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WHAT'S NEEDED
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-- GCC (version 3.3 or 3.4 recommended)
+- GCC version 3.3 or newer
- Python 2.3 or newer
-- SCons 0.96.1 (see http://www.scons.org)
+- SCons 0.96.1 or newer (see http://www.scons.org)
WHAT'S RECOMMENDED
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@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ To build and test the syscall-emulation simulator:
To build and test the full-system simualator:
-1. Download the full-system binary package 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.
+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".