src/python/gem5/components/boards/se_binary_workload.py

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from ...resources.resource import AbstractResource

from m5.objects import SEWorkload, Process

class SEBinaryWorkload:
    """
    This class is used to enable simple Syscall-Execution (SE) mode execution
    of a binary.

    For this to function correctly the SEBinaryWorkload class should be added
    as a superclass to a board (i.e., something that inherits from
    AbstractBoard).
    """

    def set_se_binary_workload(self, binary: AbstractResource) -> None:
        """Set up the system to run a specific binary.

        **Limitations**
        * Only supports single threaded applications
        * Dynamically linked executables are partially supported when the host
          ISA and the simulated ISA are the same.

        :param binary: The resource encapsulating the binary to be run.
        """

        self.workload = SEWorkload.init_compatible(binary.get_local_path())

        process = Process()
        process.cmd = [binary.get_local_path()]
        self.get_processor().get_cores()[0].set_workload(process)