[Gems-users] About Adding a new messge type to Slicc

[Il Son Lee <madusvan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,all.
Recently when I begin to learn about the Slicc and try to modify the
protocols, actually I find it a necessity to add a special type of
message to satisfy my need.I see there are mainly 3 types of message
defined in sm file: cachemsg, requestmsg,triggermsg, each of which
relates to a network port(message buffer) and virtual channel, and
different types of message has its own fields like Type, Size, etc. 
I wonder what else should I modify to introduce in a new type of
message, and should I care about the flit size, NI, or message package? Do the network and message passing mechanism strictly mimic the hardware in reality or just capture its function?
Any advice and tips will be appreciated! Thanks!
Best regards!
                                                                          Lee