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README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 de.uni-kl.ems.dram.vp.system
 ============================
 
-Generic DRAM controller simulator and debug tools related to it.
+Generic DRAM controller simulator and related tools.
 
 ## Basic Setup
 
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ In a terminal window execute the commands that follow.
 
 Go to your home directory.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ cd
 ```
 
 Create a directory for your projects.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ mkdir projects
 ```
 
 Clone the repository.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ git clone --recursive https://<user>@git.rhrk.uni-kl.de/EIT-Wehn/dram.vp.system.git
 ```
 
@@ -29,25 +29,25 @@ The *--recursive* flag tells git to initialize all submodules within the
 repository. **DRAMPower** and **tinyxml** are examples third party
 repositories that were embedded within the source tree as submodules.
 
-It is possible to work with a **fork** of the official codebase. A fork is a
-copy of a repository. In that case, after pushing changes into your copy you
-should create a **pull request** in order to your supervisor check and
-possibly bring your changes to the official codebase.
+It is possible to work with a copy of the official codebase. The copy is
+called **fork**. In that case, after pushing changes into your fork you should
+create a **pull request** in order to your supervisor check and possibly bring
+your changes to the official codebase.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ git clone --recursive https://<user>@git.rhrk.uni-kl.de/<user>/dram.vp.system.git
 ```
 
 After cloning go to the project directory.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ cd dram.vp.system
 ```
 
 ### With QTCreator
 Execute the *QTCreator*.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ qtcreator &
 ```
 
@@ -62,13 +62,25 @@ Repeat the procedure above and build the trace analyser project.
 
 **File -> Open Project -> dram.vp.sys/analyser/analyser/traceAnalizer.pro**
 
+To speedup the building process one can use the additional **make** option
+**-j[jobs]**. The command line below returns a good number to be passed to
+make as the number of jobs that can run simultaneously to improve the building
+time.
+
+``` bash
+$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l
+```
+
+In the left bar go to **Projects -> Build & Run -> Build Steps -> Make**.
+Click in **Details** then **Make arguments** and add **-j** followed by the
+number you got.
 
 ### Without QTCreator
 
 In case you prefer a command line interface to the QTCreator GUI you can also
 use **qmake** to generate a Makefile and then compile the project.
 
-```
+``` bash
 $ cd dram
 $ mkdir build
 $ cd build
@@ -84,7 +96,7 @@ passed through the command line a default configuration file will be loaded.
 
 The XML code below shows a typic configuration:
 
-```
+``` xml
 <simulation>
 
     <simconfig>
@@ -153,7 +165,7 @@ Below are listed the configuration sections and configuration fields.
   The file [am_wideio.xml](dram/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_wideio.xml) is
   a good example.
 
-  ```
+  ``` xml
   <addressmapping>
       <channel from="27" to="28"/>
       <row     from="14" to="26"/>		
@@ -165,9 +177,7 @@ Below are listed the configuration sections and configuration fields.
 
   ![Address Mapping Sample 1](docs/images/am_sample1.png)
 
-  ![Address Mapping Sample 1 svg file](docs/images/am_sample1.svg)
-
-  ```
+  ``` xml
   <addressmapping>
       <channel from="27" to="28"/>
       <column  from="20" to="26"/>
@@ -179,19 +189,17 @@ Below are listed the configuration sections and configuration fields.
 
   ![Address Mapping Sample 2](docs/images/am_sample2.png)
 
-  ![Address Mapping Sample 2 svg file](docs/images/am_sample2.svg)
-
 - **Memory Configuration**
 
   The content of [fifo.xml](dram/resources/configs/memconfigs/fifo.xml) is
   presented below as an example.
 
-  ```
+  ``` xml
   <memconfig>
     <BankwiseLogic value="0"/>
     <OpenPagePolicy value="1"/>
     <MaxNrOfTransactions value="8"/>
-    <Scheduler value="FR_FCFS"/>
+    <Scheduler value="FIFO_STRICT"/>
     <Capsize value="5"/>
     <PowerDownMode value="TimeoutSREF"/>
     <PowerDownTimeout value="100"/>
@@ -203,7 +211,7 @@ Below are listed the configuration sections and configuration fields.
   ```
 
   - *BankwiseLogic* (boolean)
-    - "1": perform bankwise operations such as refresh and powerdown
+    - "1": perform bankwise operations such as bankwise-refresh and bankwise-powerdown
     - "0": do not perform bankwise operations
   - *OpenPagePolicy* (boolean)
     - "1": use open page precharge policy
@@ -224,11 +232,11 @@ Below are listed the configuration sections and configuration fields.
   - *Buswidth* (unsigned int)
     - Bus width in bits.
   - *ReadWriteGrouping* (boolean)
-    - "1":
-    - "0":
+    - "1": enable read writing grouping
+    - "0": disable read writing grouping
   - *ReorderBuffer* (boolean)
-    - "1":
-    - "0":
+    - "1": use reordering buffer
+    - "0": do not use reordering buffer
   - *ErrorChipSeed* (unsigned int)
     - Seed to initialize the random error generator.
   - *ErrorCSVFile* (string)
@@ -238,6 +246,9 @@ Below are listed the configuration sections and configuration fields.
     - "Store": store data without error model
     - "ErrorModel": store data with error model
 
+[1]: http://google.com
+[2]: http://google.com
+
 - **Trace setups**
   - *id*
   - *clkMhz*
@@ -248,7 +259,7 @@ knowhow of memory technologies or some knowledge of the simulator source code.
 Some resources of the simulator are available in the **resources** directory
 its sub-directories.
 
-```
+``` xml
 $ cd /projects/dram.vp.system/dram/resources
 ```