Re: [gem5-dev] RISC-V FS support and custom instructions

2018-01-17 Thread Christian Menard
Hi Alec, thanks for the quick reply! Currently, we still need to check what exactly is needed for our use case and what will be included in the thesis. We will come back to you once we have a better overview. Then we could discuss which parts can be contributed by us. Cheers, Christian Alec Roe

Re: [gem5-dev] RISC-V FS support and custom instructions

2018-01-11 Thread Alec Roelke
Hi Christian, I'm getting started implementing FS mode for RISC-V, but I haven't gotten very far yet. So far, I've determined that it comes down to two things in general: support for RISC-V's privileged architecture, and a compatible Linux kernel and disk image. Since you only need to run bare-m

[gem5-dev] RISC-V FS support and custom instructions

2018-01-11 Thread Christian Menard
Hi all, I have a student who is interested in extending the RISC-V support in gem5 as part of his Master's thesis. The focus would be to enable FS support (at least for bare-metal applications, not necessarily for Linux) and to define an interface for the addition of user defined custom instructio