gem5/configs/dram/sweep.py
Andreas Hansson 40fcb59c54 util: Fix minor issues in DRAM sweep scripts
This patch fixes a few issues in the sweep scripts, bringing them
up-to-date with the latest memory configs and options.
2015-09-25 06:45:50 -04:00

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# Authors: Andreas Hansson
import optparse
import m5
from m5.objects import *
from m5.util import addToPath
from m5.internal.stats import periodicStatDump
addToPath('../common')
import MemConfig
# this script is helpful to sweep the efficiency of a specific memory
# controller configuration, by varying the number of banks accessed,
# and the sequential stride size (how many bytes per activate), and
# observe what bus utilisation (bandwidth) is achieved
parser = optparse.OptionParser()
# Use a single-channel DDR3-1600 x64 by default
parser.add_option("--mem-type", type="choice", default="DDR3_1600_x64",
choices=MemConfig.mem_names(),
help = "type of memory to use")
parser.add_option("--mem-ranks", "-r", type="int", default=1,
help = "Number of ranks to iterate across")
parser.add_option("--rd_perc", type="int", default=100,
help = "Percentage of read commands")
parser.add_option("--mode", type="choice", default="DRAM",
choices=["DRAM", "DRAM_ROTATE"],
help = "DRAM: Random traffic; \
DRAM_ROTATE: Traffic rotating across banks and ranks")
parser.add_option("--addr_map", type="int", default=1,
help = "0: RoCoRaBaCh; 1: RoRaBaCoCh/RoRaBaChCo")
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if args:
print "Error: script doesn't take any positional arguments"
sys.exit(1)
# at the moment we stay with the default open-adaptive page policy,
# and address mapping
# start with the system itself, using a multi-layer 2.0 GHz
# crossbar, delivering 64 bytes / 3 cycles (one header cycle)
# which amounts to 42.7 GByte/s per layer and thus per port
system = System(membus = IOXBar(width = 32))
system.clk_domain = SrcClockDomain(clock = '2.0GHz',
voltage_domain =
VoltageDomain(voltage = '1V'))
# we are fine with 256 MB memory for now
mem_range = AddrRange('256MB')
system.mem_ranges = [mem_range]
# do not worry about reserving space for the backing store
mmap_using_noreserve = True
# force a single channel to match the assumptions in the DRAM traffic
# generator
options.mem_channels = 1
options.external_memory_system = 0
options.tlm_memory = 0
MemConfig.config_mem(options, system)
# the following assumes that we are using the native DRAM
# controller, check to be sure
if not isinstance(system.mem_ctrls[0], m5.objects.DRAMCtrl):
fatal("This script assumes the memory is a DRAMCtrl subclass")
# there is no point slowing things down by saving any data
system.mem_ctrls[0].null = True
# Set the address mapping based on input argument
# Default to RoRaBaCoCh
if options.addr_map == 0:
system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoCoRaBaCh"
elif options.addr_map == 1:
system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoRaBaCoCh"
else:
fatal("Did not specify a valid address map argument")
# stay in each state for 0.25 ms, long enough to warm things up, and
# short enough to avoid hitting a refresh
period = 250000000
# this is where we go off piste, and print the traffic generator
# configuration that we will later use, crazy but it works
cfg_file_name = "configs/dram/sweep.cfg"
cfg_file = open(cfg_file_name, 'w')
# stay in each state as long as the dump/reset period, use the entire
# range, issue transactions of the right DRAM burst size, and match
# the DRAM maximum bandwidth to ensure that it is saturated
# get the number of banks
nbr_banks = system.mem_ctrls[0].banks_per_rank.value
# determine the burst length in bytes
burst_size = int((system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value *
system.mem_ctrls[0].device_bus_width.value *
system.mem_ctrls[0].burst_length.value) / 8)
# next, get the page size in bytes
page_size = system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value * \
system.mem_ctrls[0].device_rowbuffer_size.value
# match the maximum bandwidth of the memory, the parameter is in ns
# and we need it in ticks
itt = system.mem_ctrls[0].tBURST.value * 1000000000000
# assume we start at 0
max_addr = mem_range.end
# use min of the page size and 512 bytes as that should be more than
# enough
max_stride = min(512, page_size)
# now we create the state by iterating over the stride size from burst
# size to the max stride, and from using only a single bank up to the
# number of banks available
nxt_state = 0
for bank in range(1, nbr_banks + 1):
for stride_size in range(burst_size, max_stride + 1, burst_size):
cfg_file.write("STATE %d %d %s %d 0 %d %d "
"%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d\n" %
(nxt_state, period, options.mode, options.rd_perc,
max_addr, burst_size, itt, itt, 0, stride_size,
page_size, nbr_banks, bank, options.addr_map,
options.mem_ranks))
nxt_state = nxt_state + 1
cfg_file.write("INIT 0\n")
# go through the states one by one
for state in range(1, nxt_state):
cfg_file.write("TRANSITION %d %d 1\n" % (state - 1, state))
cfg_file.write("TRANSITION %d %d 1\n" % (nxt_state - 1, nxt_state - 1))
cfg_file.close()
# create a traffic generator, and point it to the file we just created
system.tgen = TrafficGen(config_file = cfg_file_name)
# add a communication monitor
system.monitor = CommMonitor()
# connect the traffic generator to the bus via a communication monitor
system.tgen.port = system.monitor.slave
system.monitor.master = system.membus.slave
# connect the system port even if it is not used in this example
system.system_port = system.membus.slave
# every period, dump and reset all stats
periodicStatDump(period)
# run Forrest, run!
root = Root(full_system = False, system = system)
root.system.mem_mode = 'timing'
m5.instantiate()
m5.simulate(nxt_state * period)
print "DRAM sweep with burst: %d, banks: %d, max stride: %d" % \
(burst_size, nbr_banks, max_stride)