How about you do this...

#1 rollback to the old version. Run gem5. save the config.ini file.
#2 go the new version. Run gem5. save the config.ini file.

Finally, diff the two config.ini files and see what changed in your
configurations.

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Mahmood Naderan <[email protected]>wrote:

> The cmp.py has not been changed from the old one. However some minor
> changes (master/slave names) are done while porting to the new
> release.
>
> On 4/14/12, Malek Musleh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I missed that, my mistake. I don't know what the cmp.py script is
> > doing as I don't have it in my repo, but if you look at the sim_insts
> > between the 2 stats file you posted,, there is a big difference:
> >
> > new: sim_insts
>  20767049
> > old:   sim_insts
>  39724113
> >
> > I would make sure the cpu type is not getting overridden somehow when
> > you do cpu_type=detailed by atomic/timing or something of the sort.
> >
> > Malek
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Mahmood Naderan <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> why?
> >> -d is detailed
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/14/12, Malek Musleh <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Well first of all, you are not making first comparisons, as each of
> >>> the runs you are using a different cpu type. So I think you should
> >>> start with fixing that parameter first.
> >>>
> >>> Malek
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Mahmood Naderan <[email protected]
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> For the old one, I use:
> >>>> build/X86_SE/m5.fast configs/example/cmp.py  -F 20000000 --maxtick
> >>>> 10000000000 -d --caches --l2cache -b h264_sss --prog-interval=1000000
> >>>>
> >>>> for the new one I use:
> >>>> build/X86/m5.fast configs/example/cmp.py --cpu-type=detailed  -F
> >>>> 20000000 --maxtick 10000000000 --caches --l2cache -b h264_sss
> >>>> --prog-interval=1000000
> >>>>
> >>>> I attached the configs and stats. Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/14/12, Nilay Vaish <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>> So, with 8613:712d8bf07020 you got and IPC of 1.54, and with some
> >>>>> version
> >>>>> near 8944:d062cc7a8bdf, you get an ipc of 0.093. Which CPU type are
> you
> >>>>> using?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Nilay
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> The previous release is:
> >>>>>> changeset:   8613:712d8bf07020
> >>>>>> tag:         tip
> >>>>>> user:        Nilay Vaish<[email protected]>
> >>>>>> date:        Sat Nov 05 15:32:23 2011 -0500
> >>>>>> summary:     Tests: Update stats due to addition of fence microop
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And the IPC is 1.541534
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> However for the new release, I am not able to find the head:
> >>>>>> mahmood@tiger:gem5$ hg head
> >>>>>> abort: requirement 'dotencode' not supported!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 4/14/12, Nilay Vaish <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>> How much is the difference and which versions of gem5 are you
> talking
> >>>>>>> about?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Nilay
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>> In the new version, I see that the IPC of h264 (with sss input) is
> >>>>>>>> very very low. However with the previous releases, this value is
> >>>>>>>> fine
> >>>>>>>> and acceptable.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Do you know how can I find the bottleneck? Which stat value shows
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> weired behaviour?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ISA = x86
> >>>>>>>> -F = 50,000,000
> >>>>>>>> --maxtick = 10,000,000,000
> >>>>>>>> L1 = 32kB, 4
> >>>>>>>> L2 = 2MB, 16
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> the IPC obtained is 0.093432
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Have you faced such result? Please let me know
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> --
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