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Change-Id: Ia8bd55ab46dca7f0eef533c0c3b7da1fe4c84cc9
Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
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Jason Lowe-Power
2024-06-26 15:09:27 -07:00
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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ If only one simulation specified in the config needs run, you can do so with:
```sh
<gem5 binary> <config script> --list # Lists the simulations by ID
<gem5 binaruy> <config script> <ID> # Run the simulation with the specified ID.
<gem5 binary> <config script> <ID> # Run the simulation with the specified ID.
```
Example scripts of using MultiSim can be found in "configs/example/gem5_library/multisim".
@@ -75,14 +75,38 @@ Example scripts of using MultiSim can be found in "configs/example/gem5_library/
### RISC-V Vector Extension Support
**@powerjg : Can you add some details here?**
There have been significant improvements to the RVV support in gem5 including
### Scatter
* Fixed viota (#1137)
* Fixed vrgather (#1134)
* Added RVV FP16 support (#1123)
* Fixed widening and narrowing instructions (#1079)
* Fixed bug in vfmv.f.s (#863)
* Add unit stride segment loads and stores (#851) (#913)
* Fix vl in masked load/store (#830)
* Add unit-stride loads (#794)
* Fix many RVV instructions (#814) (#805) (#715)
**@powerjg : Can you add some details here?**
### General RISC-V bugfixes
* Fixed problem in TLB lookup (#1264)
* Fixed sign-extended branch target (#1173)
* Fixed compressed jump instructions (#1163)
* Fixed GDB connection (#1152)
* Fixed CSR behavior (#1099)
* Add Integer conditional operations Zicond (#1078)
* Add RISC-V Semihosting support (#681)
* Added more detailed instruction types (#589)
* Fixed 32-bit m5op arguments (#900)
* Fixed c.fswsp and c.fsw (#998) (#1005)
* Update PLIC implementation (#886)
* Fix fflags behavior in O3 (#868)
* Add support for local interrupts (#813)
* Removebit 63 of physical address (#756)
## Improvements
* Added an new generator which can generate requests based on [spatter](https://github.com/hpcgarage/spatter) patterns.
* KVM is now supported in the gem5 Standard Library ARM Board.
* Generic Cache template added to the Standard Library: https://github.com/gem5/gem5/pull/745
* Support added for partitioning caches.