RELEASE_NOTES

   1 Apr. XX, 2007: m5_2.0_beta3
   2 --------------------
   3 New Features
   4 1. Some support for SPARC full-system simulation
   5
   6 Bug fixes since beta 2:
   7 1. Many SPARC linux syscall emulation support fixes
   8 2. Multiprocessor linux boot using the detailed O3 CPU module
   9 3. Simulator performance and memory leak fixes
  10 4. Fix issues with remote debugging
  11 5. Many other minor fixes and enhancements
  12
  13 Outstanding issues for 2.0 release:
  14 --------------------
  15 1. ???
  16
  17 Nov. 28, 2006: m5_2.0_beta2
  18 --------------------
  19 Bug fixes since beta 1:
  20 1. Many cache issues resolved
  21 2. Uni-coherence fixes in full-system
  22 3. LL/SC Support
  23 4. Draining/Switchover
  24 5. Functional Accesses
  25 6. Bus now has real timing
  26 7. Single config file for all SpecCPU2000 benchmarks
  27 8. Several other minor bug fixes and enhancements
  28
  29 Outstading issues for 2.0 release:
  30 1. Simulator performance fixes for memory system/caches
  31 2. Multiprocessor linux boot using the detailed O3 CPU model
  32
  33 Aug. 25, 2006: m5_2.0_beta patch 1
  34 --------------------
  35 Handful of minor bug fixes for m5_2.0_beta,
  36 along with a few new regression tests.
  37
  38 Aug. 15, 2006: m5_2.0_beta
  39 --------------------
  40 Major update to M5 including:
  41 - New CPU model
  42 - New memory system
  43 - More extensive python integration
  44 - Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC
  45 This is a *beta* release, meaning that some features are not complete,
  46 and some features from M5 1.X aren't currently supported (e.g., MP
  47 coherence).  We are working to address these limitations and hope to
  48 have a complete 2.0 release soon.
  49
  50 Oct. 8, 2005: m5_1.1
  51 --------------------
  52 Update release for IOSCA workshop mini-tutorial.  New features include:
  53 - Preliminary FreeBSD support
  54 - Integration of regression tests into scons build framework
  55 - Several bug fixes and better compatibility for Cygwin hosts
  56 - Major cleanup of Alpha system code (console, PAL, etc.) to make
  57   it easier for others to build/modify
  58 - Fixes to enable compilation under g++ 4.0
  59 - Numerous minor bug fixes
  60
  61 June 10, 2005: m5_1.0_web
  62 -------------------------
  63 The 1.0 release posted on Sourceforge after the ISCA tutorial contains
  64 just a few very minor fixes relative to the CD.
  65
  66 June 5, 2005: m5_1.0_tutorial
  67 -----------------------------
  68 First non-beta release.  This release was on the CD distributed at the
  69 ISCA tutorial.  Major enhancements relative to beta releases include
  70 Linux support and Python-based configuration language.
  71
  72 June 17, 2004: m5_1.0_beta2
  73 ---------------------------
  74 Stealth-mode beta bug-fix update, not widely advertised.
  75
  76 Oct. 17, 2003: m5_1.0_beta1
  77 ---------------------------
  78 Early beta release.