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src/mem/ruby/network/simple/SimpleNetwork.py (line 42)
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    Just change this name from buffers to int_link_buffers or interface_buffers.
    
    I just want to make it clear this is not a list of all buffers in the 
network.  Rather it is just those buffers not part of a Switch.


- Brad Beckmann


On June 20, 2015, 4:14 p.m., Joel Hestness wrote:
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> (Updated June 20, 2015, 4:14 p.m.)
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> Review request for Default.
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> Repository: gem5
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> Description
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> Changeset 10859:d0dddb8fc9de
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> ruby: Expose MessageBuffers as SimObjects
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> Expose MessageBuffers from SLICC controllers as SimObjects that can be
> manipulated in Python. This patch has numerous benefits:
> 1) First and foremost, it exposes MessageBuffers as SimObjects that can be
> manipulated in Python code. This allows parameters to be set and checked in
> Python code to avoid obfuscating parameters within protocol files. Further, 
> now
> as SimObjects, MessageBuffer parameters are printed to config output files as 
> a
> way to track parameters across simulations (e.g. buffer sizes)
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> 2) Cleans up special-case code for responseFromMemory buffers, and aligns 
> their
> instantiation and use with mandatoryQueue buffers. These two special buffers
> are the only MessageBuffers that are exposed to components outside of SLICC
> controllers, and they're both slave ends of these buffers. They should be
> exposed outside of SLICC in the same way, and this patch does it.
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> 3) Distinguishes buffer-specific parameters from buffer-to-network parameters.
> Specifically, buffer size, randomization, ordering, recycle latency, and ports
> are all specific to a MessageBuffer, while the virtual network ID and type are
> intrinsics of how the buffer is connected to network ports. The former are
> specified in the Python object, while the latter are specified in the
> controller *.sm files. Unlike buffer-specific parameters, which may need to
> change depending on the simulated system structure, buffer-to-network
> parameters can be specified statically for most or all different simulated
> systems.
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> 
> Diffs
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>   configs/ruby/Ruby.py d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Defines.sm d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/SConscript d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.hh d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.cc d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.py PRE-CREATION 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/SConscript d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/simple/SimpleNetwork.hh d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/simple/SimpleNetwork.cc d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/simple/SimpleNetwork.py d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/simple/Switch.hh d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/simple/Switch.cc d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.hh d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.cc d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/slicc/ast/ObjDeclAST.py d02b45a554b5 
>   src/mem/slicc/symbols/StateMachine.py d02b45a554b5 
>   src/python/swig/pyobject.cc d02b45a554b5 
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> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2845/diff/
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> Testing
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> Regression tests with all Ruby protocols. Protocol file changes are in
> separate patch (http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2844/) to keep this one slim.
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joel Hestness
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