HI Andreas,

Yes, I'd subscribe to that train of thought. Thanks for the quick response.

I try to "peek my head in" whenever I see "InOrder" changes/questions on
the gem5 list so please let me know when/where I can be of assistance when
the time comes.

Korey



On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Korey,
>
> Our proposed plan of action is to push this as is, let the user-base give
> it a spin, and once there is consensus deprecate the old in-order model
> and rename Minor -> In-Order. Once we are at that point it would also be
> good to understand the pros/cons of keeping the old code. From a
> code-maintenance point of view I¹d rather there was a single in-order
> model in the long run. I hope that makes sense.
>
> Andreas
>
> On 21/07/2014 08:49, "Korey Sewell via gem5-dev" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Hey folks,
> >It looks like the Minor CPU model is all but a click away from check-in,
> >which is great!
> >
> >Overall, I'm still not convinced that you don't just want to call the
> >model
> >"InOrder" and rename the previous inorder to something else prior to
> >deprecation.
> >
> >The prior point isn't necessarily a blocking issue, but do we have an
> >overall direction there? Do I need to commit some time to help with that?
> >If so, let me know.
> >
> >-Korey
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Steve Reinhardt via gem5-dev <
> >[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit:
> >> http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2279/#review5215
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Ship it!
> >>
> >>
> >> Looks good, thanks for all the changes.
> >>
> >> One question: in your email you said that Ticked was separate so it
> >>could
> >> be "added to objects which are already SimObjects/don't want to be
> >> SimObjects".  I get the latter, but in the former case, is there a
> >>reason
> >> not to just make those objects derive from TickedObject now?
> >>
> >> - Steve Reinhardt
> >>
> >>
> >> On July 11, 2014, 7:32 a.m., Ali Saidi wrote:
> >> >
> >> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit:
> >> > http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2279/
> >> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > (Updated July 11, 2014, 7:32 a.m.)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Review request for Default.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Repository: gem5
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Description
> >> > -------
> >> >
> >> > Changeset 10237:5794a56b79c4
> >> > ---------------------------
> >> > cpu: `Minor' in-order CPU model
> >> >
> >> > This patch contains a new CPU model named `Minor'. Minor models a four
> >> > stage in-order execution pipeline (fetch lines, decompose into
> >> > macroops, decompose macroops into microops, execute).
> >> >
> >> > The model was developed to support the ARM ISA but should be fixable
> >> > to support all the remaining gem5 ISAs. It currently also works for
> >> > Alpha, and regressions are included for ARM and Alpha (including Linux
> >> > boot).
> >> >
> >> > Documentation for the model can be found in
> >>src/doc/inside-minor.doxygen
> >> and
> >> > its internal operations can be visualised using the Minorview tool
> >> > utils/minorview.py.
> >> >
> >> > Minor was designed to be fairly simple and not to engage in a lot of
> >> > instruction annotation. As such, it currently has very few gathered
> >> > stats and may lack other gem5 features.
> >> >
> >> > Minor is faster than the o3 model. Sample results:
> >> >
> >> >      Benchmark     |   Stat host_seconds (s)
> >> >     ---------------+--------v--------v--------
> >> >      (on ARM, opt) | simple | o3     | minor
> >> >                    | timing | timing | timing
> >> >     ---------------+--------+--------+--------
> >> >     10.linux-boot  |   169  |  1883  |  1075
> >> >     10.mcf         |   117  |   967  |   491
> >> >     20.parser      |   668  |  6315  |  3146
> >> >     30.eon         |   542  |  3413  |  2414
> >> >     40.perlbmk     |  2339  | 20905  | 11532
> >> >     50.vortex      |   122  |  1094  |   588
> >> >     60.bzip2       |  2045  | 18061  |  9662
> >> >     70.twolf       |   207  |  2736  |  1036
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Diffs
> >> > -----
> >> >
> >> >   src/sim/ticked_object.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/sim/ticked_object.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/sim/TickedObject.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/sim/SConscript a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   src/doc/inside-minor.doxygen PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/timing_expr.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/timing_expr.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/static_inst.hh a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   src/cpu/pred/SConscript a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/trace.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/stats.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/stats.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/scoreboard.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/scoreboard.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/pipeline.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/pipeline.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/pipe_data.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/pipe_data.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/lsq.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/lsq.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/func_unit.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/func_unit.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/fetch2.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/fetch2.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/fetch1.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/fetch1.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/execute.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/execute.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/exec_context.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/dyn_inst.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/dyn_inst.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/decode.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/cpu.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/decode.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/cpu.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/buffers.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/activity.cc PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/activity.hh PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/SConsopts PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/MinorCPU.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/minor/SConscript PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/TimingExpr.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   src/cpu/SConscript a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   src/base/trace.hh a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   configs/common/CpuConfig.py a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   build_opts/ARM a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   build_opts/ALPHA a2bb75a474fd
> >> >   util/minorview.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/__init__.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/blobs.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/colours.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/minor.pic PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/model.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/parse.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/point.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >   util/minorview/view.py PRE-CREATION
> >> >
> >> > Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2279/diff/
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Testing
> >> > -------
> >> >
> >> > Boots Linux and runs regression tests for ALPHA and ARM.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Ali Saidi
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
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