Thanks, It works.
I redownloaded it and mount it again according to FAQ.
But, there is no linux kernel source files inside "linux-latest.img".
Where to find out what scheduling algorithms that the disk image of m5
simulator is
using to run the benchmarks ?
thanks
Mike
May 9 2008
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:04:46 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [m5-users] about m5term and linux kernel
>
> It looks like when you ran mke2fs you reformatted the image...
>
> I think there may be some confusion on how this is supposed to work.
> Basically, there are several layers of stuff going on here. At the
> bottom (as far as we're concerned), there is a disk which holds a bunch
> of bytes like a HUGE array. Then, it's up to a filesystem to carve up
> those bytes and basically build up the datastructures which represent
> files and directories and whatnot. What the image is is basically a file
> rather than a physical device which holds the bytes. When you mount it
> as a loopback device, you're telling Linux to interpret its contents as
> a filesystem like it would with a hard drive. What you did below was to
> tell Linux to present the file as a device like a harddrive. You then
> formatted the "hard drive" with an ext2 filesystem, mounted it, and saw
> that you successfully overwrote it. I think this will work if you leave
> out the mke2fs command. You may need to redownload the image files as
> well. You should make sure you both read the directions on the website
> carefully and that you understand all the steps, and then I think all
> this will go a lot smoother.
>
> Gabe
>
> Mike Anderson wrote:
> > Thanks,
> >
> > But, I still can not see the img files.
> >
> > I set up loopdevice
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] losetup /dev/loop2
> > /home/normal/m5_2.0b4/dist/m5/system/disks/linux-latest.img
> >
> > And then, I
> >
> > mke2fs -c /dev/loop2 1000
> >
> > And then,
> > [root@ m5_2.0b4]# mount -t ext2 /dev/loop2
> > /home/normal/m5_2.0b4/m5root2
> >
> > but, when I go to /home/normal/m5_2.0b4/m5root2.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l
> > total 12
> > drwx------ 2 root root 12288 May 8 17:08 lost+found
> >
> > Only, this directory.
> >
> > I can not see the linux-latest.img .
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
> > May 8 2008
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:10:45 -0400
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [m5-users] about m5term and linux kernel
> >
> > linux-latest.img is the root image. if you mount it, you will see
> > the directories as you saw them when running m5.
> >
> > lisa
> >
> > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Mike Anderson
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks, but, I can not see the root of the disk image mounted
> > in m5.
> >
> > I installed "M5 2.0b3 Full System Files
> > <http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2>"
> > in m5/dist/m5/system.
> > In the directory , I have
> >
> > [normal@ system]$ ls -l
> > total 18088
> > drwxrwx--- 2 normal normal 4096 May 7 16:33 binaries
> > drwxrwx--- 2 normal normal 4096 May 17 2007 disks
> > -rw-rw-r-- 1 normal normal 18468181 May 17 2007
> > m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2
> > drwxrwxr-x 3 normal normal 4096 May 5 17:43 www.m5sim.org
> > <http://www.m5sim.org>
> >
> > [normal@ system]$ cd disks/
> > [normal@ disks]$ ls -l
> > total 2141972
> > -r--r----- 1 normal normal 2139095040 May 17 2007
> > linux-bigswap2.img
> > -rw-r----- 1 normal normal 52125696 May 17 2007
> > linux-latest.img
> >
> > [normal@ system]$ cd binaries/
> > [normal@ binaries]$ ls -l
> > total 31748
> > -rwxrwx--- 1 normal normal 78500 May 17 2007 console
> > -rwxrwx--- 1 normal normal 52136 May 17 2007 ts_osfpal
> > -rwxrwxr-x 1 normal normal 32313628 Oct 8 2006 vmlinux
> >
> > And, I should mount linux-bigswap2.img or linux-latest.img ?
> >
> > and where to mount them ?
> > I do not have root directory in m5.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > May 8 2008
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:17:01 -0700
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [m5-users] about m5term and linux kernel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Mike Anderson
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using m5.opt and m5.debug to run FS simulation.
> >
> > ./build/ALPHA_FS/m5.opt configs/example/fs.py -b
> > NetperfMaerts
> >
> > build/ALPHA_FS/m5.debug -d /tmp/output
> > configs/example/fs.py
> >
> > build/ALPHA_FS/m5.opt --trace-flags="Cache"
> > configs/example/fs.py
> >
> > And, I connect to the simulated console interface by
> >
> > m5term localhost 3456
> >
> > But, the console responds my typing very slowly.
> >
> > And, I use ls and got :
> >
> > benchmarks etc lib mnt sbin
> > usr
> >
> >
> > bin floppy lost+found modules sys
> > var
> > dev home man proc tmp
> > z
> >
> > My question is :
> >
> > Where are these directories located ?
> >
> > In the root directory of the disk image you've mounted in m5.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And, where is the linux kernel located ?
> >
> >
> > That's loaded separately; it's not on the disk image.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If I want to implement a linux scheduling algorithm in a
> > linux kernel.
> >
> > And, I plan to use linux-dist to Create Disk Images and
> > Kernels for M5
> > with compiled benchmarks.
> >
> > And then, I install the disk in the directory:
> >
> >
> > /dist/m5/system
> >
> > And, when I run the benchmarks .
> >
> > How can I make sure that the threads generated from the
> > benchmarks
> > are scheduled by th new linux kernel ?
> >
> >
> > It's pretty much the same as if you were doing it on a
> > real system... if you want to be sure it's working, you
> > just have to observe that it's having some effect.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > May. 7 2008
> >
> >
> >
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