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112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deThis is release 2.0_beta5 of the M5 simulator. 212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deFor detailed information about building the simulator and getting 412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.destarted please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. 512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deSpecific pages of interest are: 712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.dehttp://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.dehttp://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 1012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deShort version: 1112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 1212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from 1312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.dehttp://wwww.scons.org. 1412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 1512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from 1612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.dehttp://wwww.swig.org. 1712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 1812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This 1912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.dewill build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha 2012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.desyscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it. 2112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 2212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deIf you have questions, please send mail to m5-users@m5sim.org 2312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 2412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deWHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) 2512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de------------------------- 2612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 2712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deThe basic source release includes these subdirectories: 2812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de - m5: 2912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de - src: source code of the m5 simulator 3012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de - tests: regression tests 3112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 3212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 3312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deTo run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, 3412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.dePALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files 3512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deare collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2. This file 3612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.decan he downloaded separately. 3712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de 3812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deM5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP 3912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deTru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD 4012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.debootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of 4112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deTru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in 4212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deobtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org 4312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de