History log of /gem5/src/mem/ruby/network/Network.py
Revision Date Author Comments
# 13665:9c7fe3811b88 25-Jan-2019 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

python: Don't assume SimObjects live in the global namespace

The importer in Python 3 doesn't like the way we import SimObjects
from the global namespace. Convert the existing SimObject declarations
to import from m5.objects. As a side-effect, this makes these files
consistent with configuration files.

Change-Id: I11153502b430822130722839e1fa767b82a027aa
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/15981
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>


# 11065:37e19af67f62 30-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: specify number of vnets for each protocol
The default value for number of virtual networks is being removed. Each protocol
should now specify the value it needs.


# 10311:ad9c042dce54 01-Sep-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: message buffers: significant changes

This patch is the final patch in a series of patches. The aim of the series
is to make ruby more configurable than it was. More specifically, the
connections between controllers are not at all possible (unless one is ready
to make significant changes to the coherence protocol). Moreover the buffers
themselves are magically connected to the network inside the slicc code.
These connections are not part of the configuration file.

This patch makes changes so that these connections will now be made in the
python configuration files associated with the protocols. This requires
each state machine to expose the message buffers it uses for input and output.
So, the patch makes these buffers configurable members of the machines.

The patch drops the slicc code that usd to connect these buffers to the
network. Now these buffers are exposed to the python configuration system
as Master and Slave ports. In the configuration files, any master port
can be connected any slave port. The file pyobject.cc has been modified to
take care of allocating the actual message buffer. This is inline with how
other port connections work.


# 10122:1268f1fd2714 20-Mar-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: garnet: convert network interfaces into clocked objects
This helps in configuring the network interfaces from the python script and
these objects no longer rely on the network object for the timing information.


# 9594:219ad5fe8c04 22-Mar-2013 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: convert Topology to regular class
The Topology class in Ruby does not need to inherit from SimObject class.
This patch turns it into a regular class. The topology object is now created
in the constructor of the Network class. All the parameters for the topology
class have been moved to the network class.


# 9593:9441ca79f3c8 22-Mar-2013 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: network: move routers from topology to network


# 9465:4ae4f3f4b870 14-Jan-2013 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

Ruby: use ClockedObject in Consumer class
Many Ruby structures inherit from the Consumer, which is used for scheduling
events. The Consumer used to relay on an Event Manager for scheduling events
and on g_system_ptr for time. With this patch, the Consumer will now use a
ClockedObject to schedule events and to query for current time. This resulted
in several structures being converted from SimObjects to ClockedObjects. Also,
the MessageBuffer class now requires a pointer to a ClockedObject so as to
query for time.


# 9338:97b4a2be1e5b 02-Nov-2012 Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Include object header files in SWIG interfaces

When casting objects in the generated SWIG interfaces, SWIG uses
classical C-style casts ( (Foo *)bar; ). In some cases, this can
degenerate into the equivalent of a reinterpret_cast (mainly if only a
forward declaration of the type is available). This usually works for
most compilers, but it is known to break if multiple inheritance is
used anywhere in the object hierarchy.

This patch introduces the cxx_header attribute to Python SimObject
definitions, which should be used to specify a header to include in
the SWIG interface. The header should include the declaration of the
wrapped object. We currently don't enforce header the use of the
header attribute, but a warning will be generated for objects that do
not use it.


# 8436:5648986156db 30-Jun-2011 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>, Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

Ruby: Add support for functional accesses
This patch rpovides functional access support in Ruby. Currently only
the M5Port of RubyPort supports functional accesses. The support for
functional through the PioPort will be added as a separate patch.


# 8260:f113f73dd494 28-Apr-2011 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

network: removed the unused network-wide latency param


# 8259:36987780169e 28-Apr-2011 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

network: moved network config params

Moved the buffer_size, endpoint_bandwidth, and adaptive_routing params out of
the top-level parent network object and to only those networks that actually
use those parameters.


# 8257:7226aebb77b4 28-Apr-2011 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

network: convert links & switches to first class C++ SimObjects

This patch converts links and switches from second class simobjects that were
virtually ignored by the networks (both simple and Garnet) to first class
simobjects that directly correspond to c++ ojbects manipulated by the
topology and network classes. This is especially true for Garnet, where the
links and switches directly correspond to specific C++ objects.

By making this change, many aspects of the Topology class were simplified.


# 7540:86c3bf056a0d 20-Aug-2010 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

config: Added the topology description to m5 config.ini


# 7032:9f938aea1942 22-Mar-2010 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

ruby: Reorganized Ruby topology and protocol files


# 7030:a200627c3d42 22-Mar-2010 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

ruby: Disable adaptive routing by for faster simulation perf.


# 6968:33d2b758697b 01-Feb-2010 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

ruby: Added FS support to the simple mesh topology

Added full-system support to the simple mesh toplogy by allowing dma contrllers
to be attached to router zero in the network.


# 6916:a421f60f0e87 29-Jan-2010 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

ruby: Added a mesh topology


# 6879:c07cf29b5a33 29-Jan-2010 Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>

ruby: Add support for generating topologies in Python.


# 6876:a658c315512c 29-Jan-2010 Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>

ruby: Convert most Ruby objects to M5 SimObjects.
The necessary companion conversion of Ruby objects generated by SLICC
are converted to M5 SimObjects in the following patch, so this patch
alone does not compile.
Conversion of Garnet network models is also handled in a separate
patch; that code is temporarily disabled from compiling to allow
testing of interim code.