Info: Clean up some info files.

Get rid of RELEASE_NOTES since we no longer do releases, update some of the
information in README, and update the date in LICENSE.

LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2000-2008 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+Copyright (c) 2000-2011 The Regents of The University of Michigan
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

README

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is release 2.0_beta6 of the M5 simulator.
+This is the M5 simulator.
 
 For detailed information about building the simulator and getting
 started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org.
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ 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
+1. If you don't have SCons version 0.98.1 or newer, get it from
 http://wwww.scons.org.
 
-2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from
+2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.31 or newer, get it from
 http://wwww.swig.org.
 
-3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'.  This
+3. Make sure you also have gcc version 3.4.6 or newer, Python 2.4 or newer
+(the dev version with header files), zlib, and the m4 preprocessor.
+
+4. 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.
 
@@ -25,18 +28,21 @@ WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
 -------------------------
 
 The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
- - m5: 
+ - m5:
-   - src: source code of the m5 simulator
+   - configs: simulation configuration scripts
-   - tests: regression tests
    - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5
+   - src: source code of the m5 simulator
+   - system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems
+   - tests: regression tests
+   - util: useful utility programs and files
 
-To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console,
+To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware
-PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images.  These files
+(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images. 
-are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2.  This file
+These files for Alpha are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2.
-can he downloaded separately.
+This file can he downloaded separately.
 
-M5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP
+Depending on the ISA used, M5 may support Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the
-Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD
+proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux
-bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of
+and FreeBSD 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-users@m5sim.org

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-October 6, 2008: m5_2.0_beta6
---------------------
-New Features
-1. Support for gcc 4.3
-2. Core m5 code in libm5 for integration with other simulators
-3. Preliminary support for X86 SE mode
-4. Additional system calls emulated
-5. m5term updated to work on OS X
-6. Ability to disable listen sockets
-7. Event queue performance improvements and rewrite
-8. Better errors for unconnected memory ports
-
-Bug fixes
-1. ALPHA_SE O3 perlbmk benchmark
-2. Translation bug where O3 could fetch from uncachable memory
-3. Many minor bugs
-
-Outstanding issues for 2.0 release:
---------------------
-1. Statistics cleanup
-2. Improve regression system
-3. Testing
-4. Validation
-
-March 1, 2008: m5_2.0_beta5
---------------------
-New Features
-1. Rick Strong's Simpoints config changes
-2. Support for FSU ARM port
-3. EXTRAS= option allow architectures to be specified
-
-Bug fixes
-1. Bus timing more realistic
-2. Cache writeback, LL/SC fixes
-3. Minor IGbE NIC fixes
-4. O3 op latency fix
-5. SPARC TLB demap fixes
-6. SPARC SE memory layout fixes
-7. Variety of MIPS fixes
-
-Nov 4, 2007: m5_2.0_beta4
---------------------
-New Features
-1. New cache model
-2. Use of a I/O cache between devices and memory 
-3. Ability to include compiled code with EXTRAS=
-4. Python creation of params structures for initialization
-5. Ability to remotely debug in SE 
-
-Bug fixes:
-1. Fix SE serialization
-2. SPARC_FS booting with TimingSimpleCPU
-3. Rename cycles() to ticks()
-4. Various SPARC ISA fixes
-5. Draining code for checkpointing
-6. Various performance improvements
-
-Possible Incompatibilities:
-1. Real TLBs are now used in SE mode. This is more accurate however it could
-   cause some problems if you've modified the way page handling is done in
-   SE mode.
-2. There have been many changes to the way the SCons files work. SimObjects,
-   sources files, and trace flags are all specified in the SConscript files.
-   To see how to add your sources take a look at one of them.
-3. Python is now used to created the parameter structs that were created
-   manually before. The parameters listed in a py file are turned into 
-   a header file with the same name (e.g. BadDevice.py -> BadDevice.hh). 
-   With this change the structs can be populated automatically and the 
-   ugly macros to define and create SimObjects at the bottem of source
-   files are gone. The parameter structs also automatically inherit 
-   parameters from their parents. 
-
-May 16, 2007: m5_2.0_beta3
---------------------
-New Features
-1. Some support for SPARC full-system simulation
-2. Reworking of trace facitities (parameter names changed, variadic macros
-   removed)
-3. Scons script cleanups
-4. Some support for compiling with Intel CC
-
-Bug fixes since beta 2:
-1. Many SPARC linux syscall emulation support fixes
-2. Multiprocessor linux boot using the detailed O3 CPU module
-3. Workaround for DMA bug (final solution to be released with 2.0f)
-4. Simulator performance and memory leak fixes
-5. Fixed issue where console could stop printing in ALPHA_FS
-6. Fix issues with remote debugging
-7. Several compile fixes, including gcc 4.1
-8. Many other minor fixes and enhancements 
-		
-Nov. 28, 2006: m5_2.0_beta2
---------------------
-Bug fixes since beta 1:
-1. Many cache issues resolved
-2. Uni-coherence fixes in full-system
-3. LL/SC Support
-4. Draining/Switchover
-5. Functional Accesses
-6. Bus now has real timing
-7. Single config file for all SpecCPU2000 benchmarks
-8. Several other minor bug fixes and enhancements
-
-Aug. 25, 2006: m5_2.0_beta patch 1
---------------------
-Handful of minor bug fixes for m5_2.0_beta,
-along with a few new regression tests.
-
-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
---------------------
-Update release for IOSCA workshop mini-tutorial.  New features include:
-- Preliminary FreeBSD support
-- Integration of regression tests into scons build framework
-- Several bug fixes and better compatibility for Cygwin hosts
-- Major cleanup of Alpha system code (console, PAL, etc.) to make
-  it easier for others to build/modify
-- Fixes to enable compilation under g++ 4.0 
-- Numerous minor bug fixes
-
-June 10, 2005: m5_1.0_web
--------------------------
-The 1.0 release posted on Sourceforge after the ISCA tutorial contains
-just a few very minor fixes relative to the CD.
-
-June 5, 2005: m5_1.0_tutorial
------------------------------
-First non-beta release.  This release was on the CD distributed at the
-ISCA tutorial.  Major enhancements relative to beta releases include
-Linux support and Python-based configuration language.
-
-June 17, 2004: m5_1.0_beta2
----------------------------
-Stealth-mode beta bug-fix update, not widely advertised.
-
-Oct. 17, 2003: m5_1.0_beta1
----------------------------
-Early beta release.

src/SConscript

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def makeInfoPyFile(target, source, env):
 
 # Generate a file that wraps the basic top level files
 env.Command('python/m5/info.py',
-            [ '#/AUTHORS', '#/LICENSE', '#/README', '#/RELEASE_NOTES' ],
+            [ '#/AUTHORS', '#/LICENSE', '#/README', ],
             MakeAction(makeInfoPyFile, Transform("INFO")))
 PySource('m5', 'python/m5/info.py')
 

src/python/m5/main.py

@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ add_option('-C', "--copyright", action="store_true", default=False,
     help="Show full copyright information")
 add_option('-R', "--readme", action="store_true", default=False,
     help="Show the readme")
-add_option('-N', "--release-notes", action="store_true", default=False,
-    help="Show the release notes")
 
 # Options for configuring the base simulator
 add_option('-d', "--outdir", metavar="DIR", default="m5out",
@@ -207,13 +205,6 @@ def main():
         print info.README
         print
 
-    if options.release_notes:
-        done = True
-        print 'Release Notes:'
-        print
-        print info.RELEASE_NOTES
-        print
-
     if options.trace_help:
         done = True
         check_tracing()