Atomic mode is the simplest CPU you can get in gem5. Bbench takes roughly 8
hours to complete in this mode, of which 1-2 hours are needed for booting.
If you use the command on the bbench wiki page, this cpu is used by
default.
If you specify "--cpu-type arm_detailed" on your command line (check the
help output for the available cpu types, I used arm_detailed as an example)
the simulation takes 3.5 days (on my machine that is). You can shave off a
day by simulating the part upto the boot-up in simple cpu mode,
checkpointing it and restoring from that checkpoint using the arm_detailed
CPU.




On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Anthony Gutierrez <[email protected]>wrote:

> The instructions at http://gem5.org/BBench-gem5 assumes the reader
> already has some familiarity with gem5. In gem5 there are options for
> running certain portions of a benchmark using the fast atomic mode, then
> running the region of interest using the detailed mode. Search the wiki
> and/or mailing list for topics concerning fast-forwarding and checkpointing.
>
> -Tony
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Ira Ray Jenkins <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> I'm not totally familiar with gem5, so I'm not sure exactly what you
>> mean with "boot in atomic" and "run with arm_detailed"? I just
>> followed the directions at: http://www.m5sim.org/BBench-gem5
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Andreas Hansson
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > If you boot in atomic and then run Bbench with arm_detailed I would
>> envision roughly three days.
>> >
>> > You can have a look at the terminal and framebuffer output.
>> >
>> > Andreas
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On Behalf Of Ira Ray Jenkins
>> > Sent: 20 April 2012 13:36
>> > To: [email protected]
>> > Subject: [gem5-users] BBench running time
>> >
>> > I ran the BBench benchmark as described online for about 8 hours. The
>> > only output I got was "Warn xyz instruction not implemented", is this
>> > normal? How long does this benchmark take to run? I know it is
>> > dependent on the host machine, but I'm just looking for a ball-park?
>> > Is 8 hours enough, did I do something wrong?
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