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/python/m5/ticks.py

@@ -28,14 +28,12 @@
 
 import sys
 
-import convert
-import internal
-
 tps = 1.0e12         # default to 1 THz (1 Tick == 1 ps)
 tps_fixed = False    # once set to true, can't be changed
 
 # fix the global frequency and tell C++ about it
 def fixGlobalFrequency():
+    import internal
     global tps, tps_fixed
     if not tps_fixed:
         tps_fixed = True
@@ -43,6 +41,8 @@ def fixGlobalFrequency():
         print "Global frequency set at %d ticks per second" % int(tps)
 
 def setGlobalFrequency(ticksPerSecond):
+    import convert
+
     global tps, tps_fixed
 
     if tps_fixed: