RELEASE_NOTES

   1 Nov. 28, 2006: m5_2.0_beta2
   2 --------------------
   3 Bug fixes since beta 1:
   4 1. Many cache issues resolved
   5 2. Uni-coherence fixes in full-system
   6 3. LL/SC Support
   7 4. Draining/Switchover
   8 5. Functional Accesses
   9 6. Bus now has real timing
  10 7. Single config file fro all SpecCPU2000 benchmarks
  11 8. Several other minor bug fixes and enhancements
  12
  13 Outstading issues for 2.0 release:
  14 1. Simulator performance fixes for memory system/caches
  15 2. Multiprocessor linux boot using the detailed O3 CPU model
  16
  17 Aug. 25, 2006: m5_2.0_beta patch 1
  18 --------------------
  19 Handful of minor bug fixes for m5_2.0_beta,
  20 along with a few new regression tests.
  21
  22 Aug. 15, 2006: m5_2.0_beta
  23 --------------------
  24 Major update to M5 including:
  25 - New CPU model
  26 - New memory system
  27 - More extensive python integration
  28 - Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC
  29 This is a *beta* release, meaning that some features are not complete,
  30 and some features from M5 1.X aren't currently supported (e.g., MP
  31 coherence).  We are working to address these limitations and hope to
  32 have a complete 2.0 release soon.
  33
  34 Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1
  35 --------------------
  36 Update release for IOSCA workshop mini-tutorial.  New features include:
  37 - Preliminary FreeBSD support
  38 - Integration of regression tests into scons build framework
  39 - Several bug fixes and better compatibility for Cygwin hosts
  40 - Major cleanup of Alpha system code (console, PAL, etc.) to make
  41   it easier for others to build/modify
  42 - Fixes to enable compilation under g++ 4.0
  43 - Numerous minor bug fixes
  44
  45 June 10, 2005: m5_1.0_web
  46 -------------------------
  47 The 1.0 release posted on Sourceforge after the ISCA tutorial contains
  48 just a few very minor fixes relative to the CD.
  49
  50 June 5, 2005: m5_1.0_tutorial
  51 -----------------------------
  52 First non-beta release.  This release was on the CD distributed at the
  53 ISCA tutorial.  Major enhancements relative to beta releases include
  54 Linux support and Python-based configuration language.
  55
  56 June 17, 2004: m5_1.0_beta2
  57 ---------------------------
  58 Stealth-mode beta bug-fix update, not widely advertised.
  59
  60 Oct. 17, 2003: m5_1.0_beta1
  61 ---------------------------
  62 Early beta release.