbuffer_size.value # match the maximum bandwidth of the memory, the parameter is in seconds # and we need it in ticks (ps) itt = system.mem_ctrls[0].tBURST.value * 1000000000000 # assume we start at 0 max_addr = mem_range.end # use min of the page size and 512 bytes as that should be more than # enough max_stride = min(512, page_size) # create a traffic generator, and point it to the file we just created system.tgen = PyTrafficGen() # add a communication monitor system.monitor = CommMonitor() # connect the traffic generator to the bus via a communication monitor system.tgen.port = system.monitor.slave system.monitor.master = system.membus.slave # connect the system port even if it is not used in this example system.system_port = system.membus.slave # every period, dump and reset all stats periodicStatDump(period) # run Forrest, run! root = Root(full_system = False, system = system) root.system.mem_mode = 'timing' m5.instantiate() def trace(): generator = dram_generators[options.mode](system.tgen) for bank in range(1, nbr_banks + 1): for stride_size in range(burst_size, max_stride + 1, burst_size): num_seq_pkts = int(math.ceil(float(stride_size) / burst_size)) yield generator(period, 0, max_addr, burst_size, int(itt), int(itt), options.rd_perc, 0, num_seq_pkts, page_size, nbr_banks, bank, options.addr_map, options.mem_ranks) yield system.tgen.createExit(0) system.tgen.start(trace()) m5.simulate() print("DRAM sweep with burst: %d, banks: %d, max stride: %d" % (burst_size, nbr_banks, max_stride))