Updated Linux testbench to use new force/unforce method for Branch predictor init and removed related .txt files

pipelined/regression/wally-pipelined.do

@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ if {$2 eq "buildroot" || $2 eq "buildroot-checkpoint"} {
 } elseif {$2 eq "buildroot-no-trace"} {
     vlog -lint -work work_${1}_${2} +incdir+../config/$1 +incdir+../config/shared ../testbench/testbench-linux.sv ../testbench/common/*.sv ../src/*/*.sv ../src/*/*/*.sv -suppress 2583
     # start and run simulation
-<<<<<<< HEAD
     vopt +acc work_${1}_${2}.testbench -work work_${1}_${2} -G RISCV_DIR=$3 -G INSTR_LIMIT=0 -G INSTR_WAVEON=0 -G CHECKPOINT=0 -G NO_IE_MTIME_CHECKPOINT=1 -G DEBUG_TRACE=0 -o testbenchopt 
-=======
-    vopt +acc work_${1}_${2}.testbench -work work_${1}_${2} -G RISCV_DIR=$3 -G INSTR_LIMIT=0 -G INSTR_WAVEON=0 -G CHECKPOINT=0 -G NO_IE_MTIME_CHECKPOINT=1 -o testbenchopt 
->>>>>>> parent of 9eb374b6... Changed NO_IE_MTIME_CHECKPOINT so it uses the new parameter name
     vsim -lib work_${1}_${2} testbenchopt -suppress 8852,12070,3084,3829
 
     #-- Run the Simulation

pipelined/testbench/testbench-linux.sv

@@ -350,6 +350,18 @@ module testbench;
       end \
     end
 
+  // Initializing all zeroes into the branch predictor memory.
+  genvar adrindex;      
+    for(adrindex = 0; adrindex < 1024; adrindex++) begin
+      initial begin 
+      force dut.core.ifu.bpred.bpred.Predictor.DirPredictor.PHT.mem[adrindex] = 0;
+      force dut.core.ifu.bpred.bpred.TargetPredictor.memory.mem[adrindex] = 0;
+      #1;
+      release dut.core.ifu.bpred.bpred.Predictor.DirPredictor.PHT.mem[adrindex];
+      release dut.core.ifu.bpred.bpred.TargetPredictor.memory.mem[adrindex];
+      end
+    end
+
   genvar i;
   `INIT_CHECKPOINT_SIMPLE_ARRAY(RF,         [`XLEN-1:0],31,1);
   `INIT_CHECKPOINT_SIMPLE_ARRAY(HPMCOUNTER, [`XLEN-1:0],`COUNTERS-1,0);
@@ -403,8 +415,6 @@ module testbench;
     $sformat(linuxImageDir,"%s/buildroot/output/images/",RISCV_DIR);
     if (CHECKPOINT!=0)
       $sformat(checkpointDir,"%s/linux-testvectors/checkpoint%0d/",RISCV_DIR,CHECKPOINT);
-    $readmemb(`TWO_BIT_PRELOAD, dut.core.ifu.bpred.bpred.Predictor.DirPredictor.PHT.mem); // *** initialize these using zeroes rather than reading from files, see testbench.sv
-    $readmemb(`BTB_PRELOAD, dut.core.ifu.bpred.bpred.TargetPredictor.memory.mem);
     ProgramAddrMapFile = {linuxImageDir,"disassembly/vmlinux.objdump.addr"};
     ProgramLabelMapFile = {linuxImageDir,"disassembly/vmlinux.objdump.lab"};
     // initialize bootrom