Yes, it's point to point ethernet links. I'm not sure what you mean by opposite, that's how I described it previously. You can make an arbitrary network of point to point ethernet links.
Lisa On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Aaron Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lisa Hsu <hsul <at> eecs.umich.edu> writes: > > > > > > > M5 is capable of any number of systems, it's just not built-in to our > provided > fs.py. You'll have to read through fs.py to see how we connect the two > systems > and extrapolate on how to connect more.However, we don't have an Ethernet > switched model, we only have point to point connections implemented. There > have > been discussions on this list for writing a switch but we don't have > anything in > our code base right now that does that, though it should not be hard to > do.Lisa > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Sherif <fahmy <at> vt.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to use m5 to create a distributed system to test some algorithms > > I am developing. The documentation is a bit fragmented regarding this > > issue and I am not sure if I understand this correctly. > > As I understand it, I can create as many CPUs as I like and connect them > > to each other. However, I want to create a distributed system where each > > machine can communicate with the other. While reading the fs.py file, I > > find that the last couple of lines are > > print "Error I don't know how to create more than 2 systems." > > sys.exit(1) > > Does this imply that m5 can only simulate a single client-server > > architecture? If not, could you please point me to some documentation > > that tells me how to create a distributed system (either full system or > > system emulation will do for my purpose). I am interested in a way of > > creating a system connected by Ethernet (preferably switched). Thanks in > > advance. > > yours, > > Sherif Fadel > > _______________________________________________ > > m5-users mailing listm5-users <at> > m5sim.orghttp://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > m5-users mailing list > > m5-users <at> m5sim.org > > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > > > How do you commuincate between these multiple interconnected systems. > What function do you use and how are they connected if not over an ethernet > bus > system. > > Also I noticed in FS.py the --dual systems comment says it connects the two > systems via an ethernet link. > This is the opposite of what you say below isn't it? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > m5-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users >
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