resources: Cleanup boot-exit/README.md
This includes removing redundant info explaining how to obtain a Linux
kernel (available in src/linux-kernel).
Change-Id: I0ab160bbff50403b2e8aea1111f56717a8bc3ef8
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5-resources/+/40055
Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Tested-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
diff --git a/src/boot-exit/README.md b/src/boot-exit/README.md
index d1986fa..9793132 100644
--- a/src/boot-exit/README.md
+++ b/src/boot-exit/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
```
boot-exit/
- |___ gem5/ # gem5 source code
+ |___ gem5/ # gem5 source code (to be cloned here)
|
|___ disk-image/
| |___ shared/ # Auxiliary files needed for disk creation
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
scons build/x86/out/m5
```
-Next,
+Next (within the `src/boot-exit/` directory),
```sh
cd disk-image
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
gem5 scripts which configure the system and run simulation are available in configs-boot-tests/.
The main script `run_exit.py` expects following arguments:
-**kernel:** path to the Linux kernel.
+**kernel:** path to the Linux kernel (see `src/linux-kernel/` for information on building/obtaining a linux kernel binary).
**disk:** path to the disk image.
@@ -98,41 +98,9 @@
An example use of this script is the following:
```sh
-gem5/build/X86/gem5.opt configs/run_exit.py [path to the Linux kernel] [path to the disk image] kvm classic 4 init
+[gem5 binary] configs/run_exit.py [path to the Linux kernel] [path to the disk image] kvm classic 4 init
```
-## Linux Kernels
-
-Boot tests use following five LTS (long term support) releases of the Linux kernel:
-
-- 4.4.186
-- 4.9.186
-- 4.14.134
-- 4.19.83
-- 5.4.49
-
-To compile the Linux binaries, follow these instructions (assuming that you are in `src/boot-exit/` directory):
-
-```sh
-git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
-cd linux
-# replace version with any of the above listed version numbers
-git checkout v[version]
-# copy the appropriate Linux kernel configuration file from linux-configs/
-cp ../../linux-kernel/linux-configs/config.[version] .config
-make -j8;
-```
-
-The compiled Linux binary will be named as `vmlinux`.
-
-**Note:** The above instructions are tested with `gcc 7.5.0` and the compiled Linux binaries can be downloaded from the following links:
-
-- [vmlinux-4.4.186](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20-1/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.4.186)
-- [vmlinux-4.9.186](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20-1/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.9.186)
-- [vmlinux-4.14.134](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20-1/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.14.134)
-- [vmlinux-4.19.83](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20-1/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-4.19.83)
-- [vmlinux-5.4.49](http://dist.gem5.org/dist/v20-1/kernels/x86/static/vmlinux-5.4.49)
-
## Working Status
Working status of these tests for gem5-20 can be found [here](https://www.gem5.org/documentation/benchmark_status/gem5-20).
