[gem5-dev] changeset in gem5: scons: Bump the compiler version to gcc 4.6 a...

2014-06-10 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
changeset b21b3aad6bd1 in /z/repo/gem5 details: http://repo.gem5.org/gem5?cmd=changeset;node=b21b3aad6bd1 description: scons: Bump the compiler version to gcc 4.6 and clang 3.0 This patch bumps the supported version of gcc from 4.4 to 4.6, and clang from 2.9 to 3.0. This en

Re: [gem5-dev] Is CoherentBus actually a bus or is it a crossbar?

2014-06-10 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
Hi Pavlos, That¹s right. In the NonCoherentBus, for every connected slave, there is a multiplexer (layer) for the incoming requests. For every connected master, there is a multiplexer (layer) for the incoming responses. In the case of the CoherentBus, snoop requests are never waiting/contending.

Re: [gem5-dev] Is CoherentBus actually a bus or is it a crossbar?

2014-06-10 Thread Pavlos Maniotis via gem5-dev
Thank you for making it clear. So, taking as an example the coherent bus is it like the configuration in the following image with three layers (1 for requests, 1 for snoops and 1 for responses)? http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/arm/Migrating_from_AHB_to_AXI/multilayer_bus_simple.png Thanks again, Pa

Re: [gem5-dev] Is CoherentBus actually a bus or is it a crossbar?

2014-06-10 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
Hi Pavlos, It is a crossbar implemented by muxes. I am in the process of renaming the class XBar (from Bus) to avoid any confusion. Andreas On 10/06/2014 15:50, "Pavlos Maniotis via gem5-dev" wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I have read the following thread and I feel that I have not completely >un

[gem5-dev] Is CoherentBus actually a bus or is it a crossbar?

2014-06-10 Thread Pavlos Maniotis via gem5-dev
Hello everyone, I have read the following thread and I feel that I have not completely understood what is the actual configuration for the CoherentBus (and generally the Bus) model. https://www.mail-archive.com/gem5-dev@gem5.org/msg10942.html Is it just a shared medium between the master and sl

Re: [gem5-dev] changeset in gem5: ruby: some small changes

2014-06-10 Thread Nilay Vaish via gem5-dev
On Mon, 9 Jun 2014, Joel Hestness via gem5-dev wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Nilay Vaish via gem5-dev wrote: I prefer simulations that fail visibly to simulations that silently do the wrong thing. I definitely agree that it is better to outright fail than proceed silently with po

[gem5-dev] Cron /z/m5/regression/do-regression quick

2014-06-10 Thread Cron Daemon via gem5-dev
* build/ALPHA/tests/opt/quick/se/60.rubytest/alpha/linux/rubytest-ruby passed. * build/ALPHA/tests/opt/quick/se/00.hello/alpha/linux/o3-timing passed. * build/ALPHA/tests/opt/quick/se/00.hello/alpha/tru64/o3-timing passed. * build/ALPHA/tests/opt/quick/se/00.hello/alpha/linux/simpl

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2282: scons: Bump the compiler version to gcc 4.6 and clang 3.0

2014-06-10 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
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Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2282: scons: Bump the compiler version to gcc 4.6 and clang 3.0

2014-06-10 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
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