- Added the gem5_binary option to the agenda which allows a different
gem5 binary to be specified. This allows WA to be used with
different levels of gem5 debugging. as well as allowing non-standard
gem5 binary names and locations.
- Replace ugly while True loop with a simple regex substitution
achieving the same thing. This is required to match the command in
the shell output when the command wraps around due to the length of
the command.
- Implementation of a gem5 device which allows simulated systems to be
used in the place of a real device. Currently, only Android is
supported.
- The gem5 simulation is started automatically based on a command line
passed in via the agenda. The correct telnet port to connect on is
extracted from the standard error from the gem5 process.
- Resuming from gem5 checkpoints is supported, and can be specified as
part of the gem5 system description. Additionally, the agenda option
checkpoint_post_boot can be used to create a checkpoint
automatically once the system has booted. This can then by used for
subsequent runs to avoid booting the system a second time.
- The Gem5Device waits for Android to finish booting, before sending
commands to the simulated device. Additionally, the device supports
a sleep option, which will sleep in the simulated system for a
number of seconds, prior to running the workload. This ensures that
the system can quieten down, prior to running the workload.
- The Gem5Device relies of VirtIO to pull files into the simulated
environment, and therefire diod support is required on the host
system. Additionally, VirtIO 9P support is required in the guest
system kernel.
- The m5 writefile binary and gem5 pseudo instruction are used to
extract files from the simulated environment.
