M5 models ethernet connections between machines, so if you want to model a cluster-type system you're in good shape (though we just have point-to-point links, so you'd need to write an ethernet switch model, but that shouldn't be too hard).
My previous email was referring to on-chip networks, where you're presumably connecting CPUs and caches within a single system. Steve On 11/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does M5 provide the message passing communication over > the network? Can I have several machines(each has its cpu and > memory) work together with data transfers among them? > > Xin > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:58:04 -0800 > >From: "Steve Reinhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [m5-users] how to use m5 to do Network-on-chip simulation > >To: "M5 users mailing list" <m5-users@m5sim.org> > > > >M5 does not provide any general network models out of the box; our > >only interconnect model at this point is a split-transaction bus > >(which you can combine with caches and bus bridges to make fairly > >complex hierarchies). > > > >If you are interested in writing your own network models M5 would > >provide a good substrate though. We've recently updated our memory > >system so that the caches and busses use a generic "port" model for > >interconnection, so at the lowest level it would be easy to rip out a > >bus and replace it with a network model of your choosing. > > > >Our current cache coherence protocol relies on bus broadcast, so if > >you want to do cache coherence across the network that would be > >additional work. > > > >Steve > > > >On 11/6/07, Igor Andjelkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am also a student who is interested in this topic. > >> Can anyone answer, please. > >> > >> Igor > >> > >> > >> Tony Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi , > >> > >> I am a graduate student who is doing research work on Network-on-chip for > >> multi-core computer. > >> > >> I need a simulator that can do simulation for network-on-chip with > >> different > >> topology, routing algorithm, router architecture, or different bus > >> topology. > >> > >> I also need to implement some blocks or units to the network-on-chip so > >> that > >> I > >> can verify that my optimization design on the network-on-chip can improve > >> performnce , power consumption and reliability, scalability. > >> > >> I also expect the simulator can generate the detailed information about > >> cycle-accurate, packet-level bus behavior. > >> > >> I found "m5" simulator here. > >> > >> I do not know weather it can give me what I need. > >> > >> Would you please help me with it ? > >> > >> Or could you please recommmand other simulator for Network-on-chip? > >> > >> thanks a lot !!! > >> > >> Tony > >> > >> Oct. 25 2007 > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >> http://mail.yahoo.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> m5-users mailing list > >> m5-users@m5sim.org > >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >> http://mail.yahoo.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
