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python/m5/config.py:
Addr is slightly different from memory size in that Addr
will take non strings.
Deal with the fact that the convert.toFoo functions only accept
strings.
Add RootFrequency as a special type for the Root.frequency
parameter which is not scaled.
Add ClockPeriod parameter type.
python/m5/convert.py:
Be more strict about what's allowed.
Only accept strings as inputs for these conversion functions.
If the user wants to accept something else, they need to deal
with the failure and convert other types on their own.
python/m5/objects/Bus.mpy:
Use the new ClockPeriod parameter type
python/m5/objects/Root.mpy:
Can't use integers for frequency anymore
python/m5/smartdict.py:
rename SmartDict.Proxy to just Variable. Create a new class
UndefinedVariable that is returned when the user tries to get
a variable that is not in the dict. Undefined variable evaluates
to false, and will cause an error elsewhere.
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This is release m5_1.0_beta1 of the M5 simulator. This file contains brief "getting started" information and release notes. For more information, see http://m5.eecs.umich.edu. If you have questions, please send mail to m5sim-users@lists.sourceforge.net. WHAT'S INCLUDED (AND NOT) ------------------------- Since you're reading this file, presumably you've managed to untar the distribution. The archive you've unpacked has three subdirectories: - m5: the simulator itself - m5-test: regression tests and scripts to run them - ext: less-common external packages needed to build m5 (currently ply and libelf) M5 is a capable, full-system simulator that current supports both Linux 2.4/2.6 and the proprietary Compaq/HP Tru64 version of Unix. We are able to distribute Linux 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. WHAT'S NEEDED ------------- -GCC(3.X) -Python(2.2.2+) WHAT'S RECOMMENDED ------------------ -MySQL (for statistics complex statistics storage/retrieval) -Python-MysqlDB (for statistics analysis) GETTING STARTED --------------- The following steps will build and test the simulator. The variable "$top" refers to the top directory where you've unpacked the files, i.e., the one containing the m5, m5-test, and ext directories. There are three different build targets and three optimizations in each level: Target: ------- ALPHA - Syscall emulation simulation KERNEL - Linux full system simulation KERNEL_TLASER - Tru64 Unix full system simulation Optimization: ------------- m5.debug - debug version of the code with tracing and without optimization m5.opt - optimized version of code with tracing m5.fast - optimized version of the code without tracing and asserts cd $top/m5/build scons TARGET/OPTLEVL # e.g. KERNEL/m5.opt, use -j N if you have a MP system cd $top/m5-test ./do-tests.pl -B ALPHA # test what you just built ./do-tests.pl -B KERNEL # test what you just built # wait for tests to run... # should end with "finished do-tests successfully!"