Tutorial 0SimpleScalar Installation.ppt

Tutorial 0SimpleScalar Installation CPEG-323 Intro. To Computer Engineering Tom St. John September 19, 2008 Outline Introduction Installation How to Use Demo Labwork Introduction What is SimpleScalar tool set? A Complete Computer Architecture Test Bed Includes: Compiler Assembler Linker Binary Utilities Architecture Simulators Software capable of replicating the functions and capabilities of a computer system or device Helps predict the output of a machine with a given input The Simulators sim-fast Simulator designed for optimal speed and does not check for cache memory. sim-safe Simulator similar to sim-fast, but checks for memory alignment and access. sim-profile Obtains information on text symbol, memory accesses, etc. sim-cache Simulator of multi-level cache. sim-cheetah Cache simulator with multiple configurations and runs a single pass of the program. sim-bred Branch predictor simulator. sim-outorder Most complicated and detailed simulator that performs out-of-order execution of instructions. Why SimpleScalar? Test programs and applications on various ISAs. PISA, ARM, Alpha, and x86 Simulators can emulate computer devices, such as, cache and branch predictor. It’s software! Cuts production cost and time Don’t have to rely on one machine Most importantly…its PORTABLE! Where to get it? Web Site: /~jmanzano/simplescalar_patched.tar.gz Download using either wget or a web browser Outline Introduction Installation How to Use Demo Lab Work Installation – Step 1 Use SSH Secure Shell Client to log in to account at “” You need an account to do the labs! Copy the tarball file to your home directory Untar the files tar xzvf simplescalar_patched.tar.gz If the command fails, try this sequence gzip –d simplescalar_patched.tar.gz tar xvf simplescalar_patched.tar Directory Checklist simplesim-3.0/: SimpleScalar simulators’ source code. binutils-2.5.2/: The GNU binary utilities code. sslittle-na-sstrix/: Root directory of little-endia