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@@ -2,26 +2,23 @@ This is the gem5 simulator. The main website can be found at http://www.gem5.org -A good starting point is http://www.gem5.org/Introduction, and for +A good starting point is http://www.gem5.org/about, and for more information about building the simulator and getting started -please see http://www.gem5.org/Documentation and -http://www.gem5.org/Tutorials. +please see http://www.gem5.org/documentation and +http://www.gem5.org/documentation/learning_gem5/introduction. To build gem5, you will need the following software: g++ or clang, Python (gem5 links in the Python interpreter), SCons, SWIG, zlib, m4, and lastly protobuf if you want trace capture and playback -support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/Dependencies for more details -concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools. +support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/building +for more details concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools. Once you have all dependencies resolved, type 'scons build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one of ALPHA, ARM, NULL, MIPS, POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version of the gem5 binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture. See -http://www.gem5.org/Build_System for more details and options. - -With the simulator built, have a look at -http://www.gem5.org/Running_gem5 for more information on how to use -gem5. +http://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/building for more details and +options. The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - configs: example simulation configuration scripts @@ -33,8 +30,7 @@ The basic source release includes these subdirectories: To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware (console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk -images. Please see the gem5 download page for these items at -http://www.gem5.org/Download +images. If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org |