Thanks for your advice. Yu
On Jan 11, 2008 3:42 PM, nathan binkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Certainly nothing that is going to be quick (as counted in days). > You're basically going to have to implement the network link/switch > components and the coherence protocol that you wish to run on top of > it. We can certainly help you along the way with pointing you at the > interfaces that you need to use, but you're basically going to have to > write a coherence protocol yourself (or fake it). > > Nate > > On Jan 11, 2008 1:29 PM, Zhang Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. Furthermore, if I want to use other > interconnection > > network topologies in M5, is there a quick way to get start? > > > > Thanks, > > Yu > > > > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 3:15 PM, Geoffrey Blake < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The interconnection between cpus that M5 currently uses is a snoopy > bus. > > Unfortunately, there is no other way to interconnect CPUs. Though as of > > M52.0b4, you can construct a hierarchal bus structure, ie: 4 CPUs, each > pair > > of cpus shares an L2, and coherence is done among the local and remote > pair, > > similar to how an Intel quad core is setup. (Someone please correct me > if > > this not correct.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Zhang Yu > > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:08 PM > > > To: m5-users@m5sim.org > > > Subject: [m5-users] Interconnection between multiple processors > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I want use the full system mode booting with multiple processors to > run > > some MPI programs. I was wondering how the processors are connected to > each > > other. Since in the configuration, the only thing I could do is to set > the > > number of cpus. Is there a default interconnection network between these > > cpus? Or there is no interconnection at all but only a shared memory? I > want > > to know how the cpus communicate with each other and how I can get > control > > of the communication. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Yu > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1216 - Release Date: > 1/9/2008 > > 10:16 AM > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1216 - Release Date: > 1/9/2008 > > 10:16 AM > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 >
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