cpu: split LTAGE implementation into a base TAGE and a derived LTAGE
authorPau Cabre <pau.cabre@metempsy.com>
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:04:56 +0000 (01:04 +0100)
committerPau Cabre <pau.cabre@metempsy.com>
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:25:50 +0000 (17:25 +0000)
commitb2078cef37f10ebe1822e3f2a372c780eab91a7e
tree68317bc5e226baa1620496ff08dfcfff1f4a4c68
parent3bb49cb2b01e55e33cd2ca7a872be65c49fabfc6
cpu: split LTAGE implementation into a base TAGE and a derived LTAGE

The new derived LTAGE is equivalent to the original LTAGE implementation
The default values of the TAGE branch predictor match the settings of the
8C-TAGE configuration described in https://www.jilp.org/vol8/v8paper1.pdf

Change-Id: I8323adbfd5c9a45db23cfff234218280e639f9ed
Signed-off-by: Pau Cabre <pau.cabre@metempsy.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14435
Reviewed-by: Sudhanshu Jha <sudhanshu.jha@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
src/cpu/pred/BranchPredictor.py
src/cpu/pred/SConscript
src/cpu/pred/ltage.cc
src/cpu/pred/ltage.hh
src/cpu/pred/tage.cc [new file with mode: 0644]
src/cpu/pred/tage.hh [new file with mode: 0644]