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12987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduThis is release 2.0_beta of the M5 simulator. 2131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 32987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduFor detailed information about building the simulator and getting 42987Sstever@eecs.umich.edustarted please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. 52815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu 62987Sstever@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 102987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduShort version: 112987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 122987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from 132987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduhttp://wwww.scons.org. 142987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 152987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu2. If you don't have SWIG version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from 162987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduhttp://wwww.swig.org. 172987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 182987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This 192987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduwill build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha 202987Sstever@eecs.umich.edusyscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it. 212987Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 222815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduIf you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. 23131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 24131Sstever@eecs.umich.eduWHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) 25131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu------------------------- 26131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 271905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduThe basic source release includes these subdirectories: 282815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - m5: 292815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - src: source code of the m5 simulator 302981Sstever@eecs.umich.edu - tests: regression tests 312815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 322815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.edu - system/alpha: source for Alpha console and PALcode 33131Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 341905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduTo run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, 351905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduPALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files 362987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduare collected in a separate archive, m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2. This file 372987Sstever@eecs.umich.educan he downloaded separately. 381905Sstever@eecs.umich.edu 391905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduM5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP 401905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduTru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD 411905Sstever@eecs.umich.edubootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of 421905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduTru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in 431905Sstever@eecs.umich.eduobtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu. 44