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This is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator. This is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator.
For information about building the simulator and getting started please refer For information about building the simulator and getting started please refer
to: http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/ to: http://www.m5sim.org/
Specific Pages of Interest are: Specific Pages of Interest are:
http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5
http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5
If you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. If you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net.
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The basic source release includes these subdirectories: The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
- m5: - m5:
- src: source code of the m5 simulator - src: source code of the m5 simulator
- test: regression tests - tests: regression tests
- ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5
- system/alpha: source for Alpha console and PALcode - system/alpha: source for Alpha console and PALcode
To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console,
PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files 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 are collected in a separate archive, m5_system_2.0.tar.bz2. This file
is included on the CD release, or you can download it separately from can he downloaded separately from Sourceforge.
Sourceforge.
M5 supports Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the proprietary Compaq/HP 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 Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux and FreeBSD
bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of
Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in
obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu. obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu.
The CD release includes a few extra goodies, such as a tar file
containing doxygen-generated HTML documentation (html-docs.tar.gz), a
set of Linux source patches (linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff), and the scons
program needed to build M5. If you do not have the CD, the same HTML
documentation is available online at http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/docs,
the Linux source patches are available at
http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/dist/linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff, the scons
program is available from http://www.scons.org, and swig is available from
http://www.swig.org.

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XXX. X, 2006: m5_2.0 Aug. 14, 2006: m5_2.0_beta
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Major update to M5 including: Major update to M5 including:
- New CPU model - New CPU model
- Sew memory system - New memory system
- More extensive python integration - More extensive python integration
- Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC - Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC