scons: Use an external script to generate param struct headers.

Change-Id: I633537f2b7542350895e50fe79dd80c88a811a41
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/49424
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>

build_tools/sim_object_param_struct_hh.py

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+# Copyright 2021 Google, Inc.
+#
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+
+import argparse
+import importlib
+import os.path
+import sys
+
+import importer
+
+from code_formatter import code_formatter
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('modpath', help='module the simobject belongs to')
+parser.add_argument('param_hh', help='parameter header file to generate')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+basename = os.path.basename(args.param_hh)
+sim_object_name = os.path.splitext(basename)[0]
+
+importer.install()
+module = importlib.import_module(args.modpath)
+sim_object = getattr(module, sim_object_name)
+
+code = code_formatter()
+sim_object.cxx_param_decl(code)
+code.write(args.param_hh)