[gem5-users] Re: Modifying X86Board to support multiple processors

2023-10-11 Thread bbruce--- via gem5-users
Hey James, \ Perhaps I am very wrong in my assumptions here, but is there any difference in your idea between a "multiprocessor" setup and a multicore setup? In the gem5 stdlib design each board has one processor, but each processor can have as many CPUs/Cores as you desire. I don't know the in

[gem5-users] Re: MSI Protocol at Memory

2023-10-11 Thread gabriel.busnot--- via gem5-users
Hi Arteen, If you are not tied to the MESI_three_level protocol, then, as Gautam said, you might want to switch to a different protocol that already supports the shared state in the system level cache. CHI is the most advanced and configurable protocol in that respect but others might do as wel