X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f8eef7417d29b0e78eaa7c8afb6a475db7dc1461;hb=1b2d75d6d276f316b8c3f40fa93901ab6233128f;hp=5f3ea3653e6cd45d3a17998ff070191dfda0568d;hpb=cd6eb5396569bd2a3b16148f0d5277f7f4ee1391;p=gem5.git diff --git a/README b/README index 5f3ea3653..f8eef7417 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,13 +1,25 @@ -This is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator. +This is release 2.0_beta6 of the M5 simulator. -For information about building the simulator and getting started please refer -to: http://www.m5sim.org/ +For detailed information about building the simulator and getting +started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org. -Specific Pages of Interest are: +Specific pages of interest are: http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 http://www.m5sim.org/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 -If you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. +Short version: + +1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from +http://wwww.scons.org. + +2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from +http://wwww.swig.org. + +3. 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) ------------------------- @@ -17,15 +29,14 @@ The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - src: source code of the m5 simulator - tests: regression tests - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 - - system/alpha: source for Alpha console and PALcode To run full-system simulations, you will need compiled console, PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files -are collected in a separate archive, m5_system_2.0.tar.bz2. This file -can he downloaded separately from Sourceforge. +are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2. This file +can he downloaded separately. M5 supports 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-dev@eecs.umich.edu. +obtaining disk images, contact us at m5-users@m5sim.org