Hi Andreas,

It really helped. Thank you again.

Matheus

2015-03-26 11:34 GMT-03:00 Andreas Hansson <[email protected]>:

>  Hi Matheus,
>
>  I would think even with the atomic CPU you should see some form of stats
> change when you change the cache size. That said, the atomic CPU should
> never be used for any time-related performance studies. The notion of time
> is very abstract, and it is intended for fast-forwarding and warming (and
> development of functionality) only. Even the timing CPU is questionable in
> this regard. If you are doing any performance studies you are better off
> using the MinorCPU or the O3CPU with suitable configuration options.
>
>  Hope that helps.
>
>  Andreas
>
>   From: Matheus Alcântara Souza <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:24
> To: gem5 users mailing list <[email protected]>, Andreas Hansson <
> [email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [gem5-users] Miss rate douby
>
>  Maybe the problem is the use of Atomic CPU.
>
>  I'll try to use Timing one, and post the results soon.
>
>  Thanks.
> Matheus
>
> 2015-03-25 21:38 GMT-03:00 Matheus Alcântara Souza <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> The workloads are the same. I am using the Parsec stuff, by the way.
>>
>> The number of instructions (sim_ticks) are also the same.
>>
>> I'm using the default CPU (I guess it is atomic), no O3.
>>
>> I did not change the latency for the different cache sizes. But the
>> question is if the cache miss rate should affect the time (more misses -
>> small caches - means more time, right?). If I increase the latency of
>> bigger caches, the behavior probably will be "more time spent with bigger
>> caches", the opposite.
>>
>> Sorry if the text is confuse.
>>
>> Than you!
>> Em 25/03/2015 20:41, "Andreas Hansson" <[email protected]>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>>   Hi Matheus,
>>>
>>>  Are you dumping stats (or exiting) after some specific number of
>>> instructions (I.e. are you doing the same amount of work)? Also, if you are
>>> using the default o3 configuration it is very aggressive, so perhaps the
>>> latency can be hidden?
>>>
>>>  Andreas
>>>
>>>   From: Matheus Alcântara Souza <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: gem5 users mailing list <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:26
>>> To: gem5 users mailing list <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [gem5-users] Miss rate douby
>>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>>  Consider two gem5 simulation enviroments, one with an l2 cache of size
>>> 2048kB, and the other with the same parameters, but a smaller l2 cache of
>>> 256kB.
>>>
>>>  I used X86 with fs.py, with Classic Memory System (no Ruby). The
>>> results showed an increase in l2 overall miss rate, if the cache is
>>> smaller. But the sim_seconds remains the same.
>>>
>>>  Is it normal? Anyone have suggestions about what to check?
>>>
>>>  Best,
>>> Matheus Alcântara Souza
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