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Andreas Sandberg 60b26f1546 base: Refactor logging to make log level selection cleaner
It's currently possible to change the log level in gem5 by tweaking a
set of global variables. These variables are currently exposed to
Python using SWIG. This mechanism is far from ideal for two reasons:
First, changing the log level requires that the Python world enables
or disables individual levels. Ideally, this should be a single call
where a log level is selected. Second, exporting global variables is
poorly supported by most Python frameworks. SWIG puts variables in
their own namespace and PyBind doesn't seem to support it at all.

This changeset refactors the logging code to create a more abstract
interface. Each log level is associated with an instance of a Logger
class. This class contains common functionality, an enable flag, and a
verbose flag.

Available LogLevels are described by the LogLevel class. Lower log
levels are used for more critical messages (PANIC being level 0) and
higher levels for less critical messages. The highest log level that
is printed is controlled by calling Logger:setLevel().

Change-Id: I31e44299d242d953197a8e62679250c91d6ef776
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gabor Dozsa <gabor.dozsa@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-02-27 11:25:01 +00:00
build_opts riscv: [Patch 5/5] Added missing support for timing CPU models 2016-11-30 17:10:28 -05:00
configs arm,config: Add dist-gem5 support to the big.LITTLE(tm) config 2017-02-14 15:36:15 -06:00
ext misc: Update #!env calls for python to explicit version 2017-02-10 10:00:18 -05:00
src base: Refactor logging to make log level selection cleaner 2017-02-27 11:25:01 +00:00
system arm, config: Add an example ARM big.LITTLE(tm) configuration script 2016-07-21 17:19:16 +01:00
tests base: Refactor logging to make log level selection cleaner 2017-02-27 11:25:01 +00:00
util sim: allow forward dependencies in checkpoint upgraders 2017-02-14 15:09:18 -06:00
.gitignore misc: Add dtb files to the ignore list for git and mercurial 2017-02-21 14:14:44 +00:00
.hgignore misc: Add dtb files to the ignore list for git and mercurial 2017-02-21 14:14:44 +00:00
.hgtags Added tag stable_2015_09_03 for changeset 60eb3fef9c2d 2015-09-03 15:38:46 -05:00
COPYING mem: Add memory footprint probe 2017-01-27 14:58:15 -06:00
LICENSE copyright: Add code for finding all copyright blocks and create a COPYING file 2011-06-02 17:36:07 -07:00
README misc: README direct to website for dependencies 2014-08-26 10:12:04 -04:00
SConstruct scons: make build better on FreeBSD 2017-02-09 19:00:00 -05:00

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.