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| This is release m5_1.0_beta1 of the M5 simulator. |
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| 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. |
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| WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) |
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| 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 just "ply") |
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| Although M5 is capable of full-system simulation, the only OS it |
| currently supports is the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. |
| We are thus unable to distribute bootable disk images freely. If you |
| have a Tru64 license and are interested in obtaining disk images, |
| contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu. |
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| GETTING STARTED |
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| 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. |
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| cd $top/m5/setup |
| ./setup ALPHA # set up build/ALPHA directory |
| cd $top/m5/build/ALPHA |
| make m5.opt # use "-j N" if you've got an MP system |
| # wait for build... |
| cd $top/m5-test |
| ./do-tests.pl -B ALPHA # test what you just built |
| # wait for tests to run... |
| # should end with "finished do-tests successfully!" |
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| If you run into errors regarding m5/arch/alpha/decoder.cc, just |
| "touch" that file to update its timestamp. This file is generated |
| from a compact ISA description using a program written in Python. If |
| you have Python 2.2.2 or later installed on your system, you should be |
| able to generate it yourself, but if you don't have Python (or have an |
| older version), you may run in to trouble. Since we've shipped a |
| working copy of decoder.cc, it's not necessary to have Python to build |
| M5 (unless you start modifying the ISA decription). Unfortunately, |
| sometimes make gets confused and tries to do so anyway. The "touch" |
| should convince make to stop trying. |
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