> On Oct. 16, 2015, 2:53 p.m., Nilay Vaish wrote:
> > configs/common/HMC.py, line 49
> > <http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2986/diff/7/?file=50319#file50319line49>
> >
> >     Why do we need to derive HMCSystem from SubSystem?
> 
> Erfan Azarkhish wrote:
>     My goal has been to improve modularity, readability of the stats, and 
> visualization of the HMC device.
>     Also, based on HMC specs it should be possible to instantiate  multiple 
> HMC devices and connect them to each other in different forms.
>     I think having HMC as a subsystem can be helpful for the mentioned 
> reasons.
> 
> Nilay Vaish wrote:
>     Somehow I still do not like the current organization.  But I am failing to
>     come with anything better.  So I'll take what you have.
> 
> Andreas Hansson wrote:
>     I think a SubSystem is a great way of accomplishing modularity here. We 
> don't use it enough imho. What is your reservation Nilay?

SubSystem does not have any configuration params, which means it is same as 
having a
SimObject.  As of now, I don't see any use for SubSystem.


- Nilay


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On Oct. 18, 2015, 4:31 p.m., Erfan Azarkhish wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 18, 2015, 4:31 p.m.)
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> 
> Review request for Default.
> 
> 
> Repository: gem5
> 
> 
> Description
> -------
> 
> Changeset 11174:6e02b2208e16
> ---------------------------
> mem: Simple HMC Model
> 
> This patch enables modeling a complete Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) device. It
> highly reuses the existing components in gem5's general memory system with
> some small modifications. This changeset requires an additional patch (2993)
> for modeling the serial links.
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
>   configs/common/HMC.py PRE-CREATION 
>   configs/common/MemConfig.py 3a4d1b5cd05c 
>   configs/example/fs.py 3a4d1b5cd05c 
>   src/mem/DRAMCtrl.py 3a4d1b5cd05c 
>   src/mem/HMCController.py PRE-CREATION 
>   src/mem/SConscript 3a4d1b5cd05c 
>   src/mem/hmc_controller.hh PRE-CREATION 
>   src/mem/hmc_controller.cc PRE-CREATION 
>   src/mem/xbar.hh 3a4d1b5cd05c 
> 
> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2986/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> gem5 compiles
> fs.py executes and Linux boots correctly.
> hmctest.py executes correctly, and stats correlate with cycle-accurate 
> simulation
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Erfan Azarkhish
> 
>

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