DRAFT: resources: Add gem5_bridge driver to x86-ubuntu build & boot #48
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This is to support backwards compatibility with the former /dev/mem pokes for disk images that do not or cannot yet support the driver. In the future, these can potentially be changed if there is a push for solely using the driver.
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Adds commands to
scripts/post-installation.shto make the driver during disk building. The Makefile can take arguments to modify the base address for the gem5ops MMIO range by puttingGEM5OPS_BASE=<base_phys_addr>at the end of the make command.Adds commands to
files/gem5_init.shto detect and add the driver after kernel startup but just before the firstgem5-bridge exit.Relates to gem5/gem5#1480