I am able to run linux kernel v4.8.13 and ubuntu 16.04.1 (server) image by
using an old git branch f881618. The patch generates errors when building
the simulator.

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Da Zhang <d...@vt.edu> wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> I was able to pass the problem by using a very old stable gem5 release
> (stable_2015_09_03). However, the system stops at
>
> Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS!
>
> systemd[1]: Set hostname to <gem5-test7>.
> There is no panic. And the booting progress is freeze at this moment while
> I am expecting an interactive terminal via m5tern as running the default
> ancient kernel.
> Moreover, it seems that in the latest update, some of the scripts aren't
> updated accordingly. I did a pull and update last night and running fs.py
> gives me the following error
>
> File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>
>  File "/work/dragonstooth/daz3/gem5/src/python/m5/main.py", line 433, in
> main
>
> exec filecode in scope
>
>  File "configs/example/fs.py", line 395, in <module>
>
> elif buildEnv['TARGET_ISA'] != "arm" and options.generate_dtb:
>
> AttributeError: Values instance has no attribute 'generate_dtb'
> I will try the patch today. Thanks in advance.
>
> best,
> Da
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Jason Lowe-Power <ja...@lowepower.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Da,
>>
>> I'm aware of this problem and have submitted a patch. Unfortunately, I
>> haven't had time to fix the problem in the correct way (as detailed by Gabe
>> in the review). This patch will get linux to boot. If you have the
>> inclination, feel free to fix it the correct way!
>>
>> https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/7301
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:46 AM Da Zhang <d...@vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have some problem with running configs/example/fs.py with
>>> linux v4.8.13 and ubuntu image 16.04.1. I follow the steps on Jason's blog (
>>> http://www.lowepower.com/jason/setting-up-gem5-full-system.html) to
>>> build linux kernel binary and ubuntu image. And the booting aborted after
>>> line "i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.".
>>> There is a reply on Jason's blog (at the bottom) mentioned the same issue
>>> but it seems that they haven't fixed it yet.
>>>
>>> gem5 give the following message:
>>>
>>> info: Entering event queue @ 0.  Starting simulation...
>>>
>>> warn: instruction 'fninit' unimplemented
>>>
>>> warn: Don't know what interrupt to clear for console.
>>>
>>> warn: Tried to clear PCI interrupt 14
>>>
>>> warn: i8042 "Write output port" command not implemented.
>>>
>>> panic: Data written for unrecognized command 0xd1
>>>
>>> Memory Usage: 4664884 KBytes
>>>
>>> Program aborted at tick 1922165374500
>>>
>>> Aborted
>>>
>>> And I also attached the output config.ini and system.pc.com_1.device
>>> with this email. Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>>
>>> best,
>>> Da
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