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+October 6, 2008: m5_2.0_beta6
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+New Features
+1. Support for gcc 4.3
+2. Core m5 code in libm5 for integration with other simulators
+3. Preliminary support for X86 SE mode
+4. Additional system calls emulated
+5. m5term updated to work on OS X
+6. Ability to disable listen sockets
+7. Event queue performance improvements and rewrite
+8. Better errors for unconnected memory ports
+
+Bug fixes
+1. ALPHA_SE O3 perlbmk benchmark
+2. Translation bug where O3 could fetch from uncachable memory
+3. Many minor bugs
+
 Outstanding issues for 2.0 release:
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-1. Fix O3 CPU bug in SE 40.perlbmk fails
-2. Fix O3 processing nacks/coherence messages
-3. Better statistics for the caches.
-4. FS mode doesn't work under Cygwin
-5. memtest regression crashes under Cygwin
-6. Make repository public
-7. Testing
-8. Validation
+1. Statistics cleanup
+2. Improve regression system
+3. Testing
+4. Validation
+
+March 1, 2008: m5_2.0_beta5
+--------------------
+New Features
+1. Rick Strong's Simpoints config changes
+2. Support for FSU ARM port
+3. EXTRAS= option allow architectures to be specified
+
+Bug fixes
+1. Bus timing more realistic
+2. Cache writeback, LL/SC fixes
+3. Minor IGbE NIC fixes
+4. O3 op latency fix
+5. SPARC TLB demap fixes
+6. SPARC SE memory layout fixes
+7. Variety of MIPS fixes
 
 Nov 4, 2007: m5_2.0_beta4
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