Major changes to how SimObjects are created and initialized. Almost all

creation and initialization now happens in python.  Parameter objects
are generated and initialized by python.  The .ini file is now solely for
debugging purposes and is not used in construction of the objects in any
way.

--HG--
extra : convert_revision : 7e722873e417cb3d696f2e34c35ff488b7bff4ed

src/dev/uart.hh

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "base/range.hh"
 #include "dev/io_device.hh"
+#include "params/Uart.hh"
 
 class SimConsole;
 class Platform;
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ class Platform;
 const int RX_INT = 0x1;
 const int TX_INT = 0x2;
 
-
 class Uart : public BasicPioDevice
 {
 
@@ -54,28 +54,25 @@ class Uart : public BasicPioDevice
     SimConsole *cons;
 
   public:
-    struct Params : public BasicPioDevice::Params
-    {
-        SimConsole *cons;
-    };
+    typedef UartParams Params;
+    Uart(const Params *p);
 
-    Uart(Params *p);
+    const Params *
+    params() const
+    {
+        return dynamic_cast<const Params *>(_params);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Inform the uart that there is data available.
      */
     virtual void dataAvailable() = 0;
 
-
     /**
      * Return if we have an interrupt pending
      * @return interrupt status
      */
     bool intStatus() { return status ? true : false; }
-
-  protected:
-    const Params *params() const {return (const Params *)_params; }
-
 };
 
 #endif // __UART_HH__