History log of /gem5/src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.cc
Revision Date Author Comments
# 12065:e3e51756dfef 13-Mar-2017 Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>

ruby: Add support for address ranges in the directory

Previously the directory covered a flat address range that always
started from address 0. This change adds a vector of address ranges
with interleaving and hashing that each directory keeps track of and
the necessary flexibility to support systems with non continuous
memory ranges.

Change-Id: I6ea1c629bdf4c5137b7d9c89dbaf6c826adfd977
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2903
Reviewed-by: Bradford Beckmann <brad.beckmann@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 11903:a75e4eae89c0 05-Feb-2017 Lena Olson <leolson@google.com>

ruby: fix MOESI_hammer directory to work with > 3GB memory

The MOESI_hammer directory assumes a contiguous address space, but X86
has an IO gap from 3-4GB. This patch allows the directory to work with
more than 3GB of memory on X86.

Assumptions: the physical address space (range of possible physical
addresses) is 0-XGB when X <= 3GB, and 0-(X+1)GB when X > 3GB. If there
is no IO gap this patch should still work.

Change-Id: I5453a09e953643cada2c096a91d339a3676f55ee
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2169
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 11793:ef606668d247 09-Nov-2016 Brandon Potter <brandon.potter@amd.com>

style: [patch 1/22] use /r/3648/ to reorganize includes


# 11118:75c1e564a725 18-Sep-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: print addresses in hex
Changeset 4872dbdea907 replaced Address by Addr, but did not make changes to
print statements. So the addresses which were being printed in hex earlier
along with their line address, were now being printed in decimals. This patch
adds a function printAddress(Addr) that can be used to print the address in hex
along with the lines address. This function has been put to use in some of the
places. At other places, change has been made to print just the address in
hex.


# 11108:6342ddf6d733 16-Sep-2015 David Hashe <david.hashe@amd.com>

ruby: rename System.{hh,cc} to RubySystem.{hh,cc}

The eventual aim of this change is to pass RubySystem pointers through to
objects generated from the SLICC protocol code.

Because some of these objects need to dereference their RubySystem pointers,
they need access to the System.hh header file.

In src/mem/ruby/SConscript, the MakeInclude function creates single-line header
files in the build directory that do nothing except include the corresponding
header file from the source tree.

However, SLICC also generates a list of header files from its symbol table, and
writes it to mem/protocol/Types.hh in the build directory. This code assumes
that the header file name is the same as the class name.

The end result of this is the many of the generated slicc files try to include
RubySystem.hh, when the file they really need is System.hh. The path of least
resistence is just to rename System.hh to RubySystem.hh.


# 11073:a8afeb8bc3f0 01-Sep-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: directory memory: drop unused variable.


# 11049:dfb0aa3f0649 19-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: reverts to changeset: bf82f1f7b040


# 11045:0bffd44521f5 14-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: directory memory: drop unused variable.


# 11025:4872dbdea907 14-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: replace Address by Addr
This patch eliminates the type Address defined by the ruby memory system.
This memory system would now use the type Addr that is in use by the
rest of the system.


# 10522:13312d6e1caf 06-Nov-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: coherence protocols: remove data block from dirctory entry
This patch removes the data block present in the directory entry structure
of each protocol in gem5's mainline. Firstly, this is required for moving
towards common set of memory controllers for classic and ruby memory systems.
Secondly, the data block was being misused in several places. It was being
used for having free access to the physical memory instead of calling on the
memory controller.

From now on, the directory controller will not have a direct visibility into
the physical memory. The Memory Vector object now resides in the
Memory Controller class. This also means that some significant changes are
being made to the functional accesses in ruby.


# 10520:7740e0d97d48 06-Nov-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: remove sparse memory.
In my opinion, it creates needless complications in rest of the code.
Also, this structure hinders the move towards common set of code for
physical memory controllers.


# 10314:94b6b28fc968 01-Sep-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: remove typedef of Index as int64
The Index type defined as typedef int64 does not really provide any help
since in most places we use primitive types instead of Index. Also, the name
Index is very generic that it does not merit being used as a typename.


# 10301:44839e8febbd 01-Sep-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: move files from ruby/system to ruby/structures

The directory ruby/system is crowded and unorganized. Hence, the files the
hold actual physical structures, are being moved to the directory
ruby/structures. This includes Cache Memory, Directory Memory,
Memory Controller, Wire Buffer, TBE Table, Perfect Cache Memory, Timer Table,
Bank Array.

The directory ruby/systems has the glue code that holds these structures
together.