| This is the gem5 simulator. |
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| The main website can be found at http://www.gem5.org |
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| A good starting point is http://www.gem5.org/about, and for |
| more information about building the simulator and getting started |
| please see http://www.gem5.org/documentation and |
| http://www.gem5.org/documentation/learning_gem5/introduction. |
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| To build gem5, you will need the following software: g++ or clang, |
| Python (gem5 links in the Python interpreter), SCons, SWIG, zlib, m4, |
| and lastly protobuf if you want trace capture and playback |
| support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/building |
| for more details concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools. |
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| Once you have all dependencies resolved, type 'scons |
| build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one of ALPHA, ARM, NULL, MIPS, |
| POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version of the gem5 |
| binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture. See |
| http://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/building for more details and |
| options. |
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| The basic source release includes these subdirectories: |
| - configs: example simulation configuration scripts |
| - ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5 |
| - src: source code of the gem5 simulator |
| - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems |
| - tests: regression tests |
| - util: useful utility programs and files |
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| To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware |
| (console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk |
| images. |
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| If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org |
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| Enjoy using gem5 and please share your modifications and extensions. |
