Ability to specify a different resource folder

DRAMSys/simulator/main.cpp

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <systemc.h>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#include <ctime>
 
 #include "DRAMSys.h"
 #include "TraceSetup.h"
@@ -61,16 +62,27 @@ int sc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     sc_set_time_resolution(1, SC_PS);
 
-    // Get path of resources:
-    resources = pathOfFile(argv[0])
-                + string("/../../DRAMSys/library/resources/");
 
     string SimulationXML;
-    if (argc > 1) {
-        SimulationXML = argv[1];
-    } else {
+    // Run only with default config (ddr-example.xml):
+    if (argc == 1) {
+        // Get path of resources:
+        resources = pathOfFile(argv[0])
+                    + string("/../../DRAMSys/library/resources/");
         SimulationXML = resources + "simulations/ddr3-example.xml";
     }
+    // Run with specific config but default resource folders:
+    else if (argc == 2) {
+        // Get path of resources:
+        resources = pathOfFile(argv[0])
+                    + string("/../../DRAMSys/library/resources/");
+        SimulationXML = argv[1];
+    }
+    // Run with spefific config and specific resource folder:
+    else if (argc == 3) {
+        SimulationXML = argv[1];
+        resources = argv[2];
+    }
 
     std::vector<TracePlayer *> players;
 

README.md

@@ -182,6 +182,16 @@ $ cd simulator
 $ ./DRAMSys
 ```
 
+To run DRAMSys with a specific config:
+```bash
+$ ./DRAMSys ../../DRAMSys/library/resources/simulations/ddr3-example.xml
+```
+
+To run DRAMSys with a specific config and a resource folder somewhere else to the standard:
+```bash
+$ ./DRAMSys ../../DRAMSys/tests/example_ddr3/simulations/ddr3-example.xml ../../DRAMSys/tests/example_ddr3/
+```
+
 From the build directory use the commands below to execute the traceAnalyzer.
 
 ```bash