src/mem/AbstractMemory.py

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# Authors: Nathan Binkert
#          Andreas Hansson

from m5.params import *
from MemObject import MemObject

class AbstractMemory(MemObject):
    type = 'AbstractMemory'
    abstract = True
    cxx_header = "mem/abstract_mem.hh"

    # A default memory size of 128 MB (starting at 0) is used to
    # simplify the regressions
    range = Param.AddrRange('128MB', "Address range (potentially interleaved)")
    null = Param.Bool(False, "Do not store data, always return zero")

    # All memories are passed to the global physical memory, and
    # certain memories may be excluded from the global address map,
    # e.g. by the testers that use shadow memories as a reference
    in_addr_map = Param.Bool(True, "Memory part of the global address map")

    # When KVM acceleration is used, memory is mapped into the guest process
    # address space and accessed directly. Some memories may need to be
    # excluded from this mapping if they overlap with other memory ranges or
    # are not accessible by the CPU.
    kvm_map = Param.Bool(True, "Should KVM map this memory for the guest")

    # Should the bootloader include this memory when passing
    # configuration information about the physical memory layout to
    # the kernel, e.g. using ATAG or ACPI
    conf_table_reported = Param.Bool(True, "Report to configuration table")