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ECE 587/687 – Fall 2008
Alaa R. Alameldeen
© Copyright by Alaa Alameldeen and Haitham Akkary 2008
Running the Simplescalar
Simulator
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ECE 587/687
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Documentation
nTutorial (hacker’s guide)
nTechnical report
nSimulator source files are well documented
nTutorial and technical report are available through
the class webpage
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Simulator Download Instructions
nDownload the following file:
uhttp://www.cecs.pdx.edu/~alaa/ece587/simulator/ss.tar.gz
nYou need to enter your user name and password
uUsername: Your last name
uPassword: First six digits of your PSU ID
nSave the file to your Solaris home directory
nFrom your home directory, unpack the file:
ugunzip ss.tar.gz
utar xvf ss.tar
nThe file creates a new directory “simulator” in your
home directory
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Simulator Directories
nSimulator models
usimulator/ss3/
nBenchmarks:
uSPEC95 binaries: simulator/bench/big/
uSPEC95 inputs: simulator/input/ref
uSPEC95 outputs: simulator/output/ref
uSmall tests: simulator/tests
ØSmall programs for you to read and understand
quickly
ØSource files also available in the same directory
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Compiling and Running the Simulator
nCompile Simplescalar:
uFrom a Solaris machine (e.g., nemo.ece.pdx.edu):
Øcd simulator/ss3/
Ømake
nRun benchmarks:
ucd $HOME_DIR/simulator
uRun.pl –db bench.db –dir results/gcc1 –benchmark gcc –sim
$HOME_dir/simulator/ss3/sim-outorder –args “-fastfwd 100000000
–max:inst 1000000” >& results/gcc1.out
nBenchmarks include: gcc, li, m88ksim, perl, vortex,
compress, and jpeg
nExample of running a small test
u$HOME_DIR/simulator/ss3/sim-outorder $HOME_DIR/simulator/tests/bubblesort
