README revision 5356:16f57bce72d6
112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deThis is release 2.0_beta5 of the M5 simulator.
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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.
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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
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1012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deShort version:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deIf you have questions, please send mail to m5-users@m5sim.org
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2412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.deWHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
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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
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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.
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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
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