Minor format tweaks on config file documentation.

[gem5.git] / cpu / base_cpu.hh

diff --git a/cpu/base_cpu.hh b/cpu/base_cpu.hh
index f346f4ec55f6ae6869ddd9632e867581a08f2c89..f38a6c9391e59289aede44877db914c157742438 100644 (file)
--- a/cpu/base_cpu.hh
+++ b/cpu/base_cpu.hh
@@ -46,9 +46,17 @@ class ExecContext;
 
 class BaseCPU : public SimObject
 {
+  protected:
+    // CPU's clock period in terms of the number of ticks of curTime.
+    Tick clock;
+
+  public:
+    inline Tick frequency() const { return Clock::Frequency / clock; }
+    inline Tick cycles(int numCycles) const { return clock * numCycles; }
+    inline Tick curCycle() const { return curTick / clock; }
+
 #ifdef FULL_SYSTEM
   protected:
-    Tick frequency;
     uint64_t interrupts[NumInterruptLevels];
     uint64_t intstatus;
 
@@ -67,8 +75,6 @@ class BaseCPU : public SimObject
 
     bool check_interrupts() const { return intstatus != 0; }
     uint64_t intr_status() const { return intstatus; }
-
-    Tick getFreq() const { return frequency; }
 #endif
 
   protected:
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ class BaseCPU : public SimObject
         Counter max_insts_all_threads;
         Counter max_loads_any_thread;
         Counter max_loads_all_threads;
-        Tick freq;
+        Tick clock;
         bool functionTrace;
         Tick functionTraceStart;
 #ifdef FULL_SYSTEM