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 * Authors: Nathan Binkert
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#include <Python.h>

#include "sim/init.hh"
#include "sim/init_signals.hh"

// main() is now pretty stripped down and just sets up python and then
// calls initM5Python which loads the various embedded python modules
// into the python environment and then starts things running by
// calling m5Main.
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int ret;

    // Initialize m5 special signal handling.
    initSignals();

    Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);

    // initialize embedded Python interpreter
    Py_Initialize();

    // Initialize the embedded m5 python library
    ret = initM5Python();

    if (ret == 0) {
        // start m5
        ret = m5Main(argc, argv);
    }

    // clean up Python intepreter.
    Py_Finalize();

    return ret;
}