Measuring performance of programs on the FVP

Mohannad Ismail

Is the FVP accurate in terms of measuring performance of programs? Is it cycle accurate? If I use clock_gettime to measure time taken on applications, is it meaningful? If not, is there an accurate way to measure performance of programs on the FVP?

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MPAM cache partitioning support in FVP base model

Matteo Zini

Hello,

I was trying to configure the MPAM system for cache capacity partitioning utilising the fvp base model. I noticed, reading the comments related to the configuration parameters, that the maximum capacity control is not functional, but, anyway, the…

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Enabling top-byte ignore on ARMv8 Base FVP

Mohannad Ismail

Greetings,

I would like to enable top-byte ignore support on the FVP. I would be grateful on any guidelines on how to do that. Thank you very much!

Best regards,

Mohannad Ismail

ARM Base FVP freezes if left idle

Mohannad Ismail

Greetings,

If I leave the FVP idle for around 1 hour and come back to it, I find that it freezes and have to stop the simulation and re-run it again. What is the possible reason for this and is there a way to stop that from happening? Thank you for your…

Debugging on ARM Base FVP

Mohannad Ismail

Hello,

I would like to know how do I attach gdbserver to my ARM Base FVP for debugging. All tutorials online explain using DS-5. I would like to use gdb since I am more comfortable with it. I already enabled networking on my FVP.

Thanks for your help…

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Debugging on ARM Base FVP

Mohannad Ismail

Hello,

I would like to know how do I attach gdbserver to my ARM Base FVP for debugging. All tutorials online explain using DS-5. I would like to use gdb since I am more comfortable with it. I already enabled networking on my FVP.

Thanks for your help…

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Development of Arm based systems with Synopsys Virtual Prototyping: Anytime, Anywhere!

Jason Andrews

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Around the world thousands of engineers have been asked to work from home. Temporarily gone are the days of global travel, and with it the ‘traditional’ development and global…

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Some questions regarding ARMv8 hardware features

Mohannad Ismail

Hello,

I am a PhD student doing research using the ARMv8 hardware features. I have a few questions regarding them. Some of these may seem a bit trivial, but I like to be a bit more thorough and confirm my understanding, and ARM is relatively new to me…

Debugging the Armv8-A Linux Kernel with DS-5

Stephen Theobald

To develop, port and debug the Linux kernel on a platform, you will need to be able to set breakpoints, view registers, view memory, single-step at source level and so on - all the normal facilities provided by a debugger. You may also need to do these…