This change updates the API in the component library for setting the
size of memory. Now, you can set the size of the memory system as an
argument to the memory object. Then, the board is responsible for
figuring out what the overall memory ranges should be which it
communicates back to the memory system.
This should make multi-channel memories easier to implement and it fixes
some confusion around things like the HiFive platform starting at
0x8000000.
Change-Id: Ibef5aafbbb1177a992950cdc2bd2634dcfb81eec
Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/49348
Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
The purpose of the gem5 components library is to provide gem5 users a
standard set of common and useful gem5 components pre-built to add to
their experiments. The gem5 components library adopts a modular
architecture design with the goal of components being easy to add and
remove from designs, and extendable as needed. E.g., any Memory system
should be interchangable with any other, and if not a helpful error
messages should be raised.
Examples of using the gem5 components library can be found in
`configs/example/components-library`.
Important Disclaimer:
This is a pre-alpha release of the gem5 components library. The purpose
of this release is to get some community feedback on this new component
of gem5. Though some testing has been done, we expect regular fixes and
improvements until this is in a stable state.
The components library has been formatted with Python Black; typing has
been checked with MyPy; and the library has been tested with the scripts
in `configs/example/components-libary`. More rigorous tests are to be
added in future revisions.
More detailed documentation will appear in future revisions.
Jira Ticket outlining TODOs and known bugs can be found here:
https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-648
Change-Id: I3492ec4a6d8c59ffbae899ce8e87ab4ffb92b976
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/47466
Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
