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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/Introduction, and for
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more information about building the simulator and getting started
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please see http://www.gem5.org/Documentation and
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http://www.gem5.org/Tutorials.
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To build gem5, you will need the following software: g++ or clang,
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Python (gem5 links in the Python interpreter), SCons, SWIG, zlib, m4,
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and lastly protobuf if you want trace capture and playback
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support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/Dependencies for more details
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concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools.
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Once you have all dependencies resolved, type 'scons
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build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one of ALPHA, ARM, NULL, MIPS,
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POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version of the gem5
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binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture. See
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http://www.gem5.org/Build_System for more details and options.
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With the simulator built, have a look at
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http://www.gem5.org/Running_gem5 for more information on how to use
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gem5.
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The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
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- configs: example simulation configuration scripts
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- ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5
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- src: source code of the gem5 simulator
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- system: source for some optional system software for simulated systems
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- tests: regression tests
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- util: useful utility programs and files
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To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled system firmware
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(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk
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images. Please see the gem5 download page for these items at
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http://www.gem5.org/Download
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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.
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