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+# Copyright (c) 2014-2015, 2017 ARM Limited
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+#
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+#
+# Authors: Radhika Jagtap
+#          Andreas Hansson
+
+import argparse
+
+import m5
+from m5.objects import *
+from m5.util import addToPath
+from m5.stats import periodicStatDump
+
+addToPath('../common')
+import MemConfig
+
+# This script aims at triggering low power state transitions in the DRAM
+# controller. The traffic generator is used in DRAM mode and traffic
+# states target a different levels of bank utilization and strides.
+# At the end after sweeping through bank utilization and strides, we go
+# through an idle state with no requests to enforce self-refresh.
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+  formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+
+# Use a single-channel DDR4-2400 in 16x4 configuration by default
+parser.add_argument("--mem-type", default="DDR4_2400_16x4",
+                    choices=MemConfig.mem_names(),
+                    help = "type of memory to use")
+
+parser.add_argument("--mem-ranks", "-r", type=int, default=1,
+                    help = "Number of ranks to iterate across")
+
+parser.add_argument("--page-policy", "-p",
+                    choices=["close_adaptive", "open_adaptive"],
+                    default="close_adaptive", help="controller page policy")
+
+parser.add_argument("--itt-list", "-t", default="1 20 100",
+                    help="a list of multipliers for the max value of itt, " \
+                    "e.g. \"1 20 100\"")
+
+parser.add_argument("--rd-perc", type=int, default=100,
+                    help = "Percentage of read commands")
+
+parser.add_argument("--addr-map", type=int, default=1,
+                    help = "0: RoCoRaBaCh; 1: RoRaBaCoCh/RoRaBaChCo")
+
+parser.add_argument("--idle-end", type=int, default=50000000,
+                    help = "time in ps of an idle period at the end ")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# Start with the system itself, using a multi-layer 2.0 GHz
+# crossbar, delivering 64 bytes / 3 cycles (one header cycle)
+# which amounts to 42.7 GByte/s per layer and thus per port.
+system = System(membus = IOXBar(width = 32))
+system.clk_domain = SrcClockDomain(clock = '2.0GHz',
+                                   voltage_domain =
+                                   VoltageDomain(voltage = '1V'))
+
+# We are fine with 256 MB memory for now.
+mem_range = AddrRange('256MB')
+# Start address is 0
+system.mem_ranges = [mem_range]
+
+# Do not worry about reserving space for the backing store
+system.mmap_using_noreserve = True
+
+# Force a single channel to match the assumptions in the DRAM traffic
+# generator
+args.mem_channels = 1
+args.external_memory_system = 0
+args.tlm_memory = 0
+args.elastic_trace_en = 0
+MemConfig.config_mem(args, system)
+
+# Sanity check for memory controller class.
+if not isinstance(system.mem_ctrls[0], m5.objects.DRAMCtrl):
+    fatal("This script assumes the memory is a DRAMCtrl subclass")
+
+# There is no point slowing things down by saving any data.
+system.mem_ctrls[0].null = True
+
+# Set the address mapping based on input argument
+# Default to RoRaBaCoCh
+if args.addr_map == 0:
+   system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoCoRaBaCh"
+elif args.addr_map == 1:
+   system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoRaBaCoCh"
+else:
+    fatal("Did not specify a valid address map argument")
+
+system.mem_ctrls[0].page_policy = args.page_policy
+
+# We create a traffic generator state for each param combination we want to
+# test. Each traffic generator state is specified in the config file and the
+# generator remains in the state for specific period. This period is 0.25 ms.
+# Stats are dumped and reset at the state transition.
+period = 250000000
+
+# We specify the states in a config file input to the traffic generator.
+cfg_file_name = "configs/dram/lowp_sweep.cfg"
+cfg_file = open(cfg_file_name, 'w')
+
+# Get the number of banks
+nbr_banks = int(system.mem_ctrls[0].banks_per_rank.value)
+
+# determine the burst size in bytes
+burst_size = int((system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value *
+                  system.mem_ctrls[0].device_bus_width.value *
+                  system.mem_ctrls[0].burst_length.value) / 8)
+
+# next, get the page size in bytes (the rowbuffer size is already in bytes)
+page_size = system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value * \
+    system.mem_ctrls[0].device_rowbuffer_size.value
+
+# Inter-request delay should be such that we can hit as many transitions
+# to/from low power states as possible to. We provide a min and max itt to the
+# traffic generator and it randomises in the range. The parameter is in
+# seconds and we need it in ticks (ps).
+itt_min = system.mem_ctrls[0].tBURST.value * 1000000000000
+
+#The itt value when set to (tRAS + tRP + tCK) covers the case where
+# a read command is delayed beyond the delay from ACT to PRE_PDN entry of the
+# previous command. For write command followed by precharge, this delay
+# between a write and power down entry will be tRCD + tCL + tWR + tRP + tCK.
+# As we use this delay as a unit and create multiples of it as bigger delays
+# for the sweep, this parameter works for reads, writes and mix of them.
+pd_entry_time = (system.mem_ctrls[0].tRAS.value +
+                 system.mem_ctrls[0].tRP.value +
+                 system.mem_ctrls[0].tCK.value) * 1000000000000
+
+# We sweep itt max using the multipliers specified by the user.
+itt_max_str = args.itt_list.strip().split()
+itt_max_multiples = map(lambda x : int(x), itt_max_str)
+if len(itt_max_multiples) == 0:
+    fatal("String for itt-max-list detected empty\n")
+
+itt_max_values = map(lambda m : pd_entry_time * m, itt_max_multiples)
+
+# Generate request addresses in the entire range, assume we start at 0
+max_addr = mem_range.end
+
+# For max stride, use min of the page size and 512 bytes as that should be
+# more than enough
+max_stride = min(512, page_size)
+mid_stride = 4 * burst_size
+stride_values = [burst_size, mid_stride, max_stride]
+
+# be selective about bank utilization instead of going from 1 to the number of
+# banks
+bank_util_values = [1, int(nbr_banks/2), nbr_banks]
+
+# Next we create the config file, but first a comment
+cfg_file.write("""# STATE state# period mode=DRAM
+# read_percent start_addr end_addr req_size min_itt max_itt data_limit
+# stride_size page_size #banks #banks_util addr_map #ranks\n""")
+
+nxt_state = 0
+for itt_max in itt_max_values:
+    for bank in bank_util_values:
+        for stride_size in stride_values:
+            cfg_file.write("STATE %d %d %s %d 0 %d %d "
+                           "%d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d\n" %
+                           (nxt_state, period, "DRAM", args.rd_perc, max_addr,
+                            burst_size, itt_min, itt_max, 0, stride_size,
+                            page_size, nbr_banks, bank, args.addr_map,
+                            args.mem_ranks))
+            nxt_state = nxt_state + 1
+
+# State for idle period
+idle_period = args.idle_end
+cfg_file.write("STATE %d %d IDLE\n" % (nxt_state, idle_period))
+
+# Init state is state 0
+cfg_file.write("INIT 0\n")
+
+# Go through the states one by one
+for state in range(1, nxt_state + 1):
+    cfg_file.write("TRANSITION %d %d 1\n" % (state - 1, state))
+
+# Transition from last state to itself to not break the probability math
+cfg_file.write("TRANSITION %d %d 1\n" % (nxt_state, nxt_state))
+cfg_file.close()
+
+# create a traffic generator, and point it to the file we just created
+system.tgen = TrafficGen(config_file = cfg_file_name)
+
+# add a communication monitor
+system.monitor = CommMonitor()
+
+# connect the traffic generator to the bus via a communication monitor
+system.tgen.port = system.monitor.slave
+system.monitor.master = system.membus.slave
+
+# connect the system port even if it is not used in this example
+system.system_port = system.membus.slave
+
+# every period, dump and reset all stats
+periodicStatDump(period)
+
+root = Root(full_system = False, system = system)
+root.system.mem_mode = 'timing'
+
+m5.instantiate()
+
+# Simulate for exactly as long as it takes to go through all the states
+# This is why sim exists.
+m5.simulate(nxt_state * period + idle_period)
+print "--- Done DRAM low power sweep ---"
+print "Fixed params - "
+print "\tburst: %d, banks: %d, max stride: %d, itt min: %s ns" %  \
+  (burst_size, nbr_banks, max_stride, itt_min)
+print "Swept params - "
+print "\titt max multiples input:", itt_max_multiples
+print "\titt max values", itt_max_values
+print "\tbank utilization values", bank_util_values
+print "\tstride values:", stride_values
+print "Traffic gen config file:", cfg_file_name