Ong Wen JIan wrote:
> Gabe Black <gblack <at> eecs.umich.edu> writes:
>
>   
>> Yes. If you're going to use x86 you'll want to stick with a 64 bit kernel.
>>
>> Gabe
>>
>> Ong Wen Jian wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi everyone,,
>>>
>>> I'm currently modeling a  PCI based GPU plugin for M5 simulator and I
>>> want to know here,, is that possible for me to compile and build my
>>> own linux kernel for the M5 simulator to boot up??
>>>
>>> I need the new linux kernel with the GPU driver to test out whether
>>> the kernel can detect the existing GPU model on the M5 simulator
>>>
>>> Please advice
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ONG WEN JIAN
>>> Student
>>> Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering,
>>> Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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>
> Hi Gabe,
>
> I create a x86root.img and try to boot the disk image with M5 on X86_FS mode 
> but
> it could not boot the kernel 
>
> M5 compiled Oct  7 2010 16:54:24
> M5 revision Unknown
> M5 started Oct  7 2010 18:46:57
> M5 executing on ongwenjian-laptop
> command line: ./build/X86_FS/m5.debug configs/example/fs.py
> Global frequency set at 1000000000000 ticks per second
> info: No kernel set for full system simulation. Assuming you know what you're
> doing...
>       0: rtc: Real-time clock set to Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 2009
> Listening for pc connection on port 3456
> warn: Reading current count from inactive timer.
> For more information see: http://www.m5sim.org/warn/1ea2be46
> 0: system.remote_gdb.listener: listening for remote gdb #0 on port 7000
> **** REAL SIMULATION ****
> info: Entering event queue @ 0.  Starting simulation...
> 2069461000: system.pc.terminal: attach terminal 0
>
> and in the M5 terminal, the cursor keep blinking 
>
> ==== m5 slave terminal: Terminal 0 ====
>
> Where can I set the M5 simulator to point to the exact kernel location ??
>
> Additional question and I just want to confirm 
>
> In order for the X86_FS to boot the linux kernel, is that the linux kernel
> should be inside the x86root.img ?? I create the image with a linux kernel on 
> it
> ,,,,,,, 
>
>
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No, the kernel doesn't go in the disk image like it would on a normal
system. We may allow booting like that one day, but there are a lot of
extra pieces of the system that need to be in place for that to work.
You need to use fs.py's --kernel option.

Gabe
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