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Apr. XX, 2007: m5_2.0_beta3
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New Features
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1. Some support for SPARC full-system simulation
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Bug fixes since beta 2:
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1. Many SPARC linux syscall emulation support fixes
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2. Multiprocessor linux boot using the detailed O3 CPU module
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3. Simulator performance and memory leak fixes
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4. Fix issues with remote debugging
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5. Several compile fixes, including gcc 4.1
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6. Many other minor fixes and enhancements
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Outstanding issues for 2.0 release:
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1. Better statistics for the caches.
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2. Clean up more SimObject parameter stuff
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3. Checkpoint/switchover testing
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4. FS mode doesn't work under Cygwin
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5. memtest regression crashes under Cygwin
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6. Make repository public
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7. Testing
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8. Validation
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9. Testing
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Nov. 28, 2006: m5_2.0_beta2
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Bug fixes since beta 1:
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1. Many cache issues resolved
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2. Uni-coherence fixes in full-system
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3. LL/SC Support
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4. Draining/Switchover
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5. Functional Accesses
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6. Bus now has real timing
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7. Single config file for all SpecCPU2000 benchmarks
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8. Several other minor bug fixes and enhancements
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Outstading issues for 2.0 release:
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1. Simulator performance fixes for memory system/caches
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2. Multiprocessor linux boot using the detailed O3 CPU model
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Aug. 25, 2006: m5_2.0_beta patch 1
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Handful of minor bug fixes for m5_2.0_beta,
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along with a few new regression tests.
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Aug. 15, 2006: m5_2.0_beta
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Major update to M5 including:
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- New CPU model
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- New memory system
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- More extensive python integration
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- Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC
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This is a *beta* release, meaning that some features are not complete,
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and some features from M5 1.X aren't currently supported (e.g., MP
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coherence). We are working to address these limitations and hope to
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have a complete 2.0 release soon.
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Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1
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Update release for IOSCA workshop mini-tutorial. New features include:
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- Preliminary FreeBSD support
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- Integration of regression tests into scons build framework
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- Several bug fixes and better compatibility for Cygwin hosts
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- Major cleanup of Alpha system code (console, PAL, etc.) to make
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it easier for others to build/modify
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- Fixes to enable compilation under g++ 4.0
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- Numerous minor bug fixes
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June 10, 2005: m5_1.0_web
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The 1.0 release posted on Sourceforge after the ISCA tutorial contains
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just a few very minor fixes relative to the CD.
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June 5, 2005: m5_1.0_tutorial
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First non-beta release. This release was on the CD distributed at the
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ISCA tutorial. Major enhancements relative to beta releases include
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Linux support and Python-based configuration language.
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June 17, 2004: m5_1.0_beta2
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Stealth-mode beta bug-fix update, not widely advertised.
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Oct. 17, 2003: m5_1.0_beta1
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Early beta release.
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