I think that should work, although I haven't tried it. If you're using the
new m5 utility with x86 and the KVM cpu, be sure you use the --addr flag.
If not, then I think it should work the same.

Gabe

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 12:24 AM krishnan gosakan via gem5-users <
gem5-users@gem5.org> wrote:

> Can I use m5 util from the current stable branch with the old gem5 repo I
> am currently using? Will that won't create compatibility issues?
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 1:38 PM Gabe Black via gem5-users <
> gem5-users@gem5.org> wrote:
>
>> Probably not. There were some other fixes which made things partially
>> work with PIE code, but the version of the utility you're using may be too
>> old to include those, or you might be trying to use it in a way that the
>> partial support didn't cover (different ISA for instance). You'll probably
>> save yourself a lot of headaches by moving to a more recent version of
>> gem5, at least for the m5 utility if you can't or don't want to move
>> completely.
>>
>> Gabe
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 11:28 PM krishnan gosakan <
>> krishnan.gosa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried make.
>>> I used the command make -f Makefile.x86
>>> for which I got the following error
>>>
>>> gcc -O2 -DM5OP_ADDR=0xFFFF0000 -I../../include -o m5.o -c m5.c
>>>> gcc -O2 -DM5OP_ADDR=0xFFFF0000 -I../../include -o m5op_x86.o -c
>>>> m5op_x86.S
>>>> gcc -O2 -DM5OP_ADDR=0xFFFF0000 -I../../include -o m5_mmap.o -c m5_mmap.c
>>>> gcc -o m5 m5.o m5op_x86.o m5_mmap.o
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: m5op_x86.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against symbol
>>>> `m5_mem' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
>>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>> Makefile.x86:54: recipe for target 'm5' failed
>>>> make: *** [m5] Error 1
>>>>
>>>
>>> Even i added -fPIC in makefile and still getting the same error
>>>
>>> gcc -O2 -DM5OP_ADDR=0xFFFF0000 -I../../include -fPIC -o m5.o -c m5.c
>>>> gcc -O2 -DM5OP_ADDR=0xFFFF0000 -I../../include -fPIC -o m5op_x86.o -c
>>>> m5op_x86.S
>>>> gcc -O2 -DM5OP_ADDR=0xFFFF0000 -I../../include -fPIC -o m5_mmap.o -c
>>>> m5_mmap.c
>>>> gcc -o m5 m5.o m5op_x86.o m5_mmap.o
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: m5op_x86.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against symbol
>>>> `m5_mem' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
>>>> /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
>>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>> Makefile.x86:54: recipe for target 'm5' failed
>>>> make: *** [m5] Error 1
>>>>
>>>
>>> Am I missing anything here?
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 9:32 AM Gabe Black <gabe.bl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That version of gem5 is a few years old and doesn't have the updates to
>>>> the m5 utility that made it use scons. In that version, you need to use
>>>> make.
>>>>
>>>> Gabe
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 7:43 PM krishnan gosakan via gem5-users <
>>>> gem5-users@gem5.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I am trying to compile m5 utils. I followed the documentation
>>>>> available at https://www.gem5.org/documentation/general_docs/m5ops/
>>>>> I am using
>>>>> https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5/+/f0364a2b08f8919347164e9aad82ca3a0167eb4b
>>>>>
>>>>> In the above repo, utils/m5 directory has no scons file and I am
>>>>> facing difficulty in compiling m5. Can anyone help me with this?
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
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>>>>> Krishnan.
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