| This is release m5_1.0_beta1 of the M5 simulator. |
| |
| This file contains brief "getting started" information and release |
| notes. For more information, see http://m5.eecs.umich.edu. If you |
| have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. |
| |
| WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| Since you're reading this file, presumably you've managed to untar the |
| distribution. The archive you've unpacked has three subdirectories: |
| - m5: the simulator itself |
| - m5-test: regression tests and scripts to run them |
| - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 |
| (currently ply and libelf) |
| |
| M5 is a capable, full-system simulator that current supports both Linux |
| 2.4/2.6 and the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able |
| to distribute Linux bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable |
| disk images of Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested |
| in obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu. |
| |
| WHAT'S NEEDED |
| ------------- |
| -GCC(3.X) |
| -Python(2.4+) |
| |
| WHAT'S RECOMMENDED |
| ------------------ |
| -MySQL (for statistics complex statistics storage/retrieval) |
| -Python-MysqlDB (for statistics analysis) |
| |
| GETTING STARTED |
| --------------- |
| |
| The following steps will build and test the simulator. The variable |
| "$top" refers to the top directory where you've unpacked the files, |
| i.e., the one containing the m5, m5-test, and ext directories. |
| |
| There are three different build targets and three optimizations in each level: |
| Target: |
| ------- |
| ALPHA_SE - Syscall emulation simulation |
| ALPHA_FS - Linux full system simulation |
| ALPHA_FS_TL - Tru64 (Turbolaser) Unix full system simulation |
| |
| Optimization: |
| ------------- |
| m5.debug - debug version of the code with tracing and without optimization |
| m5.opt - optimized version of code with tracing |
| m5.fast - optimized version of the code without tracing and asserts |
| |
| cd $top/m5/build |
| scons TARGET/OPTLEVL # e.g. ALPHA_FS/m5.opt, use -j N if you have a MP system |
| cd $top/m5-test |
| ./do-tests.pl -B ALPHA_SE # test what you just built |
| ./do-tests.pl -B ALPHA_FS # test what you just built |
| # wait for tests to run... |
| # should end with "finished do-tests successfully!" |
