The follow six tables describe the current state of component combinations in gem5.
Color Key
| Definitely does not work
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| Might work
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| Should work
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| Definitely works
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| Unknown
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Notes
Numbers in the squares below refer to the following notes:
- Ruby does not support atomic-mode accesses
- The MI_example protocol cannot support LL/SC semantics
- Classic caches do not support x86 locked (atomic RMW) accesses. The AtomicSimple CPU model enforces atomic RMW accesses itself, so this only affects correctness for timing-mode CPU models.
ISA Support Matrices
Alpha
| Processor
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Memory System
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| Model
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System
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Count
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Classic
|
Ruby
|
| MI_example |
MOESI_hammer |
MESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_token
|
| AtomicSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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| multi
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|
Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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| FS
|
uni
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|
Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| TimingSimple
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| InOrder
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SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| O3
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SE
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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x86
| Processor
|
Memory System
|
| Model
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System
|
Count
|
Classic
|
Ruby
|
| MI_example |
MOESI_hammer |
MESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_token
|
| AtomicSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| multi
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| FS
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| multi
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| TimingSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
|
|
|
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| multi
|
Note 3
|
|
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| FS
|
uni
|
Note 3
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| multi
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Note 3
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| InOrder
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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| O3
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 3
|
Note 2
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|
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| FS
|
uni
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Note 3
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Note 2
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| multi
|
Note 3
|
Note 2
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ARM
| Processor
|
Memory System
|
| Model
|
System
|
Count
|
Classic
|
Ruby
|
| MI_example |
MOESI_hammer |
MESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_token
|
| AtomicSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| multi
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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Note 1
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Note 1
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| FS
|
uni
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| TimingSimple
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| InOrder
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SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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| O3
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SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
|
uni
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Note 2
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| multi
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Note 2
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SPARC
| Processor
|
Memory System
|
| Model
|
System
|
Count
|
Classic
|
Ruby
|
| MI_example |
MOESI_hammer |
MESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_token
|
| AtomicSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| FS
|
uni
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| TimingSimple
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
|
uni
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| multi
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| InOrder
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SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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| O3
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SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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PowerPC
| Processor
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Memory System
|
| Model
|
System
|
Count
|
Classic
|
Ruby
|
| MI_example |
MOESI_hammer |
MESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_token
|
| AtomicSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| multi
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| FS
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| TimingSimple
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
|
uni
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| multi
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| InOrder
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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| O3
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SE
|
uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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MIPS
| Processor
|
Memory System
|
| Model
|
System
|
Count
|
Classic
|
Ruby
|
| MI_example |
MOESI_hammer |
MESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_directory |
MOESI_CMP_token
|
| AtomicSimple
|
SE
|
uni
|
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| FS
|
uni
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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Note 1
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| multi
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|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
|
Note 1
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| TimingSimple
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
|
uni
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| multi
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| InOrder
|
SE
|
uni
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| multi
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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| O3
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SE
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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| FS
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uni
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| multi
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Note 2
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