I think this is a very good idea.
-- Sasha
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Vilas Sridharan wrote:
I'm not sure what 'typical' usage of M5 looks like, but I for one spend a
lot of time understanding the existing code (both C++ and Python) in order
to modify / extend it -- as opposed to either using it as is or writing
entirely new code. I think more emphasis in a tutorial on how to use M5 in
that capacity (and less on history / overview) would be helpful.
I personally wasn't familiar with Python, so I had to spend a lot of time
understanding (relatively simple) Python code -- for example, the code
provided in se.py or fs.py -- in order to change it to suit my needs. It
would be great if you could cover the basics of the Python infrastructure --
and perhaps use one of those files as part of the example (since they are
likely the most commonly used Python files, from a user perspective).
Echoing Philip's suggestion, perhaps the 'complete example' he suggests
could be a 'How to' for a (simple) modification to the existing code? You
wouldn't need to actually dwell on the details of the new feature, but it
would allow you to highlight a variety of areas in the simulator in the
process.
-Vilas
On Feb 11, 2008 12:35 AM, Philip Machanick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I took a quick look at the ISCA 2006 tutorial and it reads well as an
overview of a manual but a complete example including a good fraction
(obvious not all) of the features at the end would be a useful
addition to put it all together.
A possible approach: use pieces of this complete example to introduce
the features, then go over the whole thing at the end.
On 2/11/08, Ali Saidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Everyone,
Below is roughly the outline we've used for previous M5 tutorials.
We're in the process of updating our slides for the ASPLOS tutorial in
a few weeks and would like any input you have. Irrespective of if you
plan to attend the tutorial or not we would like input about what
should be covered in more detail and what we're spending too much time
on.
Thanks,
Ali
Introduction & Overview
History
Attributes
Objects/Events/Modes
Current work (lots has change)
Future Work (lots has changed)
Compiling and Running M5
Source Tree
Building
Output files
Checkpoints
Simpoints
Full system workloads
Network workloads
Parts of a workload
Current M5 Object models
CPU Models
Time buffers
Templates
Checker
State
Memory System
Requests/Packets
Access modes
Interconnects
Caches
Coherence
I/O
Device overview
Disks
NICs
Extending M5
M5 Internals
Configurations
Serialization
Events
ISA description
Statistics
Debugging M5
Tracing
Debugger
Remote debugger
Wrapup
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