1This is the M5 simulator.
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3For detailed information about building the simulator and getting
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4started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org.
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5* The main website: http://www.gem5.org
6* Documentation wiki: http://www.gem5.org/Documentation
7* Doxygen generated: http://www.gem5.org/docs
8* Tutorials: http://www.gem5.org/Tutorials
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6Specific pages of interest are:
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7http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5
8http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5
| 12http://www.gem5.org/Introduction
13http://www.gem5.org/Build_System
14http://www.gem5.org/Dependencies
15http://www.gem5.org/Running_gem5
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121. If you don't have SCons version 0.98.1 or newer, get it from
13http://wwww.scons.org.
| 20To build gem5, you will need the following software:
21g++ version 4.3 or newer.
22Python, version 2.4 - 2.7 (we don't support Python 3.X). gem5 links in the
23 Python interpreter, so you need the Python header files and shared
24 library (e.g., /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so) in addition to the interpreter
25 executable. These may or may not be installed by default. For example,
26 on Debian/Ubuntu, you need the "python-dev" package in addition to the
27 "python" package. If you need a newer or different Python installation
28 but can't or don't want to upgrade the default Python on your system,
29 see http://www.gem5.org/Using_a_non-default_Python_installation
30SCons, version 0.98.1 or newer. SCons is a powerful replacement for make.
31 If you don't have administrator privileges on your machine, you can use the
32 "scons-local" package to install scons in your m5 directory, or install SCons
33 in your home directory using the '--prefix=' option.
34SWIG, version 1.3.34 or newer
35zlib, any recent version. For Debian/Ubuntu, you will need the "zlib-dev" or
36 "zlib1g-dev" package to get the zlib.h header file as well as the library
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152. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.31 or newer, get it from
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183. Make sure you also have gcc version 3.4.6 or newer, Python 2.4 or newer
19(the dev version with header files), zlib, and the m4 preprocessor.
| 414. In this directory, type 'scons build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one
42of ALPHA, ARM, MIPS, POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version
43of the gem5 binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture.
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214. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This
22will build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha
23syscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it.
| 45If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org
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25If you have questions, please send mail to m5-users@m5sim.org
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27WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
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30The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
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50The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
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31 - m5:
32 - configs: simulation configuration scripts
33 - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5
34 - src: source code of the m5 simulator
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52 - configs: example simulation configuration scripts
53 - ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5
54 - src: source code of the gem5 simulator
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35 - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems
36 - tests: regression tests
37 - util: useful utility programs and files
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39To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware
40(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images.
| 55 - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems
56 - tests: regression tests
57 - util: useful utility programs and files
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59To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware
60(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images.
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41These files for Alpha are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2.
42This file can he downloaded separately.
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44Depending on the ISA used, M5 may support Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the
45proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux
46and FreeBSD bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of
47Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in
48obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org
| 61Please see the gem5 download page for these items at http://www.gem5.org/Download
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