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authorAnup Patel <anup.patel@wdc.com>2020-02-15 19:22:35 +0530
committerChih-Min Chao <chihmin.chao@sifive.com>2020-02-19 18:52:50 -0800
commitfbddad3d49da510f34b0b874d097b8c87d47309b (patch)
treec5412ae700a3185cc54bc50ac3a43e5d0880122a /spike_main
parent08cf745aaab48d67fafc995663ec96757ff6b816 (diff)
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Add optional support for real-time clint
This patch adds optional support clint timer incrementing at real-time rate. This can be enabled by passing command line parameter "--real-time-clint". This feature can be used for: 1. Checking whether any code addition to Spike is slowing down simulation too much 2. Comparing run-time for software on Spike with other functional simulators (such as QEMU) Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@wdc.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'spike_main')
-rw-r--r--spike_main/spike.cc6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/spike_main/spike.cc b/spike_main/spike.cc
index f56337c..e652a33 100644
--- a/spike_main/spike.cc
+++ b/spike_main/spike.cc
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static void help(int exit_code = 1)
fprintf(stderr, " --dump-dts Print device tree string and exit\n");
fprintf(stderr, " --disable-dtb Don't write the device tree blob into memory\n");
fprintf(stderr, " --initrd=<path> Load kernel initrd into memory\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " --real-time-clint Increment clint time at real-time rate\n");
fprintf(stderr, " --dm-progsize=<words> Progsize for the debug module [default 2]\n");
fprintf(stderr, " --dm-sba=<bits> Debug bus master supports up to "
"<bits> wide accesses [default 0]\n");
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
bool log = false;
bool dump_dts = false;
bool dtb_enabled = true;
+ bool real_time_clint = false;
size_t nprocs = 1;
size_t initrd_size;
reg_t initrd_start = 0, initrd_end = 0;
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
parser.option(0, "vector-mistrap", 0, [&](const char *s){g_vector_mistrap = true;});
parser.option(0, "disable-dtb", 0, [&](const char *s){dtb_enabled = false;});
parser.option(0, "initrd", 1, [&](const char* s){initrd = s;});
+ parser.option(0, "real-time-clint", 0, [&](const char *s){real_time_clint = true;});
parser.option(0, "extlib", 1, [&](const char *s){
void *lib = dlopen(s, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
if (lib == NULL) {
@@ -321,7 +324,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
}
}
- sim_t s(isa, priv, varch, nprocs, halted, initrd_start, initrd_end, start_pc, mems, plugin_devices, htif_args,
+ sim_t s(isa, priv, varch, nprocs, halted, real_time_clint,
+ initrd_start, initrd_end, start_pc, mems, plugin_devices, htif_args,
std::move(hartids), dm_config);
std::unique_ptr<remote_bitbang_t> remote_bitbang((remote_bitbang_t *) NULL);
std::unique_ptr<jtag_dtm_t> jtag_dtm(