# Copyright (c) 2012 Mark D. Hill and David A. Wood
+# Copyright (c) 2015 The University of Wisconsin
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
-# Authors: Nilay Vaish
+# Authors: Nilay Vaish and Dibakar Gope
from m5.SimObject import SimObject
from m5.params import *
type = 'BranchPredictor'
cxx_class = 'BPredUnit'
cxx_header = "cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh"
+ abstract = True
numThreads = Param.Unsigned(1, "Number of threads")
- predType = Param.String("tournament",
- "Branch predictor type ('local', 'tournament', 'bi-mode')")
+ BTBEntries = Param.Unsigned(4096, "Number of BTB entries")
+ BTBTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Size of the BTB tags, in bits")
+ RASSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "RAS size")
+ instShiftAmt = Param.Unsigned(2, "Number of bits to shift instructions by")
+
+ useIndirect = Param.Bool(True, "Use indirect branch predictor")
+ indirectHashGHR = Param.Bool(True, "Hash branch predictor GHR")
+ indirectHashTargets = Param.Bool(True, "Hash path history targets")
+ indirectSets = Param.Unsigned(256, "Cache sets for indirect predictor")
+ indirectWays = Param.Unsigned(2, "Ways for indirect predictor")
+ indirectTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Indirect target cache tag bits")
+ indirectPathLength = Param.Unsigned(3,
+ "Previous indirect targets to use for path history")
+
+
+
+class LocalBP(BranchPredictor):
+ type = 'LocalBP'
+ cxx_class = 'LocalBP'
+ cxx_header = "cpu/pred/2bit_local.hh"
+
+ localPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local predictor")
+ localCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
+
+
+class TournamentBP(BranchPredictor):
+ type = 'TournamentBP'
+ cxx_class = 'TournamentBP'
+ cxx_header = "cpu/pred/tournament.hh"
+
localPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local predictor")
localCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
- localHistoryTableSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local history table")
+ localHistoryTableSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "size of local history table")
globalPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of global predictor")
globalCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
choicePredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of choice predictor")
choiceCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits of choice counters")
- BTBEntries = Param.Unsigned(4096, "Number of BTB entries")
- BTBTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Size of the BTB tags, in bits")
- RASSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "RAS size")
- instShiftAmt = Param.Unsigned(2, "Number of bits to shift instructions by")
+class BiModeBP(BranchPredictor):
+ type = 'BiModeBP'
+ cxx_class = 'BiModeBP'
+ cxx_header = "cpu/pred/bi_mode.hh"
+
+ globalPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of global predictor")
+ globalCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
+ choicePredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of choice predictor")
+ choiceCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits of choice counters")
+
+class LTAGE(BranchPredictor):
+ type = 'LTAGE'
+ cxx_class = 'LTAGE'
+ cxx_header = "cpu/pred/ltage.hh"
+
+ logSizeBiMP = Param.Unsigned(14, "Log size of Bimodal predictor in bits")
+ logSizeTagTables = Param.Unsigned(11, "Log size of tag table in LTAGE")
+ logSizeLoopPred = Param.Unsigned(8, "Log size of the loop predictor")
+ nHistoryTables = Param.Unsigned(12, "Number of history tables")
+ tagTableCounterBits = Param.Unsigned(3, "Number of tag table counter bits")
+ histBufferSize = Param.Unsigned(2097152,
+ "A large number to track all branch histories(2MEntries default)")
+ minHist = Param.Unsigned(4, "Minimum history size of LTAGE")
+ maxHist = Param.Unsigned(640, "Maximum history size of LTAGE")
+ minTagWidth = Param.Unsigned(7, "Minimum tag size in tag tables")
+