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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index 103bc0b7a..50ab6b330 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ Outstanding issues for 2.0 release: 6. Make repository public 7. Testing 8. Validation -9. Testing -Nov XX, 2007: m5_2.0_beta4 +Nov 4, 2007: m5_2.0_beta4 -------------------- New Features -1. New cache -2. Ability to include compiled code with EXTRAS= -3. Python creation of params structures for initialization -4. Ability to remotely debug in SE +1. New cache model +2. Use of a I/O cache between devices and memory +3. Ability to include compiled code with EXTRAS= +4. Python creation of params structures for initialization +5. Ability to remotely debug in SE Bug fixes: 1. Fix SE serialization @@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ Bug fixes: 5. Draining code for checkpointing 6. Various performance improvements +Possible Incompatibilities: +1. Real TLBs are now used in SE mode. This is more accurate however it could + cause some problems if you've modified the way page handling is done in + SE mode. +2. There have been many changes to the way the SCons files work. SimObjects, + sources files, and trace flags are all specified in the SConscript files. + To see how to add your sources take a look at one of them. +3. Python is now used to created the parameter structs that were created + manually before. The parameters listed in a py file are turned into + a header file with the same name (e.g. BadDevice.py -> BadDevice.h). + With this change the structs can be populate automatically and the + ugly macros to define and create SimObjects at the bottem of source + files are gone. The parameter structs also automatically inherit + parameters from their parents. + May 16, 2007: m5_2.0_beta3 -------------------- New Features |