NetLogic Platform Support Packages
The NetLogic Platform Support Packages (PSPs) for Prism are designed to help developers targeting NetLogic XL multicore processors.
The following support is available for NetLogic devices
| PSP Name | Target Processor | Target OS | Threading API | PSP Levels | Available Models in Core PSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetLogic XL | NetLogic XLR™, XLS™ and XLP™ devices | Linux | PThreads | Instruction, Core | NetLogic MIPS core |
The Instruction PSP includes the standard what-if analysis and PThreads verification and tuning features.
- What-if analysis Demonstrates the impact of possible changes to your code or hardware. What if a function was made its own thread or if there was another core?
- PThreads Verification and Tuning Analysis of potential data races or dependencies. Iterative process of improvements
In addition to the Instruction PSP features, the following features are available with the NetLogic Core PSP:
- Enhanced code performance profiling. Provides per source line branch misprediction and interlock pipeline stall statistics.
- Cache Modelling and Analysis. Model and compare alternative cache architectures. Schedules can be generated showing performance impact on the application while the new Cache Performance view highlights source lines causing poor cache performance.
- Hardware Threading Analysis The balance of throughput from different hardware threads can be analyzed and shown
Together, these features provide the user with an insight into the benefits of running and optimizing multithreaded code on NetLogic XL devices.