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# Copyright (c) 2014 ARM Limited
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#
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# 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
import optparse
import m5
from m5.objects import *
from m5.util import addToPath
from m5.internal.stats import periodicStatDump
addToPath('../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()
# Use a single-channel DDR3-1600 x64 by default
parser.add_option("--mem-type", type="choice", default="ddr3_1600_x64",
choices=MemConfig.mem_names(),
help = "type of memory to use")
(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 1 GHz
# bus/crossbar, delivering 64 bytes / 5 cycles (one header cycle)
# which amounts to 12.8 GByte/s per layer and thus per port
system = System(membus = NoncoherentBus(width = 16))
system.clk_domain = SrcClockDomain(clock = '1GHz',
voltage_domain =
VoltageDomain(voltage = '1V'))
# we are fine with 256 MB memory for now
mem_range = AddrRange('256MB')
system.mem_ranges = [mem_range]
# force a single channel to match the assumptions in the DRAM traffic
# generator
options.mem_channels = 1
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.SimpleDRAM):
fatal("This script assumes the memory is a SimpleDRAM subclass")
# for now the generator assumes a single rank
system.mem_ctrls[0].ranks_per_channel = 1
# stay in each state for 0.25 ms, long enough to warm things up, and
# short enough to avoid hitting a refresh
period = 250000000
# this is where we go off piste, and print the traffic generator
# configuration that we will later use, crazy but it works
cfg_file_name = "configs/dram/sweep.cfg"
cfg_file = open(cfg_file_name, 'w')
# 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 ns
# and we need it in ticks
itt = system.mem_ctrls[0].tBURST.value * 1000000000000
# assume we start at 0
max_addr = mem_range.end
# now we create the state by iterating over the stride size from burst
# size to min of the page size and 1 kB, and from using only a single
# bank up to the number of banks available
nxt_state = 0
for bank in range(1, nbr_banks + 1):
for stride_size in range(burst_size, min(1024, page_size) + 1, burst_size):
cfg_file.write("STATE %d %d DRAM 100 0 %d "
"%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d 1\n" %
(nxt_state, period, max_addr, burst_size, itt, itt, 0,
stride_size, page_size, nbr_banks, bank))
nxt_state = nxt_state + 1
cfg_file.write("INIT 0\n")
# go through the states one by one
for state in range(1, nxt_state):
cfg_file.write("TRANSITION %d %d 1\n" % (state - 1, state))
cfg_file.write("TRANSITION %d %d 1\n" % (nxt_state - 1, nxt_state - 1))
cfg_file.close()
# create a traffic generator, and point it to the file we just created
system.tgen = TrafficGen(config_file = cfg_file_name)
# 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()
m5.simulate(nxt_state * period)
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