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@@ -1,24 +1,38 @@ This is release m5_1.1 of the M5 simulator. -This file contains brief "getting started" information and release -notes. For more information, see http://m5.eecs.umich.edu. If you -have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. +This file contains brief "getting started" instructions. For more +information, see http://m5.eecs.umich.edu. If you have questions, +please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) ------------------------- -Since you're reading this file, presumably you've managed to untar the -distribution. The archive you've unpacked has three subdirectories: +The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - m5: the simulator itself - - m5-test: regression tests and scripts to run them + - m5-test: regression tests - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 - alpha-system: source for Alpha console and PALcode -M5 is a capable, full-system simulator that current supports both Linux -2.4/2.6 and the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able -to distribute Linux 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-dev@eecs.umich.edu. +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_1.1.tar.bz2. This file +is included on the CD release, or you can download it separately from +Sourceforge. + +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 +Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in +obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu. + +The CD release includes a few extra goodies, such as a tar file +containing doxygen-generated HTML documentation (html-docs.tar.gz), a +set of Linux source patches (linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff), and the scons +program needed to build M5. If you do not have the CD, the same HTML +documentation is available online at http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/docs, +the Linux source patches are available at +http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/dist/linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff, and the scons +program is available from http://www.scons.org. WHAT'S NEEDED ------------- @@ -50,8 +64,8 @@ m5.fast - optimized version of the code without tracing and asserts Different targets are built in different subdirectories of m5/build. Binaries with the same target but different optimization levels share the same directory. Note that you can build m5 in any directory you -choose by copying the SConstruct file there and creating symbolic links -to the 'm5' and 'ext' directories. +choose;p just configure the target directory using the 'mkbuilddir' +script in m5/build. The following steps will build and test the simulator. The variable "$top" refers to the top directory where you've unpacked the files, @@ -64,14 +78,19 @@ To build and test the syscall-emulation simulator: cd $top/m5/build scons ALPHA_SE/test/opt/quick -To build and test the full-system simualator: +This process takes under 10 minutes on a dual 3GHz Xeon system (using +the '-j 4' option). -1. Unpack the full-system binaries from m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2. This file - is included on the CD release, or you can download it from - http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/dist/ m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2.) This package - includes disk images and kernel, palcode, and console binaries - for Linux and FreeBSD. -2. Edit SYSTEMDIR in $top/m5-test/SysPaths.py to point to your local copy - of the binaries. -3. In $top/m5/build, run "scons ALPHA_FS/opt/test/quick". +To build and test the full-system simulator: + +1. Unpack the full-system binaries from m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2. (See + above for directions on obtaining this file if you don't have it.) + This package includes disk images and kernel, palcode, and console + binaries for Linux and FreeBSD. +2. Edit the SYSTEMDIR search path in $top/m5-test/SysPaths.py to + include the path to your local copy of the binaries. +3. In $top/m5/build, run "scons ALPHA_FS/test/opt/quick". + +This process also takes under 10 minutes on a dual 3GHz Xeon system +(again using the '-j 4' option). diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES new file mode 100644 index 000000000..983c9b2e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1 +-------------------- +Update release for IOSCA workshop mini-tutorial. New features include: +- Preliminary FreeBSD support +- Integration of regression tests into scons build framework +- Several bug fixes and better compatibility for Cygwin hosts +- Major cleanup of Alpha system code (console, PAL, etc.) to make + it easier for others to build/modify +- Fixes to enable compilation under g++ 4.0 +- Numerous minor bug fixes + +June 10, 2005: m5_1.0_web +------------------------- +The 1.0 release posted on Sourceforge after the ISCA tutorial contains +just a few very minor fixes relative to the CD. + +June 5, 2005: m5_1.0_tutorial +----------------------------- +First non-beta release. This release was on the CD distributed at the +ISCA tutorial. Major enhancements relative to beta releases include +Linux support and Python-based configuration language. + +June 17, 2004: m5_1.0_beta2 +--------------------------- +Stealth-mode beta bug-fix update, not widely advertised. + +Oct. 17, 2003: m5_1.0_beta1 +--------------------------- +Early beta release. |