I just re-ran the ALPHA_FS O3 boot test with a 512kB L2 and it worked (the
test of course failed, since the statistics change, but the simulated system
booted fine).

Basically I made this change:

diff --git a/tests/configs/tsunami-o3.py b/tests/configs/tsunami-o3.py
--- a/tests/configs/tsunami-o3.py
+++ b/tests/configs/tsunami-o3.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@


 #connect up the l2 cache
-system.l2c = L2(size='4MB', assoc=8)
+system.l2c = L2(size='512kB', assoc=8)
 system.l2c.cpu_side = system.toL2Bus.port
 system.l2c.mem_side = system.membus.port


then ran:

scons build/ALPHA_FS/tests/opt/long/10.linux-boot/alpha/linux/tsunami-o3

and verified that the output in system.terminal matched the correct output,
and that the simout and simerr output files didn't contain any errors.

So I don't think the failure is due only to the cache size change.

Steve

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Fabian Oboril <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when I use the actual version (the most recent unstable from today),
> exactly the same error occurs! Can I upload somewhere my configuration
> files?
>
> Best wishes
>    Fabian
>
>
> Am 14.07.2011 16:19, schrieb Nilay:
>
>  On Thu, July 14, 2011 8:02 am, Fabian Oboril wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I have a problem with M5 and the FS mode with ALPHA. The version I am
>>> using is based on a release in February which I modified for my own
>>> purpose, so may be the problem I face is due to my additions. However, I
>>> don't know this, I basically have no idea where the problem comes from,
>>> right now.
>>>
>>> If I decrease the size of the L2-Cache (detailed mode with L1&
>>> L2-Cache) from 2 MByte to 512 KByte I get an segmentation fault when
>>> booting in FS mode. The last actions thereby are:
>>>
>>> init started:  BusyBox v1.1.0 (2007.03.04-01:07+0000) multi-call binary
>>> mounting filesystems...
>>>
>>> Has anyone seen such a behavior before or has an idea what my be the
>>> root cause for the segmentation fault? With 2 MByte L2-Cache everything
>>> is working fine...
>>>
>>>  I do not expect booting of the operating system can be affected by the
>> size of the cache. To figure out where the problem is, try booting with
>> unmodified gem5 and 512kb of cache.
>>
>> --
>> Nilay
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