Hi Nilay, In this case, the important function it has is to store the original source field so that it can be restored later.
Andreas On 23/01/2014 17:45, "Nilay Vaish" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Andreas Hansson wrote: > >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: >> http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2153/ >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Review request for Default. >> >> >> Repository: gem5 >> >> >> Description >> ------- >> >> Changeset 10022:6be85e163055 >> --------------------------- >> ruby: Add bridges between RubyPort and NoncoherentBus >> >> This patch adds bridges between the PIO port of the Ruby sequencers >> (based on RubyPort) and the PIO bus (based on NoncoherentBus). Both >> the RubyPort and the bus are multiplexing components, and as such, >> they should be connected by a bridge, similar to the memory bus and >> PIO bus in the classic memory system. >> >> The patch http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2039/ depends on this one. >> >> > > >Can you explain what's the functionality that a bridge provides? > >Thanks >Nilay > -- 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. ARM Limited, Registered office 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NJ, Registered in England & Wales, Company No: 2557590 ARM Holdings plc, Registered office 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NJ, Registered in England & Wales, Company No: 2548782 _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
