GEM5 FULL-SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

This is a simple baseline gem5 full system configuration. It is ideal for running modifications and research quickly and efficiently.

I must credit other projects which have made this possible:

• The Gem5 Simulator Project
• Buildroot,Embedded Linux Tool
• The Linux Kernel

By default, gem5(v. 22.1.0.0) is not built, to comply with the gem5 license.

To get started, build gem5:

cd gem5
scons build/ARM/gem5.opt

Then, take a checkpoint:

cd configs
bash take-ckpt.sh

The linux kernel is version 5.4 and the disk image contains no additional applications.

See Resources for info on how to rebuild a disk image with applications.

The directory configs/ contains the scripts which define the simulated system. Modify configs/run-single.sh to change simulation parameters. Running configs/take-ckpt.sh will take a checkpoint of the system, post kernel boot.

Thanks for using and Happy Tinkering!