Using mechanisms added in previous CLs, this change modifies the m5
utility so that it can use any of the back ends enabled and implemented
by each variant, defaulting to one particular implementation if not is
selected explicitly.
On x86, the default mechanism is the magic address. All other variants
default to the magic instruction since they don't have a well
established address to use or even in most cases an implementation to
use.
The ability to override the particular magic address the utility wants
to use (necessary on variants such as aarch64) will be added in a future
CL.
Change-Id: I5fc414740e30759e7dde719cddcc8d5d41f8cc74
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/27242
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Pouya Fotouhi <pfotouhi@ucdavis.edu>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
These are currently specific to aarch64, but will be expanded to cover
all other versions of the utility as well.
The intention of these new files is to centralize the build mechanism
for the different versions of the utility so that they have consistent
features, mechanisms, and targets, and so that new features will
automatically be shared by all versions without having to be implemented
in each.
This also sets up a separate build directory which will keep the source
tree clean, and will (with some more development) make it possible to
build multiple versions of the m5 utility at the same time without them
running into each other.
Change-Id: I10018eef6beb4af30a8d3bbab8b82cabd2b3f22c
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/27213
Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
