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Nils Asmussen f65b238592 misc: added news on RISC-V to RELEASE-NOTES.md.
Change-Id: I9b60cd2f533e6d4ce677e8a9b7bb5a5698e51c61
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/28448
Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2020-05-02 05:04:50 +00:00

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Version 20.0.0.0

  • Compiling and running gem5 with Python 3 is now fully supported.
  • Compiling and running gem5 with GCC 8 and 9 is now supported.
  • Scons-based tests have been migrated to the testlib framework. Please consult TESTING.md for more information on how these may be run.
  • Support for the ALPHA ISA has been dropped.
  • Memory SimObjects can now be initialized using an image file using the image_file parameter.
  • The m5 utility has been revamped with a new build system based on scons, tests, and updated and more consistent feature support.
  • Robust support for marshalling data from a function call inside the simulation to a function within gem5 using a predefined set of rules.
  • Workload configuration pulled out into its own object, simplifying the System object and making workload configuration more modular and flexible.
  • Sv39 paging has been added to the RISC-V ISA, bringing gem5 close to running Linux on RISC-V.