On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Ahmad Hassan <[email protected]>wrote:

> I can see L2, L3 stats in stats.txt but how can I make sure that the LINUX
> has the correct cache sizes that I am passing in gem5 command line please?
> Is there a way to verify that? Because Linux bootup terminal output only
> shows the following incorrect configuration:
> "Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
> CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
> CPU: L2 Cache: 1024K (64 bytes/line)"
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ahmad
>
>
>
> On 14 January 2014 09:14, Ahmad Hassan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Please can you tell me how to verify that the Linux has been booted with
>> the actual cache configuration passed in gem5? I have run GEM3 with L1, L2
>> and L3 having following sizes. I added L3 bus myself.
>>
>> ./build/X86/gem5.opt configs/example/fs.py
>> --kernel=x86_64-vmlinux-2.6.22.9.smp --cpu-type=detailed --caches
>> --num-l2caches=1 --num-l3caches=1 --l1d_size=32kB --l1d_assoc=8
>> --l1i_size=32kB --l1i_assoc=8 --l2cache --l2_size=256kB --l2_assoc=8
>> --l3_assoc=16 --l3_size=8192kB --cacheline_size=64 --l3cache
>>
>> But when Ubuntu (Lucid) boots up then I don't see any cache configuration
>> through 'lscpu'
>>
>> $lscpu
>> Architecture:          x86_64
>> CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
>> CPU(s):                1
>> Thread(s) per core:    1
>> Core(s) per socket:    1
>> CPU socket(s):         1
>> Vendor ID:             M5 Simulator
>> CPU family:            15
>> Model:                 37
>> Stepping:              1
>> CPU MHz:               2000.010
>>
>> Moreover, 'ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0' only shows 'topology' dir and
>> no cache directory.
>>
>> Also during the system bootup, the Linux shows wrong cache configuration
>> for both L1 and L2:
>> :
>> "Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
>> CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
>> CPU: L2 Cache: 1024K (64 bytes/line)"
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
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