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Gabe Black	6687265fe2	cpu: Delete authors lists from the cpu directory. Change-Id: Icfba8e23b5f6820a6ddefe1a50abbe5f8825b7b5 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/25444 Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>	2020-02-17 21:51:23 +00:00
Andreas Sandberg	326662b01b	arch, cpu: Factor out the ExecContext into a proper base class We currently generate and compile one version of the ISA code per CPU model. This is obviously wasting a lot of resources at compile time. This changeset factors out the interface into a separate ExecContext class, which also serves as documentation for the interface between CPUs and the ISA code. While doing so, this changeset also fixes up interface inconsistencies between the different CPU models. The main argument for using one set of ISA code per CPU model has always been performance as this avoid indirect branches in the generated code. However, this argument does not hold water. Booting Linux on a simulated ARM system running in atomic mode (opt/10.linux-boot/realview-simple-atomic) is actually 2% faster (compiled using clang 3.4) after applying this patch. Additionally, compilation time is decreased by 35%.	2014-09-03 07:42:22 -04:00

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Gabe Black

6687265fe2

cpu: Delete authors lists from the cpu directory.

Change-Id: Icfba8e23b5f6820a6ddefe1a50abbe5f8825b7b5
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/25444
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>

2020-02-17 21:51:23 +00:00

Andreas Sandberg

326662b01b

arch, cpu: Factor out the ExecContext into a proper base class

We currently generate and compile one version of the ISA code per CPU
model. This is obviously wasting a lot of resources at compile
time. This changeset factors out the interface into a separate
ExecContext class, which also serves as documentation for the
interface between CPUs and the ISA code. While doing so, this
changeset also fixes up interface inconsistencies between the
different CPU models.

The main argument for using one set of ISA code per CPU model has
always been performance as this avoid indirect branches in the
generated code. However, this argument does not hold water. Booting
Linux on a simulated ARM system running in atomic mode
(opt/10.linux-boot/realview-simple-atomic) is actually 2% faster
(compiled using clang 3.4) after applying this patch. Additionally,
compilation time is decreased by 35%.

2014-09-03 07:42:22 -04:00

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