History log of /gem5/tests/configs/tgen-simple-mem.py
Revision Date Author Comments
# 11516:12928a51616a 02-Jun-2016 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

tests: Remove working dir assumption in tgen tests

The traffic generator tests currently assume that they are run from
the root of the source directory. This sometimes breaks tests when
they are run using the new test framework.

Change-Id: I6538a7902694c5d2c980295e076ea1c09acc4291
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>


# 10996:d48fda705f4d 04-Aug-2015 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

mem: Move trace functionality from the CommMonitor to a probe

This changeset moves the access trace functionality from the
CommMonitor into a separate probe. The probe can be hooked up to any
component that exports probe points of the type ProbePoints::Packet.

This patch moves the dependency on Google's Protocol Buffers library
from the CommMonitor to the MemTraceProbe, which means that the
CommMonitor (including stack distance profiling) no long depends on
it.


# 10995:a114e2712642 04-Aug-2015 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

mem: Redesign the stack distance calculator as a probe

This changeset removes the stack distance calculator hooks from the
CommMonitor class and implements a stack distance calculator as a
memory system probe instead. The probe can be hooked up to any
component that exports probe points of the type ProbePoints::Packet.


# 10720:67b3e74de9ae 02-Mar-2015 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

mem: Move crossbar default latencies to subclasses

This patch introduces a few subclasses to the CoherentXBar and
NoncoherentXBar to distinguish the different uses in the system. We
use the crossbar in a wide range of places: interfacing cores to the
L2, as a system interconnect, connecting I/O and peripherals,
etc. Needless to say, these crossbars have very different performance,
and the clock frequency alone is not enough to distinguish these
scenarios.

Instead of trying to capture every possible case, this patch
introduces dedicated subclasses for the three primary use-cases:
L2XBar, SystemXBar and IOXbar. More can be added if needed, and the
defaults can be overridden.


# 10616:6d4da9dc90a1 23-Dec-2014 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

tests: Add a regression for the stack distance calculator

Re-use the existing traffic generator regression, and enable the stack
distance calculation in the comm monitor, along with the verification
stack.

The traffic generator config is also tuned to not increase the
run-time too much (and actually have some address re-use).


# 10405:7a618c07e663 20-Sep-2014 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

mem: Rename Bus to XBar to better reflect its behaviour

This patch changes the name of the Bus classes to XBar to better
reflect the actual timing behaviour. The actual instances in the
config scripts are not renamed, and remain as e.g. iobus or membus.

As part of this renaming, the code has also been clean up slightly,
making use of range-based for loops and tidying up some comments. The
only changes outside the bus/crossbar code is due to the delay
variables in the packet.


# 10189:94d6ffac1e9b 09-May-2014 Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@ARM.com>

mem: Auto-generate CommMonitor trace file names

Splits the CommMonitor trace_file parameter into three parameters. Previously,
the trace was only enabled if the trace_file parameter was set, and would be
written to this file. This patch adds in a trace_enable and trace_compress
parameter to the CommMonitor.

No trace is generated if trace_enable is set to False. If it is set to True, the
trace is written to a file based on the name of the SimObject in the simulation
hierarchy. For example, system.cluster.il1_commmonitor.trc. This filename can be
overridden by additionally specifying a file name to the trace_file parameter
(more on this later).

The trace_compress parameter will append .gz to any filename if set to True.
This enables compression of the generated traces. If the file name already ends
in .gz, then no changes are made.

The trace_file parameter will override the name set by the trace_enable
parameter. In the case that the specified name does not end in .gz but
trace_compress is set to true, .gz is appended to the supplied file name.


# 9827:f47274776aa0 19-Aug-2013 Akash Bagdia <akash.bagdia@arm.com>

power: Add voltage domains to the clock domains

This patch adds the notion of voltage domains, and groups clock
domains that operate under the same voltage (i.e. power supply) into
domains. Each clock domain is required to be associated with a voltage
domain, and the latter requires the voltage to be explicitly set.

A voltage domain is an independently controllable voltage supply being
provided to section of the design. Thus, if you wish to perform
dynamic voltage scaling on a CPU, its clock domain should be
associated with a separate voltage domain.

The current implementation of the voltage domain does not take into
consideration cases where there are derived voltage domains running at
ratio of native voltage domains, as with the case where there can be
on-chip buck/boost (charge pumps) voltage regulation logic.

The regression and configuration scripts are updated with a generic
voltage domain for the system, and one for the CPUs.


# 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.


# 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.


# 9788:5558ee8dd7d9 27-Jun-2013 Akash Bagdia <akash.bagdia@arm.com>

config: Remove redundant explicit setting of default clocks

This patch removes the explicit setting of the clock period for
certain instances of CoherentBus, NonCoherentBus and IOCache where the
specified clock is same as the default value of the system clock. As
all the values used are the defaults, there are no performance
changes. There are similar cases where the toL2Bus is set to use the
parent CPU clock which is already the default behaviour.

The main motivation for these simplifications is to ease the
introduction of clock domains.


# 9402:f6e3c60f04e5 07-Jan-2013 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

cpu: Add support for protobuf input for the trace generator

This patch adds support for reading input traces encoded using
protobuf according to what is done in the CommMonitor.

A follow-up patch adds a Python script that can be used to convert the
previously used ASCII traces to protobuf equivalents. The appropriate
regression input is updated as part of this patch.


# 9398:6a348f61220c 07-Jan-2013 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

mem: Add tracing support in the communication monitor

This patch adds packet tracing to the communication monitor using a
protobuf as the mechanism for creating the trace.

If no file is specified, then the tracing is disabled. If a file is
specified, then for every packet that is successfully sent, a protobuf
message is serialized to the file.


# 9242:256143419b40 21-Sep-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

TrafficGen: Add a basic traffic generator regression

This patch adds a basic regression for the traffic generator. The
regression also serves as an example of the file formats used. More
complex regressions that make use of a DRAM controller model will
follow shortly.