Hi Benjamin, It would be great if you have some brain power (and time) to spend on this. Visual feedback is always a great help, even if it is not used to configure the system, but rather just observe it. The config.dot.pdf is exactly what I'm referring to. We could change from PDF to something more "editable" if desired.
Andreas On 07/11/2012 18:56, "Payne, Benjamin" <bpa...@lps.umd.edu> wrote: >As Steve mentioned, the usefulness of the GUI is probably limited to >"novice" users (people with limited gem5 experience). That is my target >audience. > >Andreas -- your suggestion is great, as I am separately working on a >similar project: manipulation of graphs (node and edge placement, >connectivity) within a browser. That interactivity is one challenge, and >another would be implementing those user-directed specifications back >into gem5 (once the desired configuration graph is created). I've worked >with graphviz previously. > >In the file ~/gem5/m5out/config.dot.pdf I see a graph. Is this what you >are referring to? > >The other option I am considering is using the existing AMD SimNow >interface and using that with gem5. I'll need to purse the legality of >this -- >http://developer.amd.com/amd-license-agreement/?f=simnow-linux64-4.6.2pub. >tar.gz&bl= > > >Ben > >-----Original Message----- >From: gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org [mailto:gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org] On >Behalf Of Andreas Hansson >Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:27 AM >To: gem5 users mailing list >Subject: Re: [gem5-users] gem5 GUI? > >Hi everyone, > >If you want to inspect the configuration there is also a PDF produced by >dot (graphviz) if you have the pydot package installed on your system. >This happens automatically when running the simulator if the package is >available. You could envision starting from this dot description and >create an SVG (instead of the PDF) which in turn could be edited by >Javascript in a browser. > >Andreas > >From: Steve Reinhardt <ste...@gmail.com<mailto:ste...@gmail.com>> >Reply-To: gem5 users mailing list ><gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org>> >Date: Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:05 >To: gem5 users mailing list ><gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org>> >Subject: Re: [gem5-users] gem5 GUI? > >There is no GUI for configuration, and I know of no plans to add one. >Having worked with SimNow a bit, I can tell you that the charm of a GUI >fades pretty rapidly when you want to build complex systems with lots of >cores. > >That said, I know it does make the learning curve a little less steep.if >someone wanted to develop a GUI and contribute it we would gladly accept >it. > >Steve > > > > >On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Anthony Gutierrez ><atgut...@umich.edu<mailto:atgut...@umich.edu>> wrote: >There is a simple pipeline view in the util directory, this can be used >for debugging. Other than that, I don't know of any GUI for gem5. > >-Tony > > >On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Payne, Benjamin ><bpa...@lps.umd.edu<mailto:bpa...@lps.umd.edu>> wrote: >Hello, > >I was playing around with AMD's SimNow, which has a GUI. Here are some >examples: >http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/attachments/20091008/7f7ef449/a >ttachment-0001.jpg >http://www.mepem.com/resume/simnow_01.PNG >http://www.coreboot.org/images/c/c3/Winbuild-simnow-run.png > >Question 1: Is there a GUI available for gem5? > >Question 2: Are there plans to add a GUI for gem5 configuration options? >The drag-and-drop capability of SimNow is awesome (see second linked >picture). > >Question 3: How difficult would it be to create a GUI for gem5? >(Is gem5 sufficiently stable that it makes sense to develop a GUI?) > > >Sincerely, > > >Ben Payne >Laboratory for Physical Sciences >http://www.lps.umd.edu/ >office: 443-654-7890<tel:443-654-7890> > >_______________________________________________ >gem5-users mailing list >gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org> >http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users > > >_______________________________________________ >gem5-users mailing list >gem5-users@gem5.org<mailto:gem5-users@gem5.org> >http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users > > >-- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are >confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended >recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the >contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy >the information in any medium. Thank you. > >_______________________________________________ >gem5-users mailing list >gem5-users@gem5.org >http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >_______________________________________________ >gem5-users mailing list >gem5-users@gem5.org >http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. _______________________________________________ gem5-users mailing list gem5-users@gem5.org http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users
