src/mem/AbstractMemory.py

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  39 # Authors: Nathan Binkert
  40 #          Andreas Hansson
  41
  42 from m5.params import *
  43 from MemObject import MemObject
  44
  45 class AbstractMemory(MemObject):
  46     type = 'AbstractMemory'
  47     abstract = True
  48     range = Param.AddrRange(AddrRange('128MB'), "Address range")
  49     null = Param.Bool(False, "Do not store data, always return zero")
  50     zero = Param.Bool(False, "Initialize memory with zeros")
  51
  52     # All memories are passed to the global physical memory, and
  53     # certain memories may be excluded from the global address map,
  54     # e.g. by the testers that use shadow memories as a reference
  55     in_addr_map = Param.Bool(True, "Memory part of the global address map")
  56
  57     # Should the bootloader include this memory when passing
  58     # configuration information about the physical memory layout to
  59     # the kernel, e.g. using ATAG or ACPI
  60     conf_table_reported = Param.Bool(False, "Report to configuration table")