Hi, everybody,

Be sure to get updated simulator sample output from the web page.  I
made a minor fix to my simulator on Wednesday and the sample output
changed as a result.


There are a couple of inconsistencies that need to be corrected:

The original template says this:
   * Update result register data structure with an execution
   * unit name for those instructions that write a register

This isn't quite right.  Since you only update the register
file when you commit the instruction, this value should really
hold the number of the reorder buffer entry that will commit
the register vale.  By doing this, you can free up the 
reservation station in the writingREsult phase even though
you don't update the register file until the commit stage,
when the value comes from the reorder buffer.

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Here is another mistake.  Originally, I wrote:

   * For ADDI, ANDI and LW instructions, set Rj=1 and Vj=0.

But my code, which produces the sample output, actually sets
	Rk = 1 and Vk = 0.  (i.e., use the k fields, not the j fields.)

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Another minor clarification.  The suggested function names I 
gave you listed the arguments to the checkReorder function as:

checkReorder(statePtr, headRB, tailRB)

Actually, you probably don't need to send a pointer to the 
machine state to find a free reorder buffer.