History log of /gem5/src/sim/ClockedObject.py
Revision Date Author Comments
# 12265:7db0f21ff605 01-Jul-2016 David Guillen Fandos <david.guillen@arm.com>

pwr: Enable multiple power models per component

This patch allows the user to specify more than one
power model for any given Clocked Object. This is
useful and some times necessary to properly model
components that have multiple power sources (or
subcomponents) but gem5 doesn't model them.

The ideal solution would be to have a DictParam
to replace the VectorParam so each model can have
a name and can be identified in the stats file.

Change-Id: I4080a7054a16b56069c44750a7a9ce4e674cdf9d
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5733
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>


# 11527:9007a9729815 06-Jun-2016 David Guillen Fandos <david.guillen@arm.com>

sim: Adding support for power models

This patch adds some basic support for power models in gem5.

The power interface is defined so it can interact with thermal
models as well. It implements a simple power evaluator that
can be used for simple power models that express power in the
form of a math expression. These expressions can use stats
within the same SimObject (or down its hierarchy) and some
magic variables such as "temp" for temperature.
In future patches we will extend this functionality to allow
slightly more complex expressions.

The model allows it to be extended to use other kinds of models.

Change-Id: I76752f9638b6815e229fd74cdcb7721a305cbc4b


# 11524:3101ce98c55c 06-Jun-2016 David Guillen Fandos <david.guillen@arm.com>

pwr: Add power states to ClockedObject

Add 4 power states to the ClockedObject, provides necessary access
functions to check and update the power state. Default power state
is UNDEFINED, it is responsibility of the respective simulation
model to provide the startup state and any other logic for state
change. Add number of transition stat. Add distribution of time
spent in clock gated state. Add power state residency stat. Add
dump call back function to allow stats update of distribution
and residency stats.

Change-Id: Id086090a2ed720c9fcb37812a3c98f0f724907c6


# 11430:bd1c6789c33f 07-Apr-2016 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

Revert to 74c1e6513bd0 (sim: Thermal support for Linux)


# 11429:cf5af0cc3be4 06-Apr-2016 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

Revert power patch sets with unexpected interactions

The following patches had unexpected interactions with the current
upstream code and have been reverted for now:

e07fd01651f3: power: Add support for power models
831c7f2f9e39: power: Low-power idle power state for idle CPUs
4f749e00b667: power: Add power states to ClockedObject

Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>


# 11424:e07fd01651f3 05-Apr-2016 David Guillen Fandos <david.guillen@arm.com>

power: Add support for power models

This patch adds some basic support for power models in gem5.

The power interface is defined so it can interact with thermal
models as well. It implements a simple power evaluator that
can be used for simple power models that express power in the
form of a math expression. These expressions can use stats
within the same SimObject (or down its hierarchy) and some
magic variables such as "temp" for temperature.
In future patches we will extend this functionality to allow
slightly more complex expressions.

The model allows it to be extended to use other kinds of models.

Finally, the thermal model is updated to use the power usage as input.


# 11422:4f749e00b667 18-Nov-2014 Akash Bagdia <akash.bagdia@ARM.com>

power: Add power states to ClockedObject

Add 4 power states to the ClockedObject, provides necessary access functions
to check and update the power state. Default power state is UNDEFINED, it is
responsibility of the respective simulation model to provide the startup state
and any other logic for state change.

Add number of transition stat.
Add distribution of time spent in clock gated state.
Add power state residency stat.

Add dump call back function to allow stats update of distribution and residency
stats.


# 9793:6e6cefc1db1f 27-Jun-2013 Akash Bagdia <akash.bagdia@arm.com>

sim: Add the notion of clock domains to all ClockedObjects

This patch adds the notion of source- and derived-clock domains to the
ClockedObjects. As such, all clock information is moved to the clock
domain, and the ClockedObjects are grouped into domains.

The clock domains are either source domains, with a specific clock
period, or derived domains that have a parent domain and a divider
(potentially chained). For piece of logic that runs at a derived clock
(a ratio of the clock its parent is running at) the necessary derived
clock domain is created from its corresponding parent clock
domain. For now, the derived clock domain only supports a divider,
thus ensuring a lower speed compared to its parent. Multiplier
functionality implies a PLL logic that has not been modelled yet
(create a separate clock instead).

The clock domains should be used as a mechanism to provide a
controllable clock source that affects clock for every clocked object
lying beneath it. The clock of the domain can (in a future patch) be
controlled by a handler responsible for dynamic frequency scaling of
the respective clock domains.

All the config scripts have been retro-fitted with clock domains. For
the System a default SrcClockDomain is created. For CPUs that run at a
different speed than the system, there is a seperate clock domain
created. This domain incorporates the CPU and the associated
caches. As before, Ruby runs under its own clock domain.

The clock period of all domains are pre-computed, such that no virtual
functions or multiplications are needed when calling
clockPeriod. Instead, the clock period is pre-computed when any
changes occur. For this to be possible, each clock domain tracks its
children.


# 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.


# 9281:9b6882b58a3f 15-Oct-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

Clock: Inherit the clock from parent by default

This patch changes the default 1 Tick clock period to a proxy that
resolves the parents clock. As a result of this, the caches and
L1-to-L2 bus, for example, will automatically use the clock period of
the CPU unless explicitly overridden.

To ensure backwards compatibility, the System class overrides the
proxy and specifies a 1 Tick clock. We could change this to something
more reasonable in a follow-on patch, perhaps 1 GHz or something
similar.

With this patch applied, all clocked objects should have a reasonable
clock period set, and could start specifying delays in Cycles instead
of absolute time.


# 9157:e0bad9d7bbd6 21-Aug-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

Clock: Move the clock and related functions to ClockedObject

This patch moves the clock of the CPU, bus, and numerous devices to
the new class ClockedObject, that sits in between the SimObject and
MemObject in the class hierarchy. Although there are currently a fair
amount of MemObjects that do not make use of the clock, they
potentially should do so, e.g. the caches should at some point have
the same clock as the CPU, potentially with a 1:n ratio. This patch
does not introduce any new clock objects or object hierarchies
(clusters, clock domains etc), but is still a step in the direction of
having a more structured approach clock domains.

The most contentious part of this patch is the serialisation of clocks
that some of the modules (but not all) did previously. This
serialisation should not be needed as the clock is set through the
parameters even when restoring from the checkpoint. In other words,
the state is "stored" in the Python code that creates the modules.

The nextCycle methods are also simplified and the clock phase
parameter of the CPU is removed (this could be part of a clock object
once they are introduced).