History log of /gem5/src/sim/System.py
Revision Date Author Comments
# 13892:0182a0601f66 22-Apr-2019 Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

mem: Minimize the use of MemObject.

MemObject doesn't provide anything beyond its base ClockedObject any
more, so this change removes it from most inheritance hierarchies.
Occasionally MemObject is replaced with SimObject when I was fairly
confident that the extra functionality of ClockedObject wasn't needed.

Change-Id: Ic014ab61e56402e62548e8c831eb16e26523fdce
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18289
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>


# 13883:f44e21d3aaa7 18-Apr-2018 David Hashe <david.hashe@amd.com>

sim-se: add a faux-filesystem

This change introduces the concept of a faux-filesystem.
The faux-filesystem creates a directory structure in m5out
(or whatever output dir the user specifies) where system calls
may be redirected.

This is useful to avoid non-determinism when reading files
with varying path names (e.g., variations from run-to-run if
the simulation is scheduled on a cluster where paths may change).

Also, this changeset allows circumventing host pseudofiles which
have information specific to the host processor (such as cache
hierarchy or processor information). Bypassing host pseudofiles
can be useful when executing runtimes in the absence of an
operating system kernel since runtimes may try to query standard
files (i.e. /proc or /sys) which are not relevant to an
application executing in syscall emulation mode.

Change-Id: I90821b3b403168b904a662fa98b85def1628621c
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/12119
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>


# 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>


# 12272:bcc67ee98e6d 12-May-2016 Geoffrey Blake <Geoffrey.Blake@arm.com>

sim: Implement load_addr_mask auto-calculation

Recent Linux kernels for AArch64 have changed their start addresses
but we still want to relocate the kernel to 0x80080000 which
required hacking the load_addr_mask in Realview.py to be 0x7ffffff
from 0xfffffff to mask off the proper number of MSBs to load the
kernel in the desired location. To avoid having to make this change
in the future again, we auto-calculate the load_addr_mask if it is
specified as 0x0 in the System sim-object to find the most restrictive
address mask instead of having the configuration specify it. If the
configuration does specify the address mask, we use it instead of
auto-calculating.

Change-Id: I18aabb5d09945c6e3e3819c9c8036ea24b6c35cf
Signed-off-by: Geoffrey Blake <Geoffrey.Blake@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2323
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 12262:a58c0c323e4f 12-Apr-2016 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Add an option to load additional kernel objects

There are cases where it is desirable to load a kernel and a set of
additional objects. This can, for example, be useful for testing where
the bootstrap code can be loaded from one object (the kernel) and the
test proper from another.

This changeset adds this functionality by adding a kernel_extras
vector parameter to the System class. Object files in this vector are
loaded in order after the kernel when running in full system mode.

Change-Id: I06f57c6a65a17b02eb4267bed0aa829f21bcfa3b
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5703
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 11988:665cd5f8b52b 27-Feb-2017 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

python: Use PyBind11 instead of SWIG for Python wrappers

Use the PyBind11 wrapping infrastructure instead of SWIG to generate
wrappers for functionality that needs to be exported to Python. This
has several benefits:

* PyBind11 can be redistributed with gem5, which means that we have
full control of the version used. This avoid a large number of
hard-to-debug SWIG issues we have seen in the past.

* PyBind11 doesn't rely on a custom C++ parser, instead it relies on
wrappers being explicitly declared in C++. The leads to slightly
more boiler-plate code in manually created wrappers, but doesn't
doesn't increase the overall code size. A big benefit is that this
avoids strange compilation errors when SWIG doesn't understand
modern language features.

* Unlike SWIG, there is no risk that the wrapper code incorporates
incorrect type casts (this has happened on numerous occasions in
the past) since these will result in compile-time errors.

As a part of this change, the mechanism to define exported methods has
been redesigned slightly. New methods can be exported either by
declaring them in the SimObject declaration and decorating them with
the cxxMethod decorator or by adding an instance of
PyBindMethod/PyBindProperty to the cxx_exports class variable. The
decorator has the added benefit of making it possible to add a
docstring and naming the method's parameters.

The new wrappers have the following known issues:

* Global events can't be memory managed correctly. This was the
case in SWIG as well.

Change-Id: I88c5a95b6cf6c32fa9e1ad31dfc08b2e8199a763
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bardsley <andrew.bardsley@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2231
Reviewed-by: Tony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Pierre-Yves PĂ©neau <pierre-yves.peneau@lirmm.fr>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 11839:dd6df2e47c14 14-Feb-2017 Curtis Dunham <Curtis.Dunham@arm.com>

sim, kvm: make KvmVM a System parameter

A KVM VM is typically a child of the System object already, but for
solving future issues with configuration graph resolution, the most
logical way to keep track of this object is for it to be an actual
parameter of the System object.

Change-Id: I965ded22203ff8667db9ca02de0042ff1c772220
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>


# 11838:0b311345ac72 14-Feb-2017 Curtis Dunham <Curtis.Dunham@arm.com>

sim,kvm,arm: fix typos

Change-Id: Ifc65d42eebfd109c1c622c82c3c3b3e523819e85
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>


# 11787:af41594e9b3c 02-Jan-2017 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Remove redundant export_method_cxx_predecls

The headers declared in export_method_cxx_predecls are redundant since a
SimObject's main header is automatically included.

Change-Id: Ied9e84630b36960e54efe91d16f8c66fba7e0da0
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Joe Gross <joseph.gross@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 11763:302c6b957854 19-Dec-2016 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Remove redundant buildEnv import

Change-Id: Id6bdbc0c988aa92b96e292cabc913e6b974f14bb
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>


# 11420:b48c0ba4f524 12-May-2015 David Guillen Fandos <david.guillen@arm.com>

sim: Adding thermal model support

This patch adds basic thermal support to gem5. It models energy dissipation
through a circuital equivalent, which allows us to use RC networks.
This lays down the basic infrastructure to do so, but it does not "work" due
to the lack of power models. For now some hardcoded number is used as a PoC.
The solver is embedded in the patch.


# 11273:36dfd27e4a4e 18-Dec-2015 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Use the old work item behavior by default

When adding an option to forward work items to the Python environment,
the new behavior was accidentally enabled by default. Set the value of
exit_on_work_items to False by default to revert to the old behavior
unless the simulation scripts explicitly requests work item
forwarding.


# 11270:a3b41de1c4f1 14-Dec-2015 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

sim: Add an option to forward work items to Python

There are cases where we want the Python world to handle work items
instead of the C++ world. However, that's currently not possible. This
changeset adds the forward_work_items option to the System class. Then
it is set to True, work items will generate workbegin/workend
simulation exists with the work item ID as the exit code and the old
C++ handling is completely bypassed.


# 11146:0fd6976303bc 30-Sep-2015 Mitch Hayenga <mitch.hayenga@arm.com>

cpu: Change thread assignments for heterogenous SMT

Trying to run an SE system with varying threads per core (SMT cores + Non-SMT
cores) caused failures due to the CPU id assignment logic. The comment
about thread assignment (worrying about core 0 not having tid 0) seems
not to be valid given that our configuration scripts initialize them in
order.

This removes that constraint so a heterogenously threaded sytem can work.


# 10700:417ba77dedb4 16-Feb-2015 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

mem: mmap the backing store with MAP_NORESERVE

This patch ensures we can run simulations with very large simulated
memories (at least 64 TB based on some quick runs on a Linux
workstation). In essence this allows us to efficiently deal with
sparse address maps without having to implement a redirection layer in
the backing store.

This opens up for run-time errors if we eventually exhausts the hosts
memory and swap space, but this should hopefully never happen.


# 10282:3ea92bc6393b 13-Aug-2014 Dam Sunwoo <dam.sunwoo@arm.com>

sim: remove kernel mapping check for baremetal workloads

Baremetal workloads are specified using the "kernel" parameter, but
don't always have the correct address mappings. This patch adds a
boolean flag to the system and bypasses the kernel addr mapping checks
when running in baremetal mode.


# 10249:6bbb7ae309ac 30-Jun-2014 Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst@arm.com>

power: Add basic DVFS support for gem5

Adds DVFS capabilities to gem5, by allowing users to specify lists for
frequencies and voltages in SrcClockDomains and VoltageDomains respectively.
A separate component, DVFSHandler, provides a small interface to change
operating points of the associated domains.

Clock domains will be linked to voltage domains and thus allow separate clock,
but shared voltage lines.

Currently all the valid performance-level updates are performed with a fixed
transition latency as specified for the domain.

Config file example:
...
vd = VoltageDomain(voltage = ['1V','0.95V','0.90V','0.85V'])
tsys.cluster1.clk_domain.clock = ['1GHz','700MHz','400MHz','230MHz']
tsys.cluster2.clk_domain.clock = ['1GHz','700MHz','400MHz','230MHz']
tsys.cluster1.clk_domain.domain_id = 0
tsys.cluster2.clk_domain.domain_id = 1
tsys.cluster1.clk_domain.voltage_domain = vd
tsys.cluster2.clk_domain.voltage_domain = vd
tsys.dvfs_handler.domains = [tsys.cluster1.clk_domain,
tsys.cluster2.clk_domain]
tsys.dvfs_handler.enable = True


# 10037:5cac77888310 24-Jan-2014 ARM gem5 Developers

arm: Add support for ARMv8 (AArch64 & AArch32)

Note: AArch64 and AArch32 interworking is not supported. If you use an AArch64
kernel you are restricted to AArch64 user-mode binaries. This will be addressed
in a later patch.

Note: Virtualization is only supported in AArch32 mode. This will also be fixed
in a later patch.

Contributors:
Giacomo Gabrielli (TrustZone, LPAE, system-level AArch64, AArch64 NEON, validation)
Thomas Grocutt (AArch32 Virtualization, AArch64 FP, validation)
Mbou Eyole (AArch64 NEON, validation)
Ali Saidi (AArch64 Linux support, code integration, validation)
Edmund Grimley-Evans (AArch64 FP)
William Wang (AArch64 Linux support)
Rene De Jong (AArch64 Linux support, performance opt.)
Matt Horsnell (AArch64 MP, validation)
Matt Evans (device models, code integration, validation)
Chris Adeniyi-Jones (AArch64 syscall-emulation)
Prakash Ramrakhyani (validation)
Dam Sunwoo (validation)
Chander Sudanthi (validation)
Stephan Diestelhorst (validation)
Andreas Hansson (code integration, performance opt.)
Eric Van Hensbergen (performance opt.)
Gabe Black


# 9814:7ad2b0186a32 18-Jul-2013 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

mem: Set the cache line size on a system level

This patch removes the notion of a peer block size and instead sets
the cache line size on the system level.

Previously the size was set per cache, and communicated through the
interconnect. There were plenty checks to ensure that everyone had the
same size specified, and these checks are now removed. Another benefit
that is not yet harnessed is that the cache line size is now known at
construction time, rather than after the port binding. Hence, the
block size can be locally stored and does not have to be queried every
time it is used.

A follow-on patch updates the configuration scripts accordingly.


# 9790:ccc428657233 27-Jun-2013 Akash Bagdia <akash.bagdia@arm.com>

config: Add a system clock command-line option

This patch adds a 'sys_clock' command-line option and use it to assign
clocks to the system during instantiation.

As part of this change, the default clock in the System class is
removed and whenever a system is instantiated a system clock value
must be set. A default value is provided for the command-line option.

The configs and tests are updated accordingly.


# 9524:d6ffa982a68b 15-Feb-2013 Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com>

sim: Add a system-global option to bypass caches

Virtualized CPUs and the fastmem mode of the atomic CPU require direct
access to physical memory. We currently require caches to be disabled
when using them to prevent chaos. This is not ideal when switching
between hardware virutalized CPUs and other CPU models as it would
require a configuration change on each switch. This changeset
introduces a new version of the atomic memory mode,
'atomic_noncaching', where memory accesses are inserted into the
memory system as atomic accesses, but bypass caches.

To make memory mode tests cleaner, the following methods are added to
the System class:

* isAtomicMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'atomic' or 'direct'.
* isTimingMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'timing'.
* bypassCaches() -- True if caches should be bypassed.

The old getMemoryMode() and setMemoryMode() methods should never be
used from the C++ world anymore.


# 9408:10a84dceab25 07-Jan-2013 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

config: Do not use hardcoded physmem in fs script

This patch generalises the address range resolution for the I/O cache
and I/O bridge such that they do not assume a single memory. The patch
involves adding a parameter to the system which is then defined based
on the memories that are to be visible from the I/O subsystem, whether
behind a cache or a bridge.

The change is needed to allow interleaved memory controllers in the
system.


# 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.


# 9313:0ad73254027b 25-Oct-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

dev: Make default clock more reasonable for system and devices

This patch changes the default system clock from 1THz to 1GHz. This
clock is used by all modules that do not override the default (parent
clock), and primarily affects the IO subsystem. Every DMA device uses
its clock to schedule the next transfer, and the change will thus
cause this inter-transfer delay to be longer.

The default clock of the bus is removed, as the clock inherited from
the system provides exactly the same value.

A follow-on patch will bump the stats.


# 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.


# 8931:7a1dfb191e3f 06-Apr-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

MEM: Enable multiple distributed generalized memories

This patch removes the assumption on having on single instance of
PhysicalMemory, and enables a distributed memory where the individual
memories in the system are each responsible for a single contiguous
address range.

All memories inherit from an AbstractMemory that encompasses the basic
behaviuor of a random access memory, and provides untimed access
methods. What was previously called PhysicalMemory is now
SimpleMemory, and a subclass of AbstractMemory. All future types of
memory controllers should inherit from AbstractMemory.

To enable e.g. the atomic CPU and RubyPort to access the now
distributed memory, the system has a wrapper class, called
PhysicalMemory that is aware of all the memories in the system and
their associated address ranges. This class thus acts as an
infinitely-fast bus and performs address decoding for these "shortcut"
accesses. Each memory can specify that it should not be part of the
global address map (used e.g. by the functional memories by some
testers). Moreover, each memory can be configured to be reported to
the OS configuration table, useful for populating ATAG structures, and
any potential ACPI tables.

Checkpointing support currently assumes that all memories have the
same size and organisation when creating and resuming from the
checkpoint. A future patch will enable a more flexible
re-organisation.


# 8839:eeb293859255 13-Feb-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

MEM: Introduce the master/slave port roles in the Python classes

This patch classifies all ports in Python as either Master or Slave
and enforces a binding of master to slave. Conceptually, a master (such
as a CPU or DMA port) issues requests, and receives responses, and
conversely, a slave (such as a memory or a PIO device) receives
requests and sends back responses. Currently there is no
differentiation between coherent and non-coherent masters and slaves.

The classification as master/slave also involves splitting the dual
role port of the bus into a master and slave port and updating all the
system assembly scripts to use the appropriate port. Similarly, the
interrupt devices have to have their int_port split into a master and
slave port. The intdev and its children have minimal changes to
facilitate the extra port.

Note that this patch does not enforce any port typing in the C++
world, it merely ensures that the Python objects have a notion of the
port roles and are connected in an appropriate manner. This check is
carried when two ports are connected, e.g. bus.master =
memory.port. The following patches will make use of the
classifications and specialise the C++ ports into masters and slaves.


# 8799:dac1e33e07b0 28-Jan-2012 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

Merge with the main repo.


# 8798:adaa92be9037 16-Jan-2012 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

Merge yet again with the main repository.


# 8795:0909f8ed7aa0 07-Jan-2012 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

Merge with main repository.


# 8773:ac39e3421c34 30-Oct-2011 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

System: Push boot_cpu_frequency down into the subclasses that actually use it.

This parameter depends on a number of coincidences to work properly. First,
there must be an array assigned to system called "cpu" even though there's no
parameter called that. Second, the items in the "cpu" array have to have a
"clock" parameter which has a "frequency" member. This is true of the normal
CPUs, but isn't true of the memory tester CPUs. This happened to work before
because the memory tester CPUs were only used in SE mode where this parameter
was being excluded. Since everything is being pulled into a common binary,
this won't work any more. Since the boot_cpu_frequency parameter is only used
by Alpha's Linux System object (and Mips's through copy and paste), the
definition of that parameter is moved down to those objects specifically.


# 8769:f95b2a679eb0 30-Oct-2011 Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu>

SE/FS: Make the system object more consistent between SE and FS.


# 8703:f2ac0bca75df 17-Jan-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

MEM: Add the system port as a central access point

The system port is used as a globally reachable access point to the
memory subsystem. The benefit of using an actual port is that the
usual infrastructure is used to resolve any access and thus makes the
overall system able to handle distributed memories in any
configuration, and also makes the accesses agnostic to the address
map. This patch only introduces the port and does not actually use it
for anything.


# 8666:97d873b8b13e 09-Jan-2012 Prakash Ramrakhyani <Prakash.Ramrakhyani@arm.com>

sim: Enable sampling of run-time for code-sections marked using pseudo insts.

This patch adds a mechanism to collect run time samples for specific portions
of a benchmark, using work_begin and work_end pseudo instructions.It also enhances
the histogram stat to report geometric mean.


# 8597:45c9f664a365 20-Oct-2011 Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>

SimObject: add export_method* hooks to export C++ methods to Python

Replace the (broken as of previous changeset) swig_objdecl() method
that allowed/forced you to substitute a whole new C++ struct
definition for SWIG to wrap with a set of export_method* hooks
that let you just declare a set of C++ methods (or other declarations)
that get inserted in the auto-generated struct.

Restore the System get/setMemoryMode methods, and use this mechanism
to specialize SimObject as well, eliminating teh need for sim_object.i.
Needed bits of sim_object.i are moved to the new pyobject.i.
Also sucked a little SimObject specialization into cxx_param_decl()
allowing us to get rid of src/sim/sim_object_params.hh. Now the
generation and wrapping of the base SimObject param struct is more
in line with how derived objects are handled.


# 8596:e6e22fa77883 20-Oct-2011 Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>

scons/swig: refactor some of the scons/SWIG code

- Move the random bits of SWIG code generation out of src/SConscript
file and into methods on the objects being wrapped.
- Cleaned up some variable naming and added some comments to make
the process a little clearer.
- Did a little generated file/module renaming:
- vptype_Foo now Foo_vector
- init_Foo is now Foo_init
This makes it easier to see all the Foo-related files in a
sorted directory listing.
- Made cxx_predecls and swig_predecls normal SimObject classmethods.
- Got rid of swig_objdecls hook, even though this breaks the System
objects get/setMemoryMode method exports. Will be fixing this in
a future changeset.


# 8460:3893d9d2c6c2 10-Jul-2011 Ali Saidi <Ali.Saidi@ARM.com>

O3: Make sure fetch doesn't go off into the weeds during speculation.


# 7914:eee5bb0fb8ea 07-Feb-2011 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

m5: added work completed monitoring support


# 7897:d9e8b1fd1a9f 07-Feb-2011 Joel Hestness <hestness@cs.utexas.edu>

mcpat: Adds McPAT performance counters

Updated patches from Rick Strong's set that modify performance counters for
McPAT


# 7673:b28bd1fa9a35 09-Sep-2010 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

scons: use code_formatter wherever we can in the build system


# 7580:6f77f379a594 23-Aug-2010 Ali Saidi <Ali.Saidi@arm.com>

Loader: Make the load address mask be a parameter of the system rather than a constant.

This allows one two different OS requirements for the same ISA to be handled.
Some OSes are compiled for a virtual address and need to be loaded into physical
memory that starts at address 0, while other bare metal tools generate
images that start at address 0.


# 6654:4c84e771cca7 22-Sep-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

python: Move more code into m5.util allow SCons to use that code.
Get rid of misc.py and just stick misc things in __init__.py
Move utility functions out of SCons files and into m5.util
Move utility type stuff from m5/__init__.py to m5/util/__init__.py
Remove buildEnv from m5 and allow access only from m5.defines
Rename AddToPath to addToPath while we're moving it to m5.util
Rename read_command to readCommand while we're moving it
Rename compare_versions to compareVersions while we're moving it.


# 5820:dad5aad2dc2d 30-Jan-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

Fix typo


# 4859:97c7749896a6 03-Aug-2007 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

python: Improve support for python calling back to C++ member functions.
Add support for declaring SimObjects to swig so their members can be wrapped.
Make sim_object.i only contain declarations for SimObject.
Create system.i to contain declarations for System.
Update python code to properly call the C++ given the new changes.


# 4597:063f25d13229 20-Jun-2007 Nathan Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu>

Make sure all parameters have default values if they're
supposed to and make sure parameters have the right type.
Also make sure that any object that should be an intermediate
type has the right options set.


# 4486:aaeb03a8a6e1 27-May-2007 Nathan Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu>

Move SimObject python files alongside the C++ and fix
the SConscript files so that only the objects that are
actually available in a given build are compiled in.
Remove a bunch of files that aren't used anymore.