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This documentation is for the M5 2.0b1 release. If you are looking for documentation on M5 1.1 please go here. About three hours of video from our last tutorial is available here. It provides basic information about using M5 and is time well spent for anyone new to the simulator.

Starting Out

• Source Tree - Brief tour of the source tree
• Compiling M5 - How to compile the simulator
• Running M5 - How to run the simulator
• Debugging M5 - Debugging tips and strategies
• Reporting Problems - What to do before you report a problem

Starting out in Full System

• Running M5 in Full-System Mode - How to run in full-system mode
• m5term - How to use the m5term
• m5ops - Pseudo instructions and a command line interface to them
• Using linux-dist to Create Disk Images and Kernels for M5 - How to create a Linux disk image/kernel

Simulator Internals

• Doxygen -- Doxygen documentation
• Memory System - Overview of M5's new memory system
• Simulation Scripts Explained - Overview of simulation scripts
• Using the Statistics Package - Using the statistics package
• ISA description system - The new ISA description primer
• CPU Models - Overview of the various CPU models in M5
• Sampling - Overview of how to use sampling.
• I/O Base Classes - Information about the I/O device base classes

Extending M5

• Regression Tests - How to Run & Create your own regression tests in M5
• Coding Style
• Documentation Guidelines
• Adding New Features to M5:
  • Defining CPU Models - Steps toward defining your own CPU model in M5
    • m5 2.0, beta 4
    • m5 2.0, beta 3
  • Defining ISAs - Steps toward defining a new ISA for M5 (updated for M5 2.0 beta 3)

External Documentation

This documentation, gathered from outside sources, could be useful as reference when working with M5.

• Alpha
• SPARC
• X86
• MIPS

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions - Frequently Asked Questions and Answers