Hi Nilay, Thanks for the clarification. I am sure these testers could be useful for the classic memory system, but they do not provide the functionality of the current traffic generator.
Agreed? Andreas On 24/08/2012 21:53, "Nilay Vaish" <[email protected]> wrote: >The network tester generates traffic so that Ruby's network components >can >be tested. Just like the CPU models are agnostic of the memory system in >place, it seems that any traffic generator for testing the interconnect >can be independent of the memory system. In fact, other Ruby testers >might >also be relevant for the classic memory system. > >-- >Nilay > >On Fri, 24 Aug 2012, Andreas Hansson wrote: > >> Hi Nilay, >> >> How does the network tester relate to the traffic gen? I do not see how >> there is any possibility to use it for the use-cases that are captured >>by >> the traffic gen. Could you explain what you were referring to? >> >> Andreas >> >> >> On 24/08/2012 19:56, "Nilay Vaish" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Andreas, you need to checkout the network tester in >>> src/cpu/testers/networktest directory. >>> >>> -- >>> Nilay >>> >>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012, Andreas Hansson wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Nate, >>>> >>>> It is not a tester, it is a stimuli generator for the memory system. >>>> That said, I am happy to move it if that makes more sense. (We are >>>>using >>>> it to create regressions for the memory controller though, but that is >>>> simply because it is the easiest way to generate traffic.) >>>> >>>> There is nothing (as far as I know) that currently can simply generate >>>> "traffic" with the kind of patterns that are useful for studying >>>> interconnect and memory controller behaviour. >>>> >>>> Input is welcome. >>>> >>>> Andreas >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nathan >>>> binkert >>>> Sent: 24 August 2012 19:46 >>>> To: gem5 Developer List >>>> Cc: Andreas Hansson >>>> Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request: TrafficGen: Add a basic >>>>traffic >>>> generator >>>> >>>> How is this different from the stuff in src/cpu/testers? And >>>> shouldn't this go in src/cpu/testers? >>>> >>>> Nate >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gem5-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev >>> >> >> >> -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are >>confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended >>recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the >>contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy >>the information in any medium. Thank you. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gem5-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev >> >_______________________________________________ >gem5-dev mailing list >[email protected] >http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
