OldDocumentation

This documentation is for the M5 2.0b1 release. If you are looking for documentation on M5 1.1 please go here.

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

Starting out in Full System

• Running M5 in Full-System Mode - How to run in full-system mode
• m5term - How to use the m5term
• 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
• I/O Base Classes - Information about the I/O device base classes

Coding Guidelines

• Coding Style
• Documentation Guidelines

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

External Documentation

• Alpha
• SPARC
• MIPS
• General