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< 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.
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> 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.
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< Since you're reading this file, presumably you've managed to untar the
< distribution. The archive you've unpacked has three subdirectories:
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> The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
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< - m5-test: regression tests and scripts to run them
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> - m5-test: regression tests
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< 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
>
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< choose by copying the SConstruct file there and creating symbolic links
< to the 'm5' and 'ext' directories.
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> choose;p just configure the target directory using the 'mkbuilddir'
> script in m5/build.
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< To build and test the full-system simualator:
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> This process takes under 10 minutes on a dual 3GHz Xeon system (using
> the '-j 4' option).
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< 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".
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> To build and test the full-system simulator:
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> 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).
>