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| author | Steve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu> | 2006-08-15 08:49:15 -0700 |
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| committer | Steve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu> | 2006-08-15 08:49:15 -0700 |
| commit | 07488510713a1df61f6cefced7677047cfc0ef66 (patch) | |
| tree | a8d136600c69c17c6cec0ef84943b805129af1b7 | |
| parent | 74e80fc6c76d111a5c936c28ef739fd62fcebcaa (diff) | |
| download | gem5-07488510713a1df61f6cefced7677047cfc0ef66.tar.xz | |
Update release files.
README:
Add brief build instructions for the impatient.
A few minor fixes.
RELEASE_NOTES:
Change date; add beta disclaimer.
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASE_NOTES | 6 |
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@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@ -This is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator. +This is release 2.0_beta of the M5 simulator. -For information about building the simulator and getting started please refer -to: http://www.m5sim.org/ +For detailed information about building the simulator and getting +started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. -Specific Pages of Interest are: +Specific pages of interest are: http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 +Short version: + +1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from +http://wwww.scons.org. + +2. If you don't have SWIG version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from +http://wwww.swig.org. + +3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This +will build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha +syscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it. + If you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) @@ -21,8 +33,8 @@ The basic source release includes these subdirectories: To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files -are collected in a separate archive, m5_system_2.0.tar.bz2. This file -can he downloaded separately from Sourceforge. +are collected in a separate archive, m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2. This file +can he downloaded separately. M5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index 6184f244c..dd458e841 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ -Aug. 14, 2006: m5_2.0_beta +Aug. 15, 2006: m5_2.0_beta -------------------- Major update to M5 including: - New CPU model - New memory system - More extensive python integration - Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC +This is a *beta* release, meaning that some features are not complete, +and some features from M5 1.X aren't currently supported (e.g., MP +coherence). We are working to address these limitations and hope to +have a complete 2.0 release soon. Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1 -------------------- |