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These are currently specific to aarch64, but will be expanded to cover all other versions of the utility as well. The intention of these new files is to centralize the build mechanism for the different versions of the utility so that they have consistent features, mechanisms, and targets, and so that new features will automatically be shared by all versions without having to be implemented in each. This also sets up a separate build directory which will keep the source tree clean, and will (with some more development) make it possible to build multiple versions of the m5 utility at the same time without them running into each other. Change-Id: I10018eef6beb4af30a8d3bbab8b82cabd2b3f22c Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/27213 Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
This is the gem5 simulator. The main website can be found at http://www.gem5.org A good starting point is http://www.gem5.org/about, and for more information about building the simulator and getting started please see http://www.gem5.org/documentation and http://www.gem5.org/documentation/learning_gem5/introduction. To build gem5, you will need the following software: g++ or clang, Python (gem5 links in the Python interpreter), SCons, SWIG, zlib, m4, and lastly protobuf if you want trace capture and playback support. Please see http://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/building for more details concerning the minimum versions of the aforementioned tools. Once you have all dependencies resolved, type 'scons build/<ARCH>/gem5.opt' where ARCH is one of ARM, NULL, MIPS, POWER, SPARC, or X86. This will build an optimized version of the gem5 binary (gem5.opt) for the the specified architecture. See http://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/building for more details and options. The basic source release includes these subdirectories: - configs: example simulation configuration scripts - ext: less-common external packages needed to build gem5 - src: source code of the gem5 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 system firmware (console and PALcode for Alpha), kernel binaries and one or more disk images. If you have questions, please send mail to gem5-users@gem5.org Enjoy using gem5 and please share your modifications and extensions.