-This is release m5_1.0_beta1 of the M5 simulator.
+This is the M5 simulator.
-This file contains brief "getting started" information and release
-notes. For more information, see http://m5.eecs.umich.edu. If you
-have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net.
+For detailed information about building the simulator and getting
+started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org.
+
+Specific pages of interest are:
+http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5
+http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5
+
+Short version:
+
+1. If you don't have SCons version 0.98.1 or newer, get it from
+http://wwww.scons.org.
+
+2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.31 or newer, get it from
+http://wwww.swig.org.
+
+3. Make sure you also have gcc version 3.4.6 or newer, Python 2.4 or newer
+(the dev version with header files), zlib, and the m4 preprocessor.
+
+4. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This
+will build the debug version of the m5 binary (m5.debug) for the Alpha
+syscall emulation target, and run the quick regression tests on it.
+
+If you have questions, please send mail to m5-users@m5sim.org
WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT)
-------------------------
-Since you're reading this file, presumably you've managed to untar the
-distribution. The archive you've unpacked has three subdirectories:
- - m5: the simulator itself
- - m5-test: regression tests and scripts to run them
- - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5
- (currently ply and libelf)
-
-M5 is a capable, full-system simulator that current supports both Linux
-2.4/2.6 and the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able
-to distribute Linux bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable
-disk images of Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested
-in obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-dev@eecs.umich.edu.
-
-WHAT'S NEEDED
--------------
--GCC(3.X)
--Python(2.4+)
-
-WHAT'S RECOMMENDED
-------------------
--MySQL (for statistics complex statistics storage/retrieval)
--Python-MysqlDB (for statistics analysis)
-
-GETTING STARTED
----------------
-
-The following steps will build and test the simulator. The variable
-"$top" refers to the top directory where you've unpacked the files,
-i.e., the one containing the m5, m5-test, and ext directories.
-
-There are three different build targets and three optimizations in each level:
-Target:
--------
-ALPHA_SE - Syscall emulation simulation
-ALPHA_FS - Linux full system simulation
-ALPHA_FS_TL - Tru64 (Turbolaser) Unix full system simulation
-
-Optimization:
--------------
-m5.debug - debug version of the code with tracing and without optimization
-m5.opt - optimized version of code with tracing
-m5.fast - optimized version of the code without tracing and asserts
-
-cd $top/m5/build
-scons TARGET/OPTLEVL # e.g. ALPHA_FS/m5.opt, use -j N if you have a MP system
-cd $top/m5-test
-./do-tests.pl -B ALPHA_SE # test what you just built
-./do-tests.pl -B ALPHA_FS # test what you just built
-# wait for tests to run...
-# should end with "finished do-tests successfully!"
+The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
+ - m5:
+ - configs: simulation configuration scripts
+ - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5
+ - src: source code of the m5 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.
+These files for Alpha are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2.
+This file can he downloaded separately.
+
+Depending on the ISA used, M5 may support Linux 2.4/2.6, FreeBSD, and the
+proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux
+and FreeBSD bootdisks, but we are unable to distribute bootable disk images of
+Tru64 Unix. If you have a Tru64 license and are interested in
+obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org
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