Gem5 Arm64 Platform Support in meta-gem5

Howto Build and Run

Configuration:

In the local.conf file, MACHINE should be set as follow: MACHINE ?= "gem5-arm64"

And in the bblayers.conf the following layers need to be added: ##OEROOT##/meta-arm/meta-arm-toolchain ##OEROOT##/meta-arm/meta-arm

Build:

bash$ bitbake core-image-minimal

Run:

After compilation of an image, you can execute it using the compiled gem5 with the followin command: ./tmp/deploy/tools/start-gem5.sh

You can modify the script to change the command line options of gem5.

Devices supported in the kernel

• serial

Untested:

• pci
• sata
• ide

Devices not supported or not functional