[gem5-users] kernel crng init slowing down the boot process

Hi everyone! Has anyone experienced the case where certain processes in FS simulation after boot are blocked by kernel crng init? I'm using a kernel for ARM64 built from scratch using a buildroot recipe, and the kernel crng init blocked the sample app i'm supposed to test out for like 7 simula

[gem5-users] Inquiry Regarding Validity of New Block in Gem5 Cache Simulation

I have a question about the validity of a new block in the cache simulation, specifically about the allocateBlock(pkt, writebacks) function within the BaseCache class. In the function definition, it is stated that “the allocateBlock(pkt, writebacks) function finds a victim block, prepares any n

[gem5-users] Re: Understanding Squashed Loads/Stores

On 11/21/2023 12:16 PM, Arth Shah via gem5-users wrote: Hi everyone, I'm running a benchmark on the O3CPU model (aarch64) and see something strange that I wasn't able to understand. I see a lot of Squashed loads and stores in the LSQ but it doesn't seem like it is due to branch misprediction or

[gem5-users] Understanding Squashed Loads/Stores

Hi everyone, I'm running a benchmark on the O3CPU model (aarch64) and see something strange that I wasn't able to understand. I see a lot of Squashed loads and stores in the LSQ but it doesn't seem like it is due to branch misprediction or Cache blockages. What else could cause this magnitude of s