[K42-discussion] Support for BogusNet for the IBM CBEFul-System Simulator Platform

[Jimi Xenidis]

On Dec 17, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Elvis John Dowson wrote:

> Hi,
>       I cant seem to locate the netap application. I have a working  
> cell
> installation and also the K42 sources, but have not yet built the K42
> sources yet.

ok, but perhpas you should be working with systemsim-gpul if you plan  
on running k42.

>
> Could you please tell me where netap is located ? I dont have a
> mambo-host-tools directory.
Sorry, I think its best you ask fro missing systemsim code in the forum.
>
> Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon !
>
> Best regards,
>
> Elvis Dowson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michal Ostrowski [mailto:mostrows at watson.ibm.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 6:51 PM
> To: Elvis John Dowson
> Cc: 'Jimi Xenidis'; 'IBM Research K42 Discussion Forum'
> Subject: RE: [K42-discussion] Support for BogusNet for the IBM  
> CBEFul-System
> Simulator Platform
>
> Page 53 of the SystemSim_CmdRef.pdf (included in systemsim  
> distribution)
> describes how to use this.
>
>
> On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:57 +0530, Elvis John Dowson wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 	I managed to compile and link in the mambonet driver into the cell
>> full system simulator.
>>
>> When I launch the simulator, I can see a message that eth0 has  
>> initialized
>> the bogus network driver.
>>
>> Ummmm, now I'm stuck because I dont have any documentation on how  
>> to use
> the
>> mambonet driver or use the simulated network interface on the  
>> simulator !!
>> :-)
>>
>> Would it be possible for someone to kindly tell me the commands to  
>> use
> this
>> driver or the network interface from within the simulator ?
>>
>> The ping command is not available. ifconfig is available and runs,
> although,
>> I'm not sure of the results its returning. It appears to be  
>> configured
> with
>> a LOOPBACK interface and not the mambonet driver.
>>
>> If you could help me with the mambonet driver commands, it would  
>> be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Elvis Dowson
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jimi Xenidis [mailto:jimix at watson.ibm.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 7:31 PM
>> To: Elvis John Dowson
>> Cc: 'IBM Research K42 Discussion Forum'
>> Subject: Re: [K42-discussion] Support for BogusNet for the IBM CBE
>> Ful-System Simulator Platform
>>
>> Good news:
>> K42 uses the IP and NIC drivers from Linux, so with some simple "back
>> porting" the BogusNet driver from Linux should easily work with k42.
>>
>> It is also important to note that k42 has an addition systemsim  
>> networking
>> scenario that linux does not.  It is called "simip" and it allows the
> entire
>> TCP/IP stack to be offloaded increasing the performance of the  
>> simulated
>> workload (since you are not simulating the stack).  The k42 source  
>> code
> has
>> more details on this works.
>>
>> Bad news:
>> However, K42 does not yet run on the Cell, since it has some  
>> architectural
>> changes that we have not added to k42 yet.
>> You could, however, obtain the IBM GPUL/970 Full System Simulator  
>> if you
>> wish to run k42.
>> 	http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/systemsim970
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Elvis John Dowson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>          I would like to know if a BogusNet network interface exists
>>> for the K42 platform and if it can be adapted for use with the IBM
>>> Cell Broadband Engine Full System Simulator.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am attempting to integrate a real-time UML model driven
>>> environment (Rhapsody v6.1) with the IBM CBE FSS platform. So far,
>>> I have managed to port the Rhapsody real-time UML OXF framework and
>>> generated code from the Rhapsody real-time UML models, successfully
>>> compiled and run it for a CBE PPU target.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Using the OXF libraries and TCP/IP sockets, it is possible to
>>> animate the UML models on the host machine and inject events to
>>> control the application at run-time. Hence, its possible to
>>> simulate and debug the application design on the target.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In order for me to be able to do this, I would need to have network
>>> support for the IBM CBE Full System Simulator. Would it be possible
>>> for someone to help me integrate or let me know how to develop or
>>> port a version of the BogusNet network interface to get it working
>>> on the IBM CBE FSS platform ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Elvis Dowson
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> -JX
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-JX
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