README revision 5193 
1This is release 2.0_beta4 of the M5 simulator.
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3For detailed information about building the simulator and getting
4started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org.
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6Specific pages of interest are:
7http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5
8http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5
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10Short version:
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121. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from
13http://wwww.scons.org.
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152. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from
16http://wwww.swig.org.
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183. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'.  This
19will build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha
20syscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it.
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22If you have questions, please send mail to m5-users@m5sim.org
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24WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
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27The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
28 - m5: 
29   - src: source code of the m5 simulator
30   - tests: regression tests
31   - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5
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33To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console,
34PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images.  These files
35are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2.  This file
36can he downloaded separately.
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38M5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP
39Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD
40bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of
41Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in
42obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org
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