Re: [gem5-dev] simpoints and KVM

2015-01-13 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
Hi Mike, When you say KVM enabled, I presume you mean running the KvmCPU? As Mitch points out the problem is that you need something to attach the SimPoint probe to, and the KvmCPU does not have that functionality. Andreas On 13/01/2015 00:36, Mitch Hayenga via gem5-dev gem5-dev@gem5.org wrote:

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2546: scons: Avoid implicit command dependencies

2015-01-13 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
--- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2546/#review5750 --- I suspect I am the only one annoyed by this...unless someone else feels

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2546: scons: Avoid implicit command dependencies

2015-01-13 Thread Gabe Black via gem5-dev
On Jan. 13, 2015, 10:53 p.m., Andreas Hansson wrote: I suspect I am the only one annoyed by this...unless someone else feels the same I will discard the patch. If this is what I think it is, it can be pretty annoying when running regressions. The param stuff swamps the console and its

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2546: scons: Avoid implicit command dependencies

2015-01-13 Thread Andreas Hansson via gem5-dev
On Jan. 13, 2015, 10:53 p.m., Andreas Hansson wrote: I suspect I am the only one annoyed by this...unless someone else feels the same I will discard the patch. Gabe Black wrote: If this is what I think it is, it can be pretty annoying when running regressions. The param stuff

[gem5-dev] Review Request 2603: config: arm: fix os_flags

2015-01-13 Thread Malek Musleh via gem5-dev
--- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2603/ --- Review request for Default. Repository: gem5 Description --- Changeset

Re: [gem5-dev] simpoints and KVM

2015-01-13 Thread mike upton via gem5-dev
Oh, Bummer. I was hoping to be able to get simpoints out of a KvmCPU run. It seems like that is not possible. Is it possible to generate checkpoints using the KvmCPU? If so, I can run the benchmark once with the kvm, generating checkpoints every N billion instructions. I can then run each of

Re: [gem5-dev] simpoints and KVM

2015-01-13 Thread Ali Saidi via gem5-dev
That is doable. You can created checkpoints, there is just no way to instrument every basic-block. Ali On 1/13/15, 3:13 PM, mike upton via gem5-dev gem5-dev@gem5.org wrote: Oh, Bummer. I was hoping to be able to get simpoints out of a KvmCPU run. It seems like that is not possible. Is it