`get_runtime_isa()` has been deprecated for some time. It is a leftover
piece of code from when gem5 was compiled to a single ISA and that ISA
used to configure the simulated system to use that ISA. Since multi-ISA
compilations are possible, `get_runtime_isa()` should not be used.
Unless the gem5 binary is compiled to a single ISA, a failure will
occur.
The new proceedure for specify which ISA to use is by the setting of the
correct `BaseCPU` implementation. E.g., `X86SimpleTimingCPU` of
`ArmO3CPU`.
This patch removes the remaining `get_runtime_isa()` instances and
removes the function itself. The `SimpleCore` class has been updated to
allow for it's CPU factory to return a class, needed by scripts in
"configs/common".
The deprecated functionality in the standard library, which allowed for
the specifying of an ISA when setting up a processor and/or core has
also been removed. Setting an ISA is now manditory.
Fixes#216.
The TARGET_ISA variable would let you select one ISA from a list of
possible ISAs. That has now been replaced with USE_ARM_ISA, USE_X86_ISA,
etc, variables which are boolean on or off. That will allow any number
of ISAs to be enabled or disabled individually. Enabling something other
than exactly one of these will probably prevent you from getting a
working gem5 binary, but those problems are being addressed in other,
parallel change series.
I decided to use the USE_ prefix since it was consistent with most other
on/off variables we have in gem5. One noteable exception is the
BUILD_GPU setting which, you could convincingly argue, is a better
prefix than USE_. Another option would be to use CONFIG_, in
anticipation of using a kconfig style config mechanism in gem5.
It seemed premature to start using a CONFIG_ prefix here, and if we
decide to switch to some other prefix like BUILD_, it should be a
purposeful choice and not something somebody just starts using.
Change-Id: I90fef2835aa4712782e6c1313fbf564d0ed45538
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/52491
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabe.black@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
The workload object is still optional for the sake of compatibility,
even though it probably shouldn't be in the long term. If a simulation
is just a collection of components with nothing in particular running on
it, for instance driven by a traffic generator, should it even have a
System object in the first place?
Change-Id: I8bcda72bdfa3730248226fb62f0bba9a83243d95
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/33278
Reviewed-by: Matthew Poremba <matthew.poremba@amd.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Make the actual controller more generic
- Rename DRAMCtrl to MemCtrl
- Rename DRAMacket to MemPacket
- Rename dram_ctrl.cc to mem_ctrl.cc
- Rename dram_ctrl.hh to mem_ctrl.hh
- Create MemCtrl debug flag
Move the memory interface classes/functions to separate files
- mem_interface.cc
- mem_interface.hh
Change-Id: I1acba44c855776343e205e7733a7d8bbba92a82c
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/31654
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Made DRAMCtrl a ClockedObject, with DRAMInterface
defined as an AbstractMemory. The address
ranges are now defined per interface. Currently
the model only includes a DRAMInterface but this
can be expanded for other media types.
The controller object includes a parameter to the
interface, which is setup when gem5 is configured.
Change-Id: I6a368b845d574a713c7196c5671188ca8c1dc5e8
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/28968
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
The EIOProcess class was removed recently and it was the only other class
which derived from Process. Since every Process invocation is also a
LiveProcess invocation, it makes sense to simplify the organization by
combining the fields from LiveProcess into Process.
Names of DRAM configurations were updated to reflect both
the channel and device data width.
Previous naming format was:
<DEVICE_TYPE>_<DATA_RATE>_<CHANNEL_WIDTH>
The following nomenclature is now used:
<DEVICE_TYPE>_<DATA_RATE>_<n>x<w>
where n = The number of devices per rank on the channel
x = Device width
Total channel width can be calculated by n*w
Example:
A 64-bit DDR4, 2400 channel consisting of 4-bit devices:
n = 16
w = 4
The resulting configuration name is:
DDR4_2400_16x4
Updated scripts to match new naming convention.
Added unique configurations for DDR4 for:
1) 16x4
2) 8x8
3) 4x16
Change-Id: Ibd7f763b7248835c624309143cb9fc29d56a69d1
Reviewed-by: Radhika Jagtap <radhika.jagtap@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Continue along the same line as the recent patch that made the
Ruby-related config scripts Python packages and make also the
configs/common directory a package.
All affected config scripts are updated (hopefully).
Note that this change makes it apparent that the current organisation
and naming of the config directory and its subdirectories is rather
chaotic. We mix scripts that are directly invoked with scripts that
merely contain convenience functions. While it is not addressed in
this patch we should follow up with a re-organisation of the
config structure, and renaming of some of the packages.
Added a new directory in configs (learning_gem5) to hold the scripts that are
used in the book. See http://lowepower.com/jason/learning_gem5/ for a working
copy. For now, only the scripts in Part 1: Getting started with gem5
have been added. A separate patch adds tests for these scripts.
Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
