On 10/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does FS mode work on x86 with Linux?


Yes.

Could I simulate
> a parallel system with M5 and have a parallel application
> run on it?


In general, yes.


Thanks.
>
> Xin
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:37:13 -0700
> >From: "Steve Reinhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [m5-users] Help!! Several questions about M5 in FS mode
> >To: "M5 users mailing list" <m5-users@m5sim.org>
> >
> >   FS mode does not work on cygwin, because FS mode
> >   uses signals to handle asynchronous I/O and cygwin
> >   does not support signals properly.  SE mode does
> >   work (better) since it doesn't use signals, although
> >   I believe there are some syscalls that aren't
> >   properly emulated, so YMMV.  You're much better off
> >   to use a free virtualization package like VMware
> >   Server to install Linux in a VM if you really need
> >   to run on a Windows host.
> >
> >   Steve
> >
> >   On 10/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi all,
> >
> >     It is my first time to use the M5 simulator and I
> >     had trouble
> >     figuring out how to use it. I am running M5 on
> >     cygwin. After
> >     compiling M5 in FS mode, I tried to run some
> >     benchmark on it.
> >     For example:
> >     $ ./build/alpha_fs/m5.opt ./configs/example/fs.py
> >     -b MutexTest
> >
> >     The output is as follows:
> >
> >     M5 Simulator System
> >     Copyright xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     xxxxxxxxxxx
> >     xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >     M5 compiled xxxxxxxxxxx
> >     M5 started xxxxxxxxxx
> >     M5 executing on xxxxxxxx
> >     command line: ./build/alpha_fs/m5.opt
> >     ./configs/example/fs.py -b MutexTest
> >     Global frequency set at 100000000000 ticks per
> >     second
> >     0: system.tsunami.io.rtc: Real-time clock set to
> >     xxxxxx
> >     Listening for system connection on port 3456
> >     0: system.remote_gdb.listener: listening for
> >     remote gdb #0 on port 7000
> >     warn: Entering event queue @ 0. Starting
> >     simulation...
> >     warn: divt/c  f0,f1,f0: non-standard rounding mode
> >     not supported
> >     panic: Wrong Handler
> >     @ cycle 37797000
> >     [handleALRM:build/alpha_fs/base/pollevent.cc, line
> >     272]
> >     Aborted
> >
> >     Could you tell me how to deal with this problem?
> >     BTW: I am not very familiar with Linux/Unix, so
> >     please explain
> >     as detailedly as you could. Thanks a lot.
> >     In my research, I need to run an application in
> >     parallel on some parallel system(network of
> >     workstations). Could I use
> >     M5 to simulate the parallel system and have the
> >     application
> >     run on it? If yes,according to my understanding, I
> >     just need
> >     to modify file fs.py  and recompile the
> >     application with some
> >     alpha compiler. Correct me if I am wrong.
> >
> >     Xin
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