README revision 2988
12987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduThis is release 2.0_beta of the M5 simulator.
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32987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduFor detailed information about building the simulator and getting
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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
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102987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduShort version:
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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.
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152988Sstever@eecs.umich.edu2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from
162987Sstever@eecs.umich.eduhttp://wwww.swig.org.
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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.
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222815Ssaidi@eecs.umich.eduIf you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net.
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24131Sstever@eecs.umich.eduWHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
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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
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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.
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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.
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