README.windows

As of SimpleScalar 3.0, the SimpleScalar simulator (for PISA or Alpha)
should build out-of-the-box on Cygwin32 for Windows NT or XP.

NOTE: the SimpleScalar PISA compiler tools will not build on Windows NT.
Either build the binaries on another little-endian supported platform,
or grab them from the binaries release available from the same place
you found this package.

NOTE1: There are some deficiencies with this port; specifically, some
of the system calls made by SimpleScalar PISA or Alpha OSF binaries
have no obvious counterparts under Windows (e.g., getrusage()), when
these system calls are made, a warning is printed.  A better way to
use SimpleScalar on Windows NT is to rely completely on extern I/O
traces (EIO traces).  Generate these on a more capable host and then
run them on Windows.  Since only file I/O is required to run an EIO
trace, any tracable program can later re-run under Windows.  See
README.eio for details...