Info: Clean up some info files.

Get rid of RELEASE_NOTES since we no longer do releases, update some of the
information in README, and update the date in LICENSE.
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Gabe Black
2011-02-14 21:36:37 -08:00
parent 343e94a257
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This is release 2.0_beta6 of the M5 simulator.
This is the M5 simulator.
For detailed information about building the simulator and getting
started please refer to http://www.m5sim.org.
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Short version:
1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from
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 1.3.28 or newer, get it from
2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.31 or newer, get it from
http://wwww.swig.org.
3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'. This
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.
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The basic source release includes these subdirectories:
- m5:
- src: source code of the m5 simulator
- tests: regression tests
- 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 console,
PALcode, and kernel binaries and one or more disk images. These files
are collected in a separate archive, m5_system.tar.bz2. This file
can he downloaded separately.
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.
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
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