resources: SPEC 2006 benchmark suite on ARM64 Ubuntu 22.04 Disk Image #11
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This pull request adds the files and instructions needed to make a ARM64 Ubuntu 22.04 disk image and install the SPEC 2006 benchmark suite on the disk image. The qemu-files directory contains the files for getting the disk image and launching it as a QEMU instance. The packer-files directory contains the files that Packer needs to build the disk image, as well as a script for obtaining Packer. README.md contains detailed instructions on how to build the disk image and install SPEC 2006 using the scripts and files provided.
I tested this by running a few gem5 simulations with the disk image that I made to figure out the process of building the disk image. Next, I launched the disk image as a QEMU instance and checked if the benchmarks that had built successfully would run. Finally, I built another disk image as part of writing the documentation, and used it as a resource to run another gem5 simulation.