arm,config: Add dist-gem5 support to the big.LITTLE(tm) config
authorGabor Dozsa <gabor.dozsa@arm.com>
Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:36:15 +0000 (15:36 -0600)
committerGabor Dozsa <gabor.dozsa@arm.com>
Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:36:15 +0000 (15:36 -0600)
This patch extends the example big.LITTLE configuration to enable
dist-gem5 simulations of big.LITTLE systems.

Change-Id: I49c095ab3c737b6a082f7c6f15f514c269217756
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
configs/example/arm/dist_bigLITTLE.py [new file with mode: 0644]

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+# Authors: Gabor Dozsa
+
+# This configuration file extends the example ARM big.LITTLE(tm)
+# configuration to enabe dist-gem5 siulations of big.LITTLE systems.
+
+import argparse
+import os
+
+import m5
+from m5.objects import *
+
+import fs_bigLITTLE as bL
+m5.util.addToPath("../../dist")
+import sw
+
+
+def addOptions(parser):
+   # Options for distributed simulation (i.e. dist-gem5)
+    parser.add_argument("--dist", action="store_true", help="Distributed gem5"\
+                      " simulation.")
+    parser.add_argument("--is-switch", action="store_true",
+                        help="Select the network switch simulator process for"\
+                      " a distributed gem5 run.")
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-rank", default=0, action="store", type=int,
+                      help="Rank of this system within the dist gem5 run.")
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-size", default=0, action="store", type=int,
+                      help="Number of gem5 processes within the dist gem5"\
+                      " run.")
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-server-name",
+                      default="127.0.0.1",
+                      action="store", type=str,
+                      help="Name of the message server host\nDEFAULT:"\
+                      " localhost")
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-server-port",
+                      default=2200,
+                      action="store", type=int,
+                      help="Message server listen port\nDEFAULT: 2200")
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-sync-repeat",
+                      default="0us",
+                      action="store", type=str,
+                      help="Repeat interval for synchronisation barriers"\
+                      " among dist-gem5 processes\nDEFAULT:"\
+                      " --ethernet-linkdelay")
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-sync-start",
+                      default="1000000000000t",
+                      action="store", type=str,
+                      help="Time to schedule the first dist synchronisation"\
+                      " barrier\nDEFAULT:1000000000000t")
+    parser.add_argument("--ethernet-linkspeed", default="10Gbps",
+                        action="store", type=str,
+                        help="Link speed in bps\nDEFAULT: 10Gbps")
+    parser.add_argument("--ethernet-linkdelay", default="10us",
+                      action="store", type=str,
+                      help="Link delay in seconds\nDEFAULT: 10us")
+    parser.add_argument("--etherdump", action="store", type=str, default="",
+                        help="Specify the filename to dump a pcap capture of"\
+                        " the ethernet traffic")
+    # Used by util/dist/gem5-dist.sh
+    parser.add_argument("--checkpoint-dir", type=str,
+                        default=m5.options.outdir,
+                        help="Directory to save/read checkpoints")
+
+
+def addEthernet(system, options):
+    # create NIC
+    dev = IGbE_e1000()
+    system.attach_pci(dev)
+    system.ethernet = dev
+
+    # create distributed ethernet link
+    system.etherlink = DistEtherLink(speed = options.ethernet_linkspeed,
+                                     delay = options.ethernet_linkdelay,
+                                     dist_rank = options.dist_rank,
+                                     dist_size = options.dist_size,
+                                     server_name = options.dist_server_name,
+                                     server_port = options.dist_server_port,
+                                     sync_start = options.dist_sync_start,
+                                     sync_repeat = options.dist_sync_repeat)
+    system.etherlink.int0 = Parent.system.ethernet.interface
+    if options.etherdump:
+        system.etherdump = EtherDump(file=options.etherdump)
+        system.etherlink.dump = system.etherdump
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Generic ARM big.LITTLE configuration with "\
+        "dist-gem5 support")
+    bL.addOptions(parser)
+    addOptions(parser)
+    options = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if options.is_switch:
+        root = Root(full_system = True,
+                    system = sw.build_switch(options))
+    else:
+        root = bL.build(options)
+        addEthernet(root.system, options)
+
+    if options.restore_from:
+        checkpoint_path = os.path.join(options.checkpoint_dir,
+                                       options.restore_from)
+    else:
+        checkpoint_path = None
+    bL.instantiate(checkpoint_path)
+    bL.run(options.checkpoint_dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__m5_main__":
+    main()