Through working with the gem5 stdlib there have been instances where
connecting the memory, processor, and cache hierarchy to the board (via
the AbstractBoard's `_connect_things` function) at the point of the
AbstractBoard's construction is problematic as the memory, processor,
and cache hierarchy may require information to connect correctly that is
only known to the AbstractBoard after construction. In particular this
can occur when a Workload contains information needed to configure
correctly.
To resolve this problem the `_connect_things` function has been moved to
run as a pre-initialization step. That is, run immediately before
`m5.instantiate`. This is done in the Simulator module.
This will break cases where a user utilizes the stdlib AbstractBoard but
does not use the stdlib Simulator module. As such, an Exception is
raised in these cases explaining the fix to the user. This is done via a
hack where the boards' `createCCObject` function (inheritted
from SimObject) is overriden with a check to ensure `_connect_things`
has been run. To fix the `_pre_instantiate` function must be executed
prior to `m5.instantiate` in the Python configuration script. Test and
config scripts in the gem5 repo have been updated accordingly.
Change-Id: Ibaef36eb7433ce104b861b1da80fc600f08f715a
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/65051
Maintainer: Bobby Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
The main restriction with this design is it results in one ISA target
per board. The ISA is declared per core. To make the design simpler it's
assumed a Processor (a collection of cores) are all of the same ISA. As
each board has one processor, this also means a board is typically tied
to one ISA per simulation.
In order to remain backwards compatible and maintain the standard
library APIs, this patch adds a `--main-isa` parameter which will
determine what `gem5.runtime.get_runtime_isa` returns in cases where
mutliple ISAs are compiled in. When setting the ISA in a simulation (via
the Processor or Cores), the user may, as before, choose not to and, in
this case, the `gem5.runtime.get_runtime_isa` function is used.
The `gem5.runtime.get_runtime_isa` function is an intermediate step
which should be removed in future versions of gem5 (users should specify
precisely what ISA they want via configuration scripts). For this reason
it throws a warning when used and should not be heavily relied upon. It
is deprecated.
Change-Id: Ia76541bfa9a5a4b6b86401309281849b49dc724b
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/55423
Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabe.black@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabe.black@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
The SPEC2006 and SPEC2017 example configs require the passing of SPEC
disk image to function correctly. Prior to this commit a root partition
parameter was required. However, disk images don't necessarily have
partitions. In this case an empty string needed passed.
This patch makes the root partition parameter optional. If a disk image
does not have a root partition, it does not need specified.
Change-Id: Ic0093c70c72ab83ffaca54c8ad24245d84a5e5ba
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/53846
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
This CustomResource can be used to specify a custom, local disk image.
It allows the user to specify the disk root partition parameter
considerably easier than when setting a disk image through a
CustomResource.
Change-Id: I8189ad065124d028aea9fab1c7f07108aa4ce6d5
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/53844
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
