Hi Nilay,

Specifically on the issue of using gem5 stats vs keeping Ruby stats
a separate thing, how much work would it be to update gem5 stats to have an
option to output in a way that is more like the current ruby stats? What's
this work compared to the new functions for printing, clearing, etc you're
going to have to add to make the changes you're suggesting?

My opinion falls more in line with Andreas here. I would love to be able to
get all of the statistics generated in ruby in gem5 stats, personally.
Having unified statistics would be much simpler IMO. Though, I definitely
agree with the people who think that the gem5 stats output is difficult for
humans to read.

Other than the output format, are there any reasons not to use gem5 stats
in Ruby?

Also, would the changes you are suggesting here make it easier to move the
statistics in ruby to gem5 stats? I would be good with this change if it
makes the transition easier to do later.

Jason


On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Nilay Vaish <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Andreas Hansson wrote:
>
>  Hi Nilay,
>>
>> That's fine. I just think there is value in having one uniform stats
>> framework, and if there is some serious work being put into it, then
>> basing it on gem5 stats seems like a sensible choice from my point of
>> view.
>>
>> We have some ongoing work to add a database backend for the stats to
>> simplify storing/post-processing/**visualisation and obviously that would
>> "just work(?)" if the Ruby bits also used gem5 stats. No pressure, I
>> merely wanted understand and also let you know what changes are in the
>> pipeline.
>>
>>
> Well, there are people who find processing / visualisation with ruby stats
> easier. The reasoning behind this has more to do with the format in which
> the file ruby.stats is generated, and less (or maybe nothing at all) with
> how the stats are actually collected.
>
>
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