SOLROS: A Data-Centric Operating System Architecture for Heterogeneous Computing (EuroSys'18)

How to build host kernel

• cd host-kernel
• make menuconfig
• make; make modules
• sudo make install modules_install headers_install

How to build phi kernel

• make phi-kenel

How to build mpss host modules

• make host-mpss

How to build modified nvme driver

• make nvmep2p

How to build diod 9p server

• make diod

How to install script for xeon phi

• Put your file at ./scritpt with '_mic' suffix
• Files are copied to /usr/bin in mic by running 'make phi-install' or 'make phi-kernel'
• Since all files are part of initramfs of xeon phi, mic needs to be rebooted.

How to use

  Usage: ctrl.py [options]

  Options:
    -h, --help     show this help message and exit
    --verbose      print out log
    --dryrun       dry run
    --debug=DEBUG  debug out for {host:mic}:{fs:net}
  > boot                : Boot all MICs
  > fs_down             : Umount 9p for all MICs
  > fs_up               : Mount 9p for all MICs
  > net_down            : Shutdown network for all MICs
  > net_up              : Bring up network for all MICs: {sock* | mtcp}
  > reboot              : Reboot all MICs
  > show_config         : Show current configuration
  > shutdown            : Shutdown all MICs and relevant services

Xeon Phi root password

• phi
• sshpass -p phi ssh root@mic0 or simply scripts/mic-ssh mic0

Authors

• Changwoo Min [email protected]
• Woonhak Kang [email protected]
• Mohan Kumar [email protected]
• Sanidhya Kashyap [email protected]
• Steffen Maass [email protected]
• Heeseung Jo [email protected]
• Taesoo Kim [email protected]

Citation

@inproceedings{min:solros,
  title        = {{SOLROS: A Data-Centric Operating System Architecture for Heterogeneous Computing}},
  author       = {Changwoo Min and Woon-Hak Kang and Mohan Kumar and Sanidhya Kashyap and Steffen Maass and Heeseung Jo and Taesoo Kim},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys)},
  month        = apr,
  year         = 2018,
  address      = {Porto, Portugal},
}