Hi Ali,
Thanks for the clarification, this should get me started.
Best,
Samuel
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Ali Saidi <sa...@umich.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Samuel,
>
> self in this case is the system.
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> ./build/ARM/m5.opt --list-sim-objects should provide you a list of all
> objects and parameters, however now that I run it there is a bug and it's
> not printing everything. Until we get it fixed looking at the *py files in
> src is your best bet.
>
>
>
> Ali
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> On 29.02.2012 10:49, Samuel Hitz wrote:
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> Hi Ali,
> Thanks for your help.
> Just to make clear, this would be in my config python script right? And to
> which class 'self' refers to in this example? Also is there some
> centralized documentation, or do I have to search through the
> implementation files to get all the possible settings I can make in the
> config script?
> Best,
> Samuel
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Ali Saidi <sa...@umich.edu> wrote:
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>> Hi Samuel,
>>
>>
>>
>> You can include a ram disk by taking part of the physical memory and
>> placing a ram disk there. For example for a ram disk in linux (provided you
>> had a ram disk driver is the kernel), you could add something like:
>>
>> self.ramdisk = PhysicalMemory(range = AddrRange(Addr('128MB'), size =
>> '128MB'), file='/path/to/ramdisk.img')
>>
>> and assuming you only specified 128MB of DRAM the upper 128MB would be
>> used for ramdisk.
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>> The easiest thing to do is an ELF file.
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>>
>> Ali
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>> On 29.02.2012 10:15, Samuel Hitz wrote:
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>> Hi there,
>> I'm trying to port Barrelfish <http://www.barrelfish.org/> to ARMv7
>> modeled by gem5. As I'm new to using gem5, I have some simple questions to
>> start with.
>> 1. What's the best/easiest way to include a ramdisk in gem5? Shall I pack
>> it in the same file as the kernel or can I somehow specify, where the
>> ramdisk should be loaded into memory in the script? As far as I see it,
>> with gem5 one doesn't need/have a bootloader where such things could be
>> specified.
>> 2. What format should the kernel object file have? Does it work with an
>> ELF file or should I use a raw image?
>> Help is much appreciated.
>> Best,
>> Samuel
>>
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