From: Steve Reinhardt Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:15:53 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Changes for release. X-Git-Tag: m5_2.0_beta1~39^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a04552ce86d0c4311d70abe78035bd8a52f1a14b;p=gem5.git Changes for release. README: s/m5.eecs.umich.edu/www.m5sim.org/ whack mentions of "CD distribution" RELEASE_NOTES: Set date of 2.0 beta release Fix typo --HG-- extra : convert_revision : 5baa113a98f89dbf56f60adb4513ca22b63673b1 --- diff --git a/README b/README index 7bcbe9523..5f3ea3653 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ This is release 2.0 of the M5 simulator. For information about building the simulator and getting started please refer -to: http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/ +to: http://www.m5sim.org/ Specific Pages of Interest are: -http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Compiling_M5 -http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Running_M5 +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. @@ -15,30 +15,17 @@ WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - m5: - src: source code of the m5 simulator - - test: regression tests + - 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 -is included on the CD release, or you can download it separately from -Sourceforge. +can he downloaded separately from Sourceforge. 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. - -The CD release includes a few extra goodies, such as a tar file -containing doxygen-generated HTML documentation (html-docs.tar.gz), a -set of Linux source patches (linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff), and the scons -program needed to build M5. If you do not have the CD, the same HTML -documentation is available online at http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/docs, -the Linux source patches are available at -http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/dist/linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff, the scons -program is available from http://www.scons.org, and swig is available from -http://www.swig.org. - - diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index 6eb9b1844..6184f244c 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -XXX. X, 2006: m5_2.0 +Aug. 14, 2006: m5_2.0_beta -------------------- Major update to M5 including: - New CPU model -- Sew memory system +- New memory system - More extensive python integration - Preliminary syscall emulation support for MIPS and SPARC