Sounds very good. What do you mean by "we just have"? I am using M5 2.0b3. Is that ok?
Xin ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:08:11 -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 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 _______________________________________________ m5-users mailing list m5-users@m5sim.org http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users
