Changing default OptimizationTarget to WriteEDP from Full. More detaild error messages.

Signed-off-by: sparsh <sparsh0mittal@gmail.com>

InputParameter.cpp

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void InputParameter::ReadInputParameterFromFile(const std::string & inputFile) {
 
 	if (!fp) {
 		cout << inputFile << " cannot be found!\n";
+		cout<<" This file may be present in \"config\" folder. If so, please run destiny from that folder, otherwise, change the file name to include folder location.\n";
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -694,7 +695,8 @@ void InputParameter::PrintInputParameter() {
 	// TO-DO: tedious work here!!!
 
 	if (optimizationTarget == full_exploration) {
-		cout << endl << "Full design space exploration ... might take hours" << endl;
+		cout << endl << "Full design space exploration ... might take hours and will produce a csv" << endl;
+		cout << "If you are interested in optimizing for a single metric only, please change -OptimizationTarget in *cfg file, for example \n -OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP" << endl;
 	} else {
 		cout << endl << "Searching for the best solution that is optimized for ";
 		switch (optimizationTarget) {

MemCell.cpp

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void MemCell::ReadCellFromFile(const string & inputFile)
 
 	if (!fp) {
 		cout << inputFile << " cannot be found!\n";
+		cout<<" This file may be present in \"config\" folder. If so, please run destiny from that folder, otherwise, change the file name to include folder location.\n";
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 

README

@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ target (can be used to find the best of multiple technology inputs).
 -ForceBankA: Same as ForceBank in NVSim, except forcing the number of active Mats is not required.
 -ForceMatA: Same as ForceMat in NVSim, except forcing the number of active Subarrays is not required.
 
+Making output concise or detailed:
+-PrintLevel: 0 -> does NOT produce CACHE DATA ARRAY DETAILS and CACHE TAG ARRAY DETAILS
+Or
+-PrintLevel: 1 -> produces CACHE DATA ARRAY DETAILS and CACHE TAG ARRAY DETAILS 
+For more details on this, see Result.cpp file.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
 ###  Hacking DESTINY code and possible extensions

config/sample_2DReRAM.cfg

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 -Temperature (K): 350
 
 //-OptimizationTarget: WriteLatency
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
 
 -BufferDesignOptimization: balanced
 

config/sample_2D_eDRAM.cfg

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 -Temperature (K): 370
 -RetentionTime (us): 40
 
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
 -EnablePruning: Yes
 
 -BufferDesignOptimization: latency

config/sample_3DReRAM.cfg

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 -Temperature (K): 350
 
 //-OptimizationTarget: WriteLatency
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
 
 -BufferDesignOptimization: balanced
 

config/sample_3D_eDRAM.cfg

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 
 //-OptimizationTarget: Area
 //-OptimizationTarget: WriteLatency
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
+
 -EnablePruning: Yes
 
 -BufferDesignOptimization: latency

config/sample_PCRAM.cfg

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 -Temperature (K): 350
 
 -EnablePruning: Yes
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
 //-OptimizationTarget: Area
 
 -BufferDesignOptimization: latency

config/sample_SRAM_2layer.cfg

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 -Temperature (K): 350
 
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
 //-OptimizationTarget: ReadLatency
 //-OptimizationTarget: ReadDynamicEnergy
 -EnablePruning: Yes

config/sample_SRAM_4layer.cfg

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 -Temperature (K): 350
 
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
 //-OptimizationTarget: ReadLatency
 //-OptimizationTarget: ReadDynamicEnergy
 -EnablePruning: Yes

config/sample_STTRAM.cfg

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 -Temperature (K): 350
 
 -EnablePruning: Yes
--OptimizationTarget: Full
+-OptimizationTarget: WriteEDP
+//-OptimizationTarget: Full
 //-OptimizationTarget: WriteLatency
 
 -BufferDesignOptimization: latency