I wasn't sure so I looked it up before posting... however I only looked at the first definition I found, It turns out that (unfortunately) we're both right, as the python definition and the C++ definition do not match:
http://grok.gem5.org/search?q=MaxTick&project=gem5&defs=MaxTick&refs=&path=&hist= On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Andreas Hansson <andreas.hans...@arm.com>wrote: > MaxTick is unsigned these days so I would think it's 2^64 – 1. > > From: Steve Reinhardt <ste...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: gem5 users mailing list <gem5-users@gem5.org> > Date: Tuesday, 9 July 2013 16:16 > To: gem5 users mailing list <gem5-users@gem5.org> > Subject: Re: [gem5-users] Problems with extreme large tick numbers > > Really large values like that tend to mean that your simulation is > deadlocked, so few or no events get scheduled. There is a termination > event scheduled at MaxTick to prevent the event queue from wrapping around > to zero; that's 2^63-1, or 9223372036854775807. If you're actually seeing > an event at 9223372556892048807, which is 0x8000007914A30DA7, then > something is really weird because you're past MaxTick. > > Steve > > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Dali Zhao <daviz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Gem5 community, >> >> I'm using gem5 to do some architecture simulation. I have modified the >> original gem5 code. I recently ran into the problem of abnormal tick >> numbers. The simulation will stop after 30-40 minutes, due to a large tick >> number. (The number I got is 9223372556892048807). >> I don't know if anyone has seen it before? >> >> >> -- >> Dali Zhao >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gem5-users mailing list >> gem5-users@gem5.org >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >> > > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-users mailing list > gem5-users@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >
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