Re: [Gems-users] Random Tester

[Marco Solinas <marco.solinas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot, Javier! That's exactly what I needed.

Regards,
Marco

Javier Merino ha scritto:
> If RANDOMIZATION is set to true, a random time is added to every message
> enqueued in a MessageBuffer. See ruby/buffers/MessageBuffer.C  enqueue()
>
> Regards,
> Javier Merino
>
> El mié, 01-10-2008 a las 11:31 +0200, Marco Solinas escribió:
>   
> > Hi list,
> >
> > when I use the "random tester" (GEMS 1.4) to debug my protocol, I see 
> > message interleaving even if the physical NoC architecture 
> > (FILE_SPECIFIED) wouldn't allow such kind of race.
> > Reading the PowerPoint slides (isca_tutorial) available in the website, 
> > I can read that the tester "randomly inserts delay".
> > My question is: where is this delay inserted? I was wandering that the 
> > strange phenomenon I can see while testing could be tiled to such delay 
> > (I mean: a random delay in the time a queued message is served might 
> > explain such situation).
> > In the case I'm right, could you suggest me the point in the tester or 
> > ruby code I have to modify in order to avoid such situation?
> > Thanks a lot!
> > Marco
> >
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