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authorSteve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>2006-08-15 08:49:15 -0700
committerSteve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>2006-08-15 08:49:15 -0700
commit07488510713a1df61f6cefced7677047cfc0ef66 (patch)
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downloadgem5-07488510713a1df61f6cefced7677047cfc0ef66.tar.xz
Update release files.
README: Add brief build instructions for the impatient. A few minor fixes. RELEASE_NOTES: Change date; add beta disclaimer. --HG-- extra : convert_revision : d31af687c657feb36a2694ef9f0abd67390c7023
-rw-r--r--README24
-rw-r--r--RELEASE_NOTES6
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5f3ea3653..37387f27e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -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
--------------------