GPGPU-sim Setup Instructions

Here are the instructions for setting up the GPGPU-sim to build successfully in Tera, with the CUDA Toolkit.

I'm still having trouble getting the CUDA SDK to work properly

For now, the only thing that is working is building the GPGPU-sim with the make command. The CUDA SDK is required to run the example codes, but I am having trouble getting CUDA SDK up and running with the code.

SETTING UP GPGPU-SIM
1. Login to Tera and setup git in your repository.
2. Pull the GPGPU-sim code from the charlab repository. See instructions from my previous posts.
3. Go to gpgpu-sim/v3.x directory. cd gpgpu-sim/v3.x
4. Look through README file. It should give you a general idea of what needs to be done.
gedit README
5. Open ~/.bashrc file with a text editor. I recommend gedit if you are not familar with linux. (~/ refers to your top-level home directory)
gedit ~/.bashrc
6. Add in these two lines to the file:
export CUDA_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/cuda
export PATH=$PATH:$CUDA_INSTALL_PATH/bin
7. Now we should be ready to build. Type the following commands on the terminal:
[dhpark@tera v3.x]$ source setup_environment
[dhpark@tera v3.x]$ make
8. Wait a couple minutes. Don't get intimidated by all the text and warnings that shows up. If something fails, try running make again. (It might succeed the second time!)
9. If all goes well, you should see no warnings when the command finishes.