Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-30 Thread Nilay Vaish
On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Beckmann, Brad wrote: My main objection to the change is that it is not worth the time. It is taking a sledgehammer to a bug that only requires a minor tweak. There is a lot of downstream code that will be impacted by a change that doesn't provide any real benefit. To

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-30 Thread Beckmann, Brad
Replies below: -Original Message- From: gem5-dev [mailto:gem5-dev-boun...@gem5.org] On Behalf Of Nilay Vaish Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 8:20 AM To: gem5 Developer List Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Beckmann

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-29 Thread Nilay Vaish
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015, Beckmann, Brad wrote: The tester has always been a single object (since 1999!). The tester works in a coordinated fashion to instigate races. It does not operate as separate independent objects. Brad, even if it has been a single object for a long time, I still

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-29 Thread Beckmann, Brad
or multiple RubyTesters. Brad -Original Message- From: gem5-dev [mailto:gem5-dev-boun...@gem5.org] On Behalf Of Nilay Vaish Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 1:35 PM To: gem5 Developer List Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test On Tue, 28 Apr 2015

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-28 Thread Nilay Vaish
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Brad Beckmann wrote: --- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2749/#review6088 --- Responding to Nilay's

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-28 Thread Andreas Hansson
--- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2749/#review6091 --- Brad's comment aside, is there really a need for a Ruby-specific tester

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-28 Thread Nilay Vaish
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Steve Reinhardt wrote: I appreciate Nilay's desire to not have the tester configuration diverge from the simulation configuration. However, the general impression I get here is that we're making the C++ more complicated in order to avoid changes to the Python. Given that

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-28 Thread Beckmann, Brad
not need to be Ruby specific, but it is quite powerful. Brad -Original Message- From: gem5-dev [mailto:gem5-dev-boun...@gem5.org] On Behalf Of Nilay Vaish Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 11:50 AM To: gem5 Developer List Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-27 Thread Nilay Vaish
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Brad Beckmann wrote: --- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2749/#review6086 --- Why make such a large and

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-27 Thread Brad Beckmann
--- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2749/#review6086 --- Why make such a large and ugly change to fix a seemingly simple problem

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-27 Thread Steve Reinhardt
I appreciate Nilay's desire to not have the tester configuration diverge from the simulation configuration. However, the general impression I get here is that we're making the C++ more complicated in order to avoid changes to the Python. Given that the point of putting the configuration in python

Re: [gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-27 Thread Brad Beckmann
--- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2749/#review6088 --- Responding to Nilay's comments over email: I think it would be best if

[gem5-dev] Review Request 2749: cpu: testers: rubytest: fix the test

2015-04-27 Thread Nilay Vaish
--- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2749/ --- Review request for Default. Repository: gem5 Description --- Changeset