From 8f18898e85ade3233502acd0dbc7cf9cd416d880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ali Saidi <Ali.Saidi@ARM.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:17:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] config: Fix json output for Python lt 2.6.

---
 src/python/m5/simulate.py | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/python/m5/simulate.py b/src/python/m5/simulate.py
index 29d14f75d..38129592c 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/simulate.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/simulate.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import atexit
 import os
 import sys
-import json
 
 # import the SWIG-wrapped main C++ functions
 import internal
@@ -74,10 +73,14 @@ def instantiate(ckpt_dir=None):
         ini_file.close()
 
     if options.json_config:
-        json_file = file(os.path.join(options.outdir, options.json_config), 'w')
-        d = root.get_config_as_dict()
-        json.dump(d, json_file, indent=4)
-        json_file.close()
+        try:
+            import json
+            json_file = file(os.path.join(options.outdir, options.json_config), 'w')
+            d = root.get_config_as_dict()
+            json.dump(d, json_file, indent=4)
+            json_file.close()
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
 
 
     # Initialize the global statistics
-- 
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