Yes, the cache coherence protocol is largely rewritten, and is no longer configurable (it's hardwired as MOESI). The primary goal was to allow multi-level coherence in some workable form, and once you get past simple single-bus snooping you can't really parameterize things very easily (not that it worked all that well in the old version, actually).
On 11/6/07, Shoaib Akram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The new version seem to have reimplemented the cache structure. Looks like in > the BaseCache object, there is no parameter protocol. Specifically, how does > coherence protocol works in the new version, if different protocols need to > be selected like in the previous version, or not to specify one at all. > _______________________________________________ > m5-users mailing list > m5-users@m5sim.org > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > _______________________________________________ m5-users mailing list m5-users@m5sim.org http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users
