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MESI Cache Coherence Simulator for Multicore Systems

COL216-Assignment-3

How to Compile and Run

Compilation

To compile the code, use the make command in the terminal:

make

This will generate an executable file named L1simulate.

Generating the Report

To generate the report.pdf document, use the make report command:

make report

Ensure that you have texlive installed on your system. You can install it using the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install texlive-latex-base
sudo apt install texlive-latex-extra

Cleaning Up

To remove the executable and the generated report.pdf document, use the make clean command:

make clean

Running the Executable

You can run the executable using the following command:

./L1simulate [OPTIONS]

Usage

The program accepts the following options:

• -t <tracefile>: Name of the parallel application (e.g., app1) whose 4 traces are to be used.
• -s <s>: Number of set index bits (number of sets = 2^s).
• -E <E>: Associativity (number of cache lines per set).
• -b <b>: Number of block bits (block size = 2^b bytes).
• -o <outfile>: Logs output in a file for plotting, etc.
• -h: Prints this help message.

Example

Here is an example of how to run the program:

./L1simulate -t app1 -s 5 -E 2 -b 5 -o output.txt