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Comp.Arch.FPGA | Xilinx ISE 11.1 crash - Visual Studio error


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Xilinx ISE 11.1 crash - Visual Studio error - Daku - 2010-02-09 00:04:00

Could some Xilinx ISE guru provide some hints for my problem ? I am
trying to synthesize a simple 4K RAM block with Xilinx ISE. About half-
way through execution, I get an error message, inside a Visual Studio
dialog box, stating that xst.exe ( the Xilinx synthesis executable)
has encountered a problem and would I like to debug ? The Xilinx ISE
is running
on a XP machine.
Any hints, suggestions would be of immense help.
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Re: Xilinx ISE 11.1 crash - Visual Studio error - Martin Thompson - 2010-02-09 05:54:00

Daku <d...@gmail.com> writes:

> Could some Xilinx ISE guru provide some hints for my problem ? I am
> trying to synthesize a simple 4K RAM block with Xilinx ISE. About half-
> way through execution, I get an error message, inside a Visual Studio
> dialog box, stating that xst.exe ( the Xilinx synthesis executable)
> has encountered a problem and would I like to debug ? The Xilinx ISE
> is running

Can you try synthesizing a much smaller RAM (say 128 words?)

Can you post your code?  

What does the synthesis logfile say?

You haven't given us much to go on! 

Cheers,
Martin

-- 
m...@trw.com 
TRW Conekt - Consultancy in Engineering, Knowledge and Technology
http://www.conekt.net/electronics.html
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Re: Xilinx ISE 11.1 crash - Visual Studio error - Rob Gaddi - 2010-02-09 12:04:00

On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:04:49 -0800 (PST)
Daku <d...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Could some Xilinx ISE guru provide some hints for my problem ? I am
> trying to synthesize a simple 4K RAM block with Xilinx ISE. About
> half- way through execution, I get an error message, inside a Visual
> Studio dialog box, stating that xst.exe ( the Xilinx synthesis
> executable) has encountered a problem and would I like to debug ? The
> Xilinx ISE is running
> on a XP machine.
> Any hints, suggestions would be of immense help.

The entire 11.x tool chain has been, in my experience, an unmitigated
disaster.  You might could try upgrading to the latest version, 11.4.
There's a chance it'll fix your problem.  Then again, there's a chance
that it will create a new, unrelated problem, too.  But at least if the
problem is moving around you can claim you've got movement on the
problem.

Xilinx tells me that 12.1 will be better, come April.  Now if only all
_my_ customers were willing to sit around and wait for two extra
months.

-- 
Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology
Email address is currently out of order

Re: Xilinx ISE 11.1 crash - Visual Studio error - Mike Treseler - 2010-02-09 12:19:00

Rob Gaddi wrote:

> The entire 11.x tool chain has been, in my experience, an unmitigated
> disaster.  You might could try upgrading to the latest version, 11.4.
> There's a chance it'll fix your problem. 

I've had good luck with 10.1.

        -- Mike Treseler

Re: Xilinx ISE 11.1 crash - Visual Studio error - Rob Gaddi - 2010-02-09 12:29:00

On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:19:20 -0800
Mike Treseler <m...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Rob Gaddi wrote:
> 
> > The entire 11.x tool chain has been, in my experience, an
> > unmitigated disaster.  You might could try upgrading to the latest
> > version, 11.4. There's a chance it'll fix your problem. 
> 
> I've had good luck with 10.1.
> 
>         -- Mike Treseler

So did I, right up until I started a Spartan 6 design.  Thus began my
life as a tool fighter rather than a logic designer.

-- 
Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology
Email address is currently out of order