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12815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduThis is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator. 2131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 32815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduFor information about building the simulator and getting started please refer 42981Sstever@eecs.umich.eduto: http://www.m5sim.org/ 52815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu 62815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduSpecific Pages of Interest are: 72981Sstever@eecs.umich.eduhttp://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 82981Sstever@eecs.umich.eduhttp://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 92815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu 102815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduIf you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. 11131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 12131Sstever@eecs.umich.eduWHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) 13131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu------------------------- 14131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 151905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduThe basic source release includes these subdirectories: 162815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - m5: 172815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - src: source code of the m5 simulator 182981Sstever@eecs.umich.edu - tests: regression tests 192815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 202815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - system/alpha: source for Alpha console and PALcode 21131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 221905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduTo run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, 231905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduPALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files 242815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduare collected in a separate archive, m5_system_2.0.tar.bz2. This file 252981Sstever@eecs.umich.educan he downloaded separately from Sourceforge. 261905Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 271905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduM5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP 281905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduTru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD 291905Sstever@eecs.umich.edubootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of 301905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduTru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in 311905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduobtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu. 32