Thanks Nilay and Steve, that was useful ! On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Steve Reinhardt <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you're not using Ruby though, it should be pretty straightforward... > you just need to create a new cache between the L2(s) and the main memory, > along with a new bus. For example, the membus would now go between the L3 > and memory, and you'd need to create a new "tol3bus" that goes between the > L2(s) and L3. > > Steve > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Nilay Vaish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you are using Ruby, you have to have a three level protocol to have a >> three level cache hierarchy. >> >> -- >> Nilay >> >> >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Ankita (Garg) Goel wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> If I want to just simulate private L1 and L2 caches and a shared L3, then >>> the coherence protocol would still be 2-level, just between L2 and L3. So >>> do you think just modifying the config script to create an L3 cache, >>> connecting it to the right ports, etc would work ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ankita >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Nilay Vaish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Right, L3 is not supported as of now. There is no three level protocol >>>> available. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Simon Hammond wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Nilay, >>>> >>>>> >>>>> So does that mean at present L3 is not supported ("as-is") if we are >>>>> using Ruby as well? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> S. >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 8, 2012, at 9:29 AM, Nilay Vaish wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Are you using Ruby? If yes, then you will have to write a three level >>>>> >>>>>> coherence protocol first. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Nilay >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Simon Hammond wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey guys, >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can you tell me how I can configure a simulation to use a L3 cache? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have taken a look in the simulation scripts provided and the CPU >>>>>>> objects but there does not seem to be any reference to an L3 cache >>>>>>> (ports >>>>>>> etc). I'm probably missing something here. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Simon Hammond >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1-(505)-845-7897 / MS-1319 >>>>>>> Scalable Computer Architectures / CSRI >>>>>>> Sandia National Laboratories, NM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>> gem5-users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/****mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >>>>>> <ht**tp://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> Simon Hammond >>>>> >>>>> 1-(505)-845-7897 / MS-1319 >>>>> Scalable Computer Architectures / CSRI >>>>> Sandia National Laboratories, NM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>>> gem5-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/****mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >>>>> <ht**tp://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>>> >>>> gem5-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/****mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >>>> <ht**tp://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Ankita >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >> gem5-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/gem5-users<http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users > -- Regards, Ankita
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