Re: [Gems-users] Does Gems support Linux on SPARC?

[Dan Gibson <degibson@xxxxxxxx>]

Shan,

Are you thinking of _running_ Simics+Gems on a sparc machine with Linux 
as the OS, or are you thinking of _simulating_ a sparc/linux machine 
with Simics+Gems running on some other host machine?

As far as _running_ Simics+Gems on sparc/linux, Gems's functionality 
will be determined by the host's ability to compile ANSI C++. So, if you 
have a recent version of g++ available on your sparc/linux host, Gems 
should work without any problems.  However, you may want to check that 
Simics itself supports running on a sparc/linux platform, if you haven't 
already.

With regards to _simulating_ a sparc/linux with Simics+Gems, we have 
only had significant experience with sparc targets running Solaris, 
though, in theory, running simulated Linux (on sparc) should not change 
the functionality of Gems.

Regards,
Dan


shan wrote:

> Sorry to ask such a simple question. I just started to use Gems.
>
>  
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> Is Solaris required? In my mind, since Simics support linux on sparc, 
> Gems may also work with linux on sparc. But I am not sure.
>
> Does everybody use Solaris? Is Linux ok?
>
> Thanks a lot!!
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