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Aug. 14, 2006: m5_2.0_beta
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Major update to M5 including:
- New CPU model
- New memory system
- More extensive python integration
- Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC

Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1
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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
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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
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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
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Stealth-mode beta bug-fix update, not widely advertised.

Oct. 17, 2003: m5_1.0_beta1
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Early beta release.