Andreas Sandberg 7c21795304 mem: Add a helper function to get a word of variable length
There are many devices that need to handle reads/writes of different
word sizes. A common pattern is a switch statement that check for the
size of a packet and then calls the corresponding
Packet::(get|set)<uintXX_t> methods. Simplify this by implementing
Packet::(get|set)UintX helper functions.

The getter reads a word of the size specified in the packet and the
specified endianness. The word is then zero-extended to 64
bits. Conversely, the setter truncates the word down to the size
required in the packet and then byte-swaps it to the desired
endianness.

Change-Id: I2f0c27fe3903abf3859bea13b07c7f5f0fb0809f
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/9761
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-04-17 08:45:12 +00:00
2017-03-01 11:58:37 +00:00

This is the gem5 simulator.

The main website can be found at http://www.gem5.org

A good starting point is http://www.gem5.org/Introduction, and for
more information about building the simulator and getting started
please see http://www.gem5.org/Documentation and
http://www.gem5.org/Tutorials.

To build gem5, you will need the following software: g++ or clang,
Python (gem5 links in the Python interpreter), SCons, SWIG, zlib, m4,
and lastly protobuf if you want trace capture and playback
support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/Dependencies for more details
concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools.

Once you have all dependencies resolved, type 'scons
build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one of ALPHA, ARM, NULL, MIPS,
POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version of the gem5
binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture. See
http://www.gem5.org/Build_System for more details and options.

With the simulator built, have a look at
http://www.gem5.org/Running_gem5 for more information on how to use
gem5.

The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
   - configs: example simulation configuration scripts
   - ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5
   - src: source code of the gem5 simulator
   - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems
   - tests: regression tests
   - util: useful utility programs and files

To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware
(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk
images. Please see the gem5 download page for these items at
http://www.gem5.org/Download

If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org

Enjoy using gem5 and please share your modifications and extensions.
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