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| author | Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu> | 2011-02-14 21:36:37 -0800 |
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| committer | Gabe Black <gblack@eecs.umich.edu> | 2011-02-14 21:36:37 -0800 |
| commit | 989138970e3512aa9c1b37810ba64a742c00543e (patch) | |
| tree | 948473f5801b0cf56c26eca7e3822865afe89593 /README | |
| parent | 343e94a257baa94575adf0d0def18ffe8da0c4f8 (diff) | |
| download | gem5-989138970e3512aa9c1b37810ba64a742c00543e.tar.xz | |
Info: Clean up some info files.
Get rid of RELEASE_NOTES since we no longer do releases, update some of the
information in README, and update the date in LICENSE.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 32 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is release 2.0_beta6 of the M5 simulator. +This is the M5 simulator. For detailed information about building the simulator and getting started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. @@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ 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 +1. If you don't have SCons version 0.98.1 or newer, get it from http://wwww.scons.org. -2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from +2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.31 or newer, get it from http://wwww.swig.org. -3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This +3. Make sure you also have gcc version 3.4.6 or newer, Python 2.4 or newer +(the dev version with header files), zlib, and the m4 preprocessor. + +4. 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. @@ -25,18 +28,21 @@ WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) ------------------------- The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - - m5: + - m5: + - configs: simulation configuration scripts + - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 - src: source code of the m5 simulator + - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems - tests: regression tests - - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 + - util: useful utility programs and files -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.tar.bz2. This file -can he downloaded separately. +To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware +(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images. +These files for Alpha are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.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 -bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of +Depending on the ISA used, M5 may support Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the +proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux +and FreeBSD bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org |