Extra topics

This section provides some extra topics about gem5.

• Contributing to gem5
• Our strategy
• Why should I contribute to gem5?
• “I’m scared”
• Where do I make changes?
• What about the other gem5 repos?
• What about other gem5 repos?
  • gem5 Resources
  • gem5
• Making changes
  • CPP
  • Python
  • The biggest gotchas!
• Using git
  • Commit Message rules
  • View the git log
  • Pushing to git
• Two Types of “Review”
• Testing
• Open ended exercise: Make your own contribution
• Using other simulators with gem5
• Interfaces for connecting other simulators
• Example connections
• The SystemC implementation in gem5
  • TLM in gem5
• Checkpointing and CommMonitor
• Extra Topics

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