History log of /gem5/src/dev/intel_8254_timer.hh
Revision Date Author Comments
# 10905:a6ca6831e775 07-Jul-2015 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Refactor the serialization base class

Objects that are can be serialized are supposed to inherit from the
Serializable class. This class is meant to provide a unified API for
such objects. However, so far it has mainly been used by SimObjects
due to some fundamental design limitations. This changeset redesigns
to the serialization interface to make it more generic and hide the
underlying checkpoint storage. Specifically:

* Add a set of APIs to serialize into a subsection of the current
object. Previously, objects that needed this functionality would
use ad-hoc solutions using nameOut() and section name
generation. In the new world, an object that implements the
interface has the methods serializeSection() and
unserializeSection() that serialize into a named /subsection/ of
the current object. Calling serialize() serializes an object into
the current section.

* Move the name() method from Serializable to SimObject as it is no
longer needed for serialization. The fully qualified section name
is generated by the main serialization code on the fly as objects
serialize sub-objects.

* Add a scoped ScopedCheckpointSection helper class. Some objects
need to serialize data structures, that are not deriving from
Serializable, into subsections. Previously, this was done using
nameOut() and manual section name generation. To simplify this,
this changeset introduces a ScopedCheckpointSection() helper
class. When this class is instantiated, it adds a new /subsection/
and subsequent serialization calls during the lifetime of this
helper class happen inside this section (or a subsection in case
of nested sections).

* The serialize() call is now const which prevents accidental state
manipulation during serialization. Objects that rely on modifying
state can use the serializeOld() call instead. The default
implementation simply calls serialize(). Note: The old-style calls
need to be explicitly called using the
serializeOld()/serializeSectionOld() style APIs. These are used by
default when serializing SimObjects.

* Both the input and output checkpoints now use their own named
types. This hides underlying checkpoint implementation from
objects that need checkpointing and makes it easier to change the
underlying checkpoint storage code.


# 10642:9d3b6e7dd205 06-Jan-2015 cdirik<cdirik@micron.com>

dev: prevent intel 8254 timer counter events firing before startup

This change includes edits to Intel8254Timer to prevent counter events firing
before startup to comply with SimObject initialization call sequence.

Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>


# 9356:b279bad40aa3 16-Nov-2012 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

sim: have a curTick per eventq
This patch adds a _curTick variable to an eventq. This variable is updated
whenever an event is serviced in function serviceOne(), or all events upto
a particular time are processed in function serviceEvents(). This change
helps when there are eventqs that do not make use of curTick for scheduling
events.


# 8232:b28d06a175be 15-Apr-2011 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

trace: reimplement the DTRACE function so it doesn't use a vector
At the same time, rename the trace flags to debug flags since they
have broader usage than simply tracing. This means that
--trace-flags is now --debug-flags and --trace-help is now --debug-help


# 8229:78bf55f23338 15-Apr-2011 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

includes: sort all includes


# 7683:f81f5f27592b 16-Sep-2010 Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>

devices: undo cset 017baf09599f that added timer drain functions.
It's not the right fix for the checkpoint deadlock problem
Brad was having, and creates another bug where the system can
deadlock on restore. Brad can't reproduce the original bug
right now, so we'll wait until it arises again and then try
to fix it the right way then.


# 7559:017baf09599f 20-Aug-2010 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

devices: Fixed periodic interrupts to work with draining

Added drain functions to the RTC and 8254 timer so that periodic interrupts
stop when the system is draining. This patch is needed to checkpoint in
timing mode. Otherwise under certain situations, the event queue will never
be completely empty.


# 6216:2f4020838149 17-May-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

includes: sort includes again


# 6214:1ec0ec8933ae 17-May-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

types: Move stuff for global types into src/base/types.hh


# 6067:c633cdd5ca25 19-Apr-2009 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

X86: Keep track of what the initial count value was in the LAPIC timer.


# 5642:102cf92b8ea9 11-Oct-2008 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

X86: Set up a mechanism for the I8254 timer to cause interrupts.


# 5635:b65e232e7755 11-Oct-2008 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

Devices: Make the Intel8254Timer device only use pointers to its counters.


# 5606:6da7a58b0bc8 09-Oct-2008 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

eventq: convert all usage of events to use the new API.
For now, there is still a single global event queue, but this is
necessary for making the steps towards a parallelized m5.


# 5444:d5d0ac0b6d58 12-Jun-2008 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

Timer: Fill out the periodic modes a little.


# 5443:394d180e8c04 12-Jun-2008 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

Dev: Seperate the 8254 timer from tsunami and use it in that and the PC.