[I am replying to m5-dev instead of m5-users] Hello Ali,
Which benchmarks should one use to test the implementation of these instructions? Either I or Vidya Sangkar, a labmate of mine, can work on it. But it has to be after Nov 17th. Is that timeline is ok? regards, Soumyaroop On 10/29/09, Ali Saidi <[email protected]> wrote: > > ctlz and cttz are available and unless you're doing something crazy I don't > think ctpop would be emitted. MVI isn't an instruction but a class of > instructions. See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha#Motion_Video_Instructions_.28MVI.29 > > At this point we've probably spent as much time discussing them as it would > have taken to implement them. > > Ali > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:55:34 -0400, soumyaroop roy <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > One has to supply the flag, "-mno-cix", during compilation to make > > sure that the CIX instructions ("ctlz", "cttz", and "ctpop") are not > > emitted in the code. > > > > Here is the list of default flags passed (excerpt from > > "alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu -v -Q dummy.c"): > > > > options passed: -v dummy.c -mcpu=ev67 -mtune=ev67 > > options enabled: -falign-loops -fargument-alias -fauto-inc-dec > > -fbranch-count-reg -fcommon -fearly-inlining > > -feliminate-unused-debug-types -ffunction-cse -fgcse-lm -fident -fivopts > > -fkeep-static-consts -fleading-underscore -fmath-errno > > -fmerge-debug-strings -fmove-loop-invariants -fpcc-struct-return > > -fpeephole -fsched-interblock -fsched-spec -fsched-stalled-insns-dep > > -fsigned-zeros -fsplit-ivs-in-unroller -ftoplevel-reorder > -ftrapping-math > > -ftree-cselim -ftree-loop-im -ftree-loop-ivcanon -ftree-loop-optimize > > -ftree-parallelize-loops= -ftree-reassoc -ftree-scev-cprop > > -ftree-vect-loop-version -fvar-tracking -fzero-initialized-in-bss -mbwx > > -mcix -mexplicit-relocs -mfix -mfloat-ieee -mfp-regs -mglibc > -mlarge-data > > -mlarge-text -mlong-double-128 -mmax > > > > Note the "-mcix" on the second last line above. > > > > I could not find anything about the MVI instruction. > > > > regards, > > Soumyaroop > > > > On 10/29/09, Ali Saidi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I've put a link on the d/l page. The file is downloading to m5sim.org > >> right > >> now and should be available within 5 minutes. > >> > >> Ali > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:27:11 -0400, soumyaroop roy <[email protected]> > >> > >> wrote: > >> > Nate, > >> > > >> > It is available for download here (33 MB): > >> > > >> > > http://72.187.222.34/~sroy/m5_tests/alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu-x86-32.tar.bz2 > >> > > >> > -Soumyaroop > >> > > >> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:12 PM, soumyaroop roy <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:04 PM, nathan binkert <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >>>>>> My estimate is that the tar-zipped file should between 250-300 > >> >>>>>> MB. > >> >>>>> No problem. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Let me host it somewhere and send you the link so that you may > >> download > >> >>>> it. > >> >>> Sure. Once I get it on the m5 site, you can add the link. > >> >> > >> >> Is there a way for me to upload it on the M5 wiki directly? Is that > >> >> what you were implying all along that I should do? > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>>> Do you mean providing the link though the wiki? I do not have > >> >>>> permissions to edit this page, > >> >>>> http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Download, which has links to > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> cross-compilers. > >> >>> > >> >>> You should be able to, but you have to create an account. > >> >> > >> >> I already have an account. But it says: > >> >> > >> >> You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following > >> >> reason: > >> >> This page has been locked to prevent editing. > >> >> > >> >> You can view and copy the source of this page: > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>> Nate > >> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>> m5-users mailing list > >> >>> [email protected] > >> >>> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> -Soumyaroop > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Soumyaroop Roy > >> >> Ph.D. Candidate > >> >> Department of Computer Science and Engineering > >> >> University of South Florida, Tampa > >> >> http://www.csee.usf.edu/~sroy > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> m5-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > -- Soumyaroop Roy Ph.D. Candidate Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florida, Tampa http://www.csee.usf.edu/~sroy _______________________________________________ m5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev
