Single Processor System

The goal of this project is to create a simple system using gem5. In this system, we have only one simple CPU core. This CPU core will be connected to a memory bus and we have a memory channel, also connected to the memory bus.

Building on Ubuntu

1. The required dependencies can be installed:

   $ sudo apt-get install swig gcc m4 python python-dev libgoogle-perftools-dev mercurial scons g++ build-essential

2. Clone gem5 source and build gem5 by using scons:

   $ hg clone http://repo.gem5.org/gem5
   

   $ cd gem5/
   

   $ scons build/X86/gem5.opt -j + NUMBER OF CPUs ON YOUR PLATFORM ( for example -j2 )
   

3. Clone the repository.

4. Run gem5 from the root gem5 directory as:

   $ gem5/build/X86/gem5.opt system/simple_system.py --cmd=test/bin/test1

Links

1. gem5 Documentation
2. gem5 Tutorial