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scripts/check_gem5.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+. "$(dirname "$0")/env.sh"
+
+echo "[check_gem5] Checking gem5 installation..."
+
+# Check if gem5 binary exists
+if [ ! -x "$GEM5_BIN" ]; then
+    echo "[check_gem5] ERROR: gem5 binary not found at $GEM5_BIN"
+    echo "[check_gem5] You need to install and build gem5 first."
+    echo ""
+    echo "To install gem5:"
+    echo "1. Clone gem5 repository:"
+    echo "   git clone https://github.com/gem5/gem5.git $ROOT/gem5src/gem5"
+    echo ""
+    echo "2. Build gem5 for ARM:"
+    echo "   cd $ROOT/gem5src/gem5"
+    echo "   scons build/ARM/gem5.opt -j\$(nproc)"
+    echo ""
+    echo "3. Verify the binary exists:"
+    echo "   ls -la $GEM5_BIN"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Alternative: Install gem5 via package manager:"
+    echo "   sudo apt-get install gem5  # Ubuntu/Debian"
+    echo "   brew install gem5          # macOS"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "[check_gem5] ✓ gem5 binary found at $GEM5_BIN"
+
+# Check if gem5 runs
+if ! "$GEM5_BIN" --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[check_gem5] ERROR: gem5 binary exists but cannot run"
+    echo "[check_gem5] Try running: $GEM5_BIN --version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "[check_gem5] ✓ gem5 binary is executable"
+
+# Check if ARM cross-compiler exists
+if ! command -v arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[check_gem5] WARNING: ARM cross-compiler not found"
+    echo "[check_gem5] Install with: sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+    echo "[check_gem5] This is needed to compile workloads for ARM simulation"
+fi
+
+echo "[check_gem5] ✓ All checks passed!"