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Andreas Sandberg a8e8c4f433 x86: Fix loading of floating point constants
This changeset actually fixes two issues:

 * The lfpimm instruction didn't work correctly when applied to a
   floating point constant (it did work for integers containing the
   bit string representation of a constant) since it used
   reinterpret_cast to convert a double to a uint64_t. This caused a
   compilation error, at least, in gcc 4.6.3.

 * The instructions loading floating point constants in the x87
   processor didn't work correctly since they just stored a truncated
   integer instead of a double in the floating point register. This
   changeset fixes the old microcode by using lfpimm instruction
   instead of the limm instructions.
2013-06-18 16:30:06 +02:00
build_opts config: add atomic cpu to X86_MESI_CMP_directory build options 2013-06-08 21:57:02 -05:00
configs config: Do not instantiate membus when using ruby 2013-06-13 07:24:25 -05:00
ext ext lib: add libfdt to enable flattened device tree support 2013-02-15 18:48:59 -05:00
src x86: Fix loading of floating point constants 2013-06-18 16:30:06 +02:00
system ARM: Fix issue with with way MPIDR is read to include affinity levels. 2012-09-07 14:20:53 -05:00
tests stats: updates due to changes to ruby 2013-06-10 06:46:20 -05:00
util util: Auto generate the packet proto definitions 2013-05-30 12:53:53 -04:00
.hgignore .hgignore: added src/doxygen 2010-07-27 20:00:38 -07:00
.hgtags Added tag stable_2013_06_16 for changeset 07352f119e48 2013-06-16 08:27:42 -05:00
COPYING copyright: Add code for finding all copyright blocks and create a COPYING file 2011-06-02 17:36:07 -07:00
LICENSE copyright: Add code for finding all copyright blocks and create a COPYING file 2011-06-02 17:36:07 -07:00
README gem5: Update the README file to be a bit less out-of-date. 2012-09-25 11:49:40 -05:00
SConstruct scons: ammend swig warning error to version 2.0.10 as well 2013-06-04 15:17:04 -05:00

This is the gem5 simulator.

For detailed information about building the simulator and getting
started please refer to:
* The main website:     http://www.gem5.org
* Documentation wiki:   http://www.gem5.org/Documentation 
* Doxygen generated:    http://www.gem5.org/docs
* Tutorials:            http://www.gem5.org/Tutorials


Specific pages of interest are:
http://www.gem5.org/Introduction
http://www.gem5.org/Build_System
http://www.gem5.org/Dependencies
http://www.gem5.org/Running_gem5

Short version:
External tools and required versions

To build gem5, you will need the following software:
g++ version 4.3 or newer.
Python, version 2.4 - 2.7 (we don't support Python 3.X). gem5 links in the 
    Python interpreter, so you need the Python header files and shared 
    library (e.g., /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so) in addition to the interpreter
    executable. These may or may not be installed by default. For example,
    on Debian/Ubuntu, you need the "python-dev" package in addition to the
    "python" package. If you need a newer or different Python installation
     but can't or don't want to upgrade the default Python on your system,
     see http://www.gem5.org/Using_a_non-default_Python_installation
SCons, version 0.98.1 or newer. SCons is a powerful replacement for make. 
    If you don't have administrator privileges on your machine, you can use the
    "scons-local" package to install scons in your m5 directory, or install SCons
    in your home directory using the '--prefix=' option.  
SWIG, version 1.3.34 or newer
zlib, any recent version. For Debian/Ubuntu, you will need the "zlib-dev" or
    "zlib1g-dev" package to get the zlib.h header file as well as the library
    itself.
m4, the macro processor.


4. In this directory, type 'scons build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one
of ALPHA, ARM, MIPS, POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version
of the gem5 binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture.

If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org

WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
-------------------------

The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
 - gem5:
   - configs: example simulation configuration scripts
   - ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5
   - src: source code of the gem5 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 system firmware
(console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images. 
Please see the gem5 download page for these items at http://www.gem5.org/Download