Weixun Wang wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I have several questions regarding the start-up code of M5.
>
> 1) What code does M5 execute before the actual workload assigned to
> it? What does it exactly do?

None. All setup work is done within the simulator without running any
simulated code. If you're using FS the OS would have to boot before you
could run your user level application benchmarks, but then the OS is the
workload.

>
> 2) If I assigned the same workload to two CPUs in a CMP config, will
> the start-up code do EXACTLY the same (instructions...)?

Yes, they would both start with the workload.

>
> 3) Is there a way to exclude the start-up code from the simulation
> (from stats, etc.)?

It's not included.

Gabe
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