From 07488510713a1df61f6cefced7677047cfc0ef66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Reinhardt Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:49:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update release files. README: Add brief build instructions for the impatient. A few minor fixes. RELEASE_NOTES: Change date; add beta disclaimer. --HG-- extra : convert_revision : d31af687c657feb36a2694ef9f0abd67390c7023 --- README | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ RELEASE_NOTES | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 5f3ea3653..37387f27e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,12 +1,24 @@ -This is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator. +This is release 2.0_beta of the M5 simulator. -For information about building the simulator and getting started please refer -to: http://www.m5sim.org/ +For detailed information about building the simulator and getting +started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. -Specific Pages of Interest are: +Specific pages of interest are: http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 +Short version: + +1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from +http://wwww.scons.org. + +2. If you don't have SWIG version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from +http://wwww.swig.org. + +3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This +will build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha +syscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it. + If you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) @@ -21,8 +33,8 @@ The basic source release includes these subdirectories: To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files -are collected in a separate archive, m5_system_2.0.tar.bz2. This file -can he downloaded separately from Sourceforge. +are collected in a separate archive, m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2. This file +can he downloaded separately. M5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index 6184f244c..dd458e841 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ -Aug. 14, 2006: m5_2.0_beta +Aug. 15, 2006: m5_2.0_beta -------------------- Major update to M5 including: - New CPU model - New memory system - More extensive python integration - Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC +This is a *beta* release, meaning that some features are not complete, +and some features from M5 1.X aren't currently supported (e.g., MP +coherence). We are working to address these limitations and hope to +have a complete 2.0 release soon. Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1 --------------------