Great! so I will go on to prepare for the presentation about banked caches.
I'll let you know when I'm ready to present.
Thanks!
Jiayuan
> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:01:31 -0700
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [m5-dev] submit patches: Mesh2D, directory coherence, and
> multithreading
>
> This all sounds fantastic. We'll do what we can to help!
>
> Nate
>
>
> > Thank you for your reviewing! Here is my tentative plan for submitting my
> > patches:
> >
> > I'll work on the patches in the following order:
> > 1. BankedCache
> > 2. On-chip network
> > 3. Directory-based Coherence
> > 4. multithreading for simplecpus.
> >
> > For each patch, shall we work in the following protocol?
> > a). I will present the code and we will discuss over emails/conference
> > calls.
> > b). I will refine the code according to our discussion.
> > c). the refined code will be sent to you for another review. if necessary,
> > we can setup another conference call.
> > d). can you help me with the regression test, while I go on to work on the
> > next patch?
> >
> > We can kick this off in October. Considering other deadlines and vacations,
> > it may take three to four months to complete all patches.
> >
> > What do you think? Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jiayuan
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hey Nathan and all,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the support! Here is a preview version, you can download the
> >> patches from:
> >> http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~jm6dg/fractal/m5patches.htm
> >>
> >> I'm open to any comments/suggestions.
> >> Let me know if you have any questions.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Jiayuan
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "nathan binkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: "M5 Developer List" <[email protected]>
> >> Sent: 2008年7月12日 7:50 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [m5-dev] submit patches: Mesh2D, directory coherence,and
> >> multithreading
> >>
> >>
> >>> Wow, that's fantastic. The best thing you can do is get your code
> >>> working with the new repository using mercurial and mercurial queues.
> >>> If you do that, then we can work with you to make sure that the code
> >>> meets all of the requirements (doesn't break things, is reasonably
> >>> organized, meets the style guidelines, etc.)
> >>>
> >>> Did you use a revision control system as you did your work?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Nate
> >>>
> >>> 2008/7/11 jiayuan meng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>>> Dear all,
> >>>>
> >>>> I appreciate all your support to help me with M5. I really love it. I'm
> >>>> a graduate student working with Prof. Kevin Skadron at University of
> >>>> Virginia. And now,
> >>>> I'd like to submit patches to M5 that enables it to simulate CMP
> >>>> architecture.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a mesh2D model that works well with an MSI directory coherence
> >>>> protocol.
> >>>> Both the interconnection and directory coherence models are extendable.
> >>>> Another patch is to support multithreading for simple CPUs. The cpu can
> >>>> switch to another HW thread context if it has a data access.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, atomic modes are not well tested. And I haven't considered
> >>>> checkpoints.
> >>>>
> >>>> The mercurial patches are based on changeset 5291:456a50cf2a67, a version
> >>>> after 2.0beta4 but before 2.0beta5.
> >>>> As an "external developer", how do you think I should submit the
> >>>> patches? An
> >>>> do you think it would be necessary to update the patches so they are
> >>>> based
> >>>> on a more recent changeset?
> >>>> If so, which changeset?
> >>>>
> >>>> Just hope it might be useful.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>> Jiayuan Meng
> >>>>
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