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16313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduThis is release 2.0_beta4 of the M5 simulator. 26313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 36313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduFor detailed information about building the simulator and getting 46313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edustarted please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. 56313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 66313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduSpecific pages of interest are: 76313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduhttp://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 86313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduhttp://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 96313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 106313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduShort version: 116313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 126313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from 136313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduhttp://wwww.scons.org. 146313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 156313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from 166313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduhttp://wwww.swig.org. 176313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 186313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This 196313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduwill build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha 206313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edusyscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it. 216313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 226313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduIf you have questions, please send mail to m5-users@m5sim.org 236313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 246313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduWHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) 256313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu------------------------- 266313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 276313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduThe basic source release includes these subdirectories: 286313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu - m5: 296313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu - src: source code of the m5 simulator 306313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu - tests: regression tests 3111793Sbrandon.potter@amd.com - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 3211793Sbrandon.potter@amd.com 336335Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduTo run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, 349377Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduPALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files 356335Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduare collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2. This file 366335Sgblack@eecs.umich.educan he downloaded separately. 376335Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu 386313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduM5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP 398232Snate@binkert.orgTru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD 408232Snate@binkert.orgbootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of 419384SAndreas.Sandberg@arm.comTru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in 426313Sgblack@eecs.umich.eduobtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org 436313Sgblack@eecs.umich.edu