Re: [Simulavr-devel] Re: [avr-chat] Tenfold acceleration of Similar is possible.

[Bill]

Hi.

I've been out of touch for a while.

Simulavr does have a regression suite, so if that passes with a new
patch, I don't see why a patch can't be applied.



Paul Schlie wrote:

>>From: "E. Weddington" <address@hidden>
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>>>Joerg Wunsch wrote:
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>>>>"Dmitry K." <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>>>In result speed of simulation increase:
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>>>>  Computer #1:   7.54 --> 3.01 sec
>>>>  Computer #2:  18.28 --> 1.51 sec
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>>>>
>>>Impressing -- but simulavr is a dead end.  Only simulavrxx is
>>>maintained anymore.
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>>>
>>It's not completely a dead end on Windows. SimulAVR builds for Windows;
>>it's unknown if simulavrxx builds for Windows.
>>
>>Also, according to Björn (CC'd), it's the only known simulator that will
>>run the GCC test suite. So if there's a patch that will speed up
>>execution of the latest release of simulavr, I'm open to it. Even if it
>>is unmaintained in the long term.
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>- I'm sure a patch which speeds up simulavr by this much would be greatly
>  appreciated by all those who do rely on it (for whatever reason); and
>  although the tool is technically without an active maintainer, I suspect
>  that someone with cvs access to the sources might even consider patching
>  them as a favor after being able confirm that the patch doesn't introduce
>  any undesirable functional regressions. (Possibly enabled by first posting
>  the patch to allow folks to experiment with it, and then posting their
>  corresponding findings?)
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