Archer:M5 and mcpat
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Introduction
Overview: This tutorial guides the user through setting up M5 and mcpat on the Archer Grid Appliance.
M5 and mcpat
M5 is a modular platform for computer system architecture research, encompassing system-level architecture as well as processor microarchitecture. McPAT (Multicore Power, Area, and Timing) is an integrated power, area, and timing modeling framework for multithreaded, multicore, and manycore architectures. It models power, area, and timing simultaneously and consistently and supports comprehensive early stage design space exploration for multicore and manycore processor configurations ranging from 90nm to 22nm and beyond.
Getting Started
- Download and install VMware Player
- Download the grid appliance
- Unzip and run the appliance. You will automatically be logged in with the default username 'griduser' and password 'password'
- Install the required libraries and the M5 and McPAT pre-compiled binaries (simulating Alpha architecture)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install g++ python python-dev scons swig zlib1g-dev m4 make mercurial cd /home/griduser wget http://acis.ufl.edu/~girish/m5-stable_archer.tar.gz tar -xzf m5-stable_archer.tar.gz sudo mv m5-stable/dist / sudo chown -R griduser:griduser /dist mv m5-stable/append_hgrc .hgrc cd m5-stable scons build/ALPHA_FS/tests/opt/quick/10.linux-boot cd /home/griduser wget http://acis.ufl.edu/~girish/mcpat0.7_rev245_archer.tar.gz tar -xzf mcpat0.7_rev245_archer.tar.gz cd mcpat0.7 ./mcpat -infile Alpha21364.xml -print_level 5
Registering with Archer
The grid appliance image used in the previous section does not require the user to be a registered Archer user. However, this grid appliance connects to only a small pool of machines to which the user can submit simulation jobs. Becoming a registered user of Archer has additional benefits including a significantly larger pool of machines and access to simulators like Simics which require licenses.
Kindly see the detailed wiki entry on using Simics on Archer for further information.
