I just mean that as far as ethernet goes, we have point-to-point links, but no way to hook up more than two systems on a LAN. You'd have to make a model for an ethernet switch to hook up more than two systems.
This is true in both 2.0b3 and 2.0b4. Steve On 11/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? 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