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Nilay Vaish
3022d463fb ruby: interface with classic memory controller
This patch is the final in the series.  The whole series and this patch in
particular were written with the aim of interfacing ruby's directory controller
with the memory controller in the classic memory system.  This is being done
since ruby's memory controller has not being kept up to date with the changes
going on in DRAMs.  Classic's memory controller is more up to date and
supports multiple different types of DRAM.  This also brings classic and
ruby ever more close.  The patch also changes ruby's memory controller to
expose the same interface.
2014-11-06 05:42:21 -06:00
Nilay Vaish
95a0b18431 ruby: single physical memory in fs mode
Both ruby and the system used to maintain memory copies.  With the changes
carried for programmed io accesses, only one single memory is required for
fs simulations.  This patch sets the copy of memory that used to reside
with the system to null, so that no space is allocated, but address checks
can still be carried out.  All the memory accesses now source and sink values
to the memory maintained by ruby.
2014-11-06 05:41:44 -06:00
Nilay Vaish
b5cc4c7604 config: ruby: rename _cpu_ruby_ports to _cpu_ports 2014-03-20 09:14:14 -05:00
Nilay Vaish
d5b5d89b34 config: remove ruby_fs.py
The patch removes the ruby_fs.py file.  The functionality is being moved to
fs.py.  This would being ruby fs simulations in line with how ruby se
simulations are started (using --ruby option).  The alpha fs config functions
are being combined for classing and ruby memory systems.  This required
renaming the piobus in ruby to iobus.  So, we will have stats being renamed
in the stats file for ruby fs regression.
2014-03-20 08:03:09 -05:00
Nilay Vaish
7e27860ef4 ruby: route all packets through ruby port
Currently, the interrupt controller in x86 is connected to the io bus
directly.  Therefore the packets between the io devices and the interrupt
controller do not go through ruby.  This patch changes ruby port so that
these packets arrive at the ruby port first, which then routes them to their
destination.  Note that the patch does not make these packets go through the
ruby network.  That would happen in a subsequent patch.
2014-02-23 19:16:16 -06:00
Andreas Hansson
49d88f08b0 mem: Change AbstractMemory defaults to match the common case
This patch changes the default parameter value of conf_table_reported
to match the common case. It also simplifies the regression and config
scripts to reflect this change.
2013-08-19 03:52:33 -04:00
Akash Bagdia
e7e17f92db power: Add voltage domains to the clock domains
This patch adds the notion of voltage domains, and groups clock
domains that operate under the same voltage (i.e. power supply) into
domains. Each clock domain is required to be associated with a voltage
domain, and the latter requires the voltage to be explicitly set.

A voltage domain is an independently controllable voltage supply being
provided to section of the design. Thus, if you wish to perform
dynamic voltage scaling on a CPU, its clock domain should be
associated with a separate voltage domain.

The current implementation of the voltage domain does not take into
consideration cases where there are derived voltage domains running at
ratio of native voltage domains, as with the case where there can be
on-chip buck/boost (charge pumps) voltage regulation logic.

The regression and configuration scripts are updated with a generic
voltage domain for the system, and one for the CPUs.
2013-08-19 03:52:28 -04:00
Andreas Hansson
a8480fe1c3 config: Move the memory instantiation outside FSConfig
This patch moves the instantiation of the memory controller outside
FSConfig and instead relies on the mem_ranges to pass the information
to the caller (e.g. fs.py or one of the regression scripts). The main
motivation for this change is to expose the structural composition of
the memory system and allow more tuning and configuration without
adding a large number of options to the makeSystem functions.

The patch updates the relevant example scripts to maintain the current
functionality. As the order that ports are connected to the memory bus
changes (in certain regresisons), some bus stats are shuffled
around. For example, what used to be layer 0 is now layer 1.

Going forward, options will be added to support the addition of
multi-channel memory controllers.
2013-08-19 03:52:27 -04:00
Nilay Vaish
af58313fd6 regressions: update a couple of configs
The configs for pc-simple-timing-ruby, t1000-simple-atomic had not been
updated correctly in the patch 6e6cefc1db1f.
2013-07-02 10:10:58 -05:00
Akash Bagdia
7d7ab73862 sim: Add the notion of clock domains to all ClockedObjects
This patch adds the notion of source- and derived-clock domains to the
ClockedObjects. As such, all clock information is moved to the clock
domain, and the ClockedObjects are grouped into domains.

The clock domains are either source domains, with a specific clock
period, or derived domains that have a parent domain and a divider
(potentially chained). For piece of logic that runs at a derived clock
(a ratio of the clock its parent is running at) the necessary derived
clock domain is created from its corresponding parent clock
domain. For now, the derived clock domain only supports a divider,
thus ensuring a lower speed compared to its parent. Multiplier
functionality implies a PLL logic that has not been modelled yet
(create a separate clock instead).

The clock domains should be used as a mechanism to provide a
controllable clock source that affects clock for every clocked object
lying beneath it. The clock of the domain can (in a future patch) be
controlled by a handler responsible for dynamic frequency scaling of
the respective clock domains.

All the config scripts have been retro-fitted with clock domains. For
the System a default SrcClockDomain is created. For CPUs that run at a
different speed than the system, there is a seperate clock domain
created. This domain incorporates the CPU and the associated
caches. As before, Ruby runs under its own clock domain.

The clock period of all domains are pre-computed, such that no virtual
functions or multiplications are needed when calling
clockPeriod. Instead, the clock period is pre-computed when any
changes occur. For this to be possible, each clock domain tracks its
children.
2013-06-27 05:49:49 -04:00
Andreas Hansson
3bc4ecdcb4 mem: More descriptive DRAM config names
This patch changes the class names of the variuos DRAM configurations
to better reflect what memory they are based on. The speed and
interface width is now part of the name, and also the alias that is
used to select them on the command line.

Some minor changes are done to the actual parameters, to better
reflect the named configurations. As a result of these changes the
regressions change slightly and the stats will be bumped in a separate
patch.
2013-05-30 12:54:14 -04:00
Andreas Hansson
3477d60d5c config: Add a mem-type config option to se/fs scripts
This patch enables selection of the memory controller class through a
mem-type command-line option. Behind the scenes, this option is
treated much like the cpu-type, and a similar framework is used to
resolve the valid options, and translate the short-hand description to
a valid class.

The regression scripts are updated with a hardcoded memory class for
the moment. The best solution going forward is probably to get the
memory out of the makeSystem functions, but Ruby complicates things as
it does not connect the memory controller to the membus.

--HG--
rename : configs/common/CpuConfig.py => configs/common/MemConfig.py
2013-04-22 13:20:33 -04:00
Nilay Vaish
c061819890 ruby: remove the functional copy of memory in se mode
This patch removes the functional copy of the memory that was maintained in
the se mode. Now ruby itself will provide the data.
2013-03-06 21:53:57 -06:00
Andreas Hansson
5e7f174b74 Regression: Fix topologies path in failing pc-simple-timing-ruby
This patch updates the path to the Ruby topologies and thus fixes a
failing regression.
2012-07-21 17:24:01 -04:00
Brad Beckmann
b00fe08cc9 regress: ruby stat additions and config changes 2012-07-10 22:51:55 -07:00
Nilay Vaish
86f248e2a7 Regression: Add a test for x86 timing full system ruby simulation 2012-04-25 22:43:36 -05:00