Does anyone have any experience of running Actel Designer on Linux? We currently use WinXP, and have recently been informed that if we...

Does anyone have any experience of running Actel Designer on Linux? We currently use WinXP, and have recently been informed that if we used Linux, then Designer would run 10x faster. I would just like to see if anyone out there can confirm this before trying to get a machine set up with Linux. Also since I'm talking about Linux, is there any preference as to which distro is best for FPG...

Hi Everyone, I wanted to load linux (Montavista ) on a partition in the Compact Flash ..and wanted to run my program after linux...

Hi Everyone, I wanted to load linux (Montavista ) on a partition in the Compact Flash ..and wanted to run my program after linux gets loaded..When I see the Xilinx Linux tutorial for the ML 310..I came to know that the two important things are -- ml310_base_bootloop.bit (which has a bootloop in it )and the zImage.initrd.elf (the Linux kernel as a power pc executable)...So I down...

Hi, I'm a newbie to FPGA and Linux world. I have a general question concerning both. I have a workstation with Linux installed. A Virtex...

Hi, I'm a newbie to FPGA and Linux world. I have a general question concerning both. I have a workstation with Linux installed. A Virtex II Pro FPGA Module is plugged in the backplane of the workstation. I'm wondering if I need to write a device driver for the FPGA module in order for the Linux box to recognize the card? I want a software program running on the Linux machine to be ab...

I filed a WebCase over this, but I'm going to ask here in case others have run into this problem as well. I expect the Linux User Density to...

I filed a WebCase over this, but I'm going to ask here in case others have run into this problem as well. I expect the Linux User Density to be higher here then at Xilinx Support:-) I have impact from ISE 6.2i installed on a Linux/Intel machine, so that I can use the PC-IV cable. It was working for a while, but now all the sudden it ishopelessly non-functional. All I get is I dialog box ...

There are ISE Foundation and ISE Webpack versions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 How strict is this port? Has anybody managed to run...

There are ISE Foundation and ISE Webpack versions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 How strict is this port? Has anybody managed to run these tools on Fedora or Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva), or any other Linux variant? If so, how well did it work?

Hello, I'm writing a boot loader to start Linux on the PowerPC440 (Virtex5FXT). At first the program copies the kernel into the RAM at...

Hello, I'm writing a boot loader to start Linux on the PowerPC440 (Virtex5FXT). At first the program copies the kernel into the RAM at address 0x00400000 and afterwards it boots Linux with the following lines: #define LINUX_START_ADDRESS 0x004002b4 int main() { void (*linux)(); linux = (void*) LINUX_START_ADDRESS; ... // here is the code which copies the kernel into ram (*l...

Hi, Does anyone know if it's possible to run the Xilinx ISE 4.2i software in Linux? I would like to develop VHDL code and then program my...

Hi, Does anyone know if it's possible to run the Xilinx ISE 4.2i software in Linux? I would like to develop VHDL code and then program my FPGA (I use a parallel port JTAG programmer). Being able to do this from Linux would make the project easier as I need to develop a Linux device driver at the same time. I was thinking I could use WINE. Do any websites with instructions exist? Tha...

I have a xilinx v4 project running mv linux 2.6.10. I have a custom peripheral I made that includes DMA on the opb bus and is...

I have a xilinx v4 project running mv linux 2.6.10. I have a custom peripheral I made that includes DMA on the opb bus and is therefore master/slave. The SDRAM that the linux .elf file loads to/boots from is also on the opb. Unless I disconnect the custom peripheral linux dies at "uncompressing linux...". I believe this means that there are data errors from the sdram, but everything works ...

Though I will be using the webpack that ships with the Spartan-3 intially, I am somewhat interested in the Linux version of BaseX or Linux that...

Though I will be using the webpack that ships with the Spartan-3 intially, I am somewhat interested in the Linux version of BaseX or Linux that I've been reading about. With version 6.3, is the Linux version now native (not WINE)? Also, does it provide all of the features of the Windows version?

Hi, I'm using the Xilinx Webpack 11.1, the Spartan3 StarterKit, and the Digilent USB/JTAG cable. I find ISE 11.1 too slow under Windows, so I...

Hi, I'm using the Xilinx Webpack 11.1, the Spartan3 StarterKit, and the Digilent USB/JTAG cable. I find ISE 11.1 too slow under Windows, so I want to use it with Linux. My question is : is it possible to program the FPGA under Linux ? Xilprg is too old. Export from digilent is discontinued and not available for Linux. Are there any alternatives ? Best Regards Thorsten

Hi, I have been trying to port Linux on the ML403 board using the 2.4 devel tree downloaded from montavista site using rsync.The compilation...

Hi, I have been trying to port Linux on the ML403 board using the 2.4 devel tree downloaded from montavista site using rsync.The compilation goes fine with the modifications of some source files and makefiles after copying the BSP generated from EDK 7.1 (I used some BYU website advice about porting Linux on XUV2P board). I manage to download the Linux kernel via xmd, the kernel boots but i...

Hi, Please could you tell me if there's a linux driver of the Virtex II Pro development board from Avnet (Silica) ? I would like to know if...

Hi, Please could you tell me if there's a linux driver of the Virtex II Pro development board from Avnet (Silica) ? I would like to know if there's an equivalent to the PCIUtility for Linux. Indeed, I would like to have my workstation with linux and work with the board directly through the pci bus. What could I do ? Thanks for your help Stephane

Does anybody know if the Xilinx Paralel cable IV cable can be made to work under Linux w/ ISE 6.1i.03? And to make it even more interesting,...

Does anybody know if the Xilinx Paralel cable IV cable can be made to work under Linux w/ ISE 6.1i.03? And to make it even more interesting, my Linux is AMD64, will the driver work at all on this system? .... and while we're on the subject, the Linux driver source is itself is pretty basic. Is there programming informatino for the cable that one can use to write custom software to driv...

I'm trying to use the Altera USB Byte Blaster Cable on Linux (Scientific Linux 4.4, i.e. RHEL 4). The Programmer application sees the...

I'm trying to use the Altera USB Byte Blaster Cable on Linux (Scientific Linux 4.4, i.e. RHEL 4). The Programmer application sees the cable, however it says there are insufficient privileges on the port. I've tried running Quartus as root, that didn't fix the problem. There is no Firewall and Secure Linux is disabled. Anyone have any suggestions?

I keep debating if I should start switching my PCs from Windows 10 to Linux, several of my main PCs are on Win 10 Preview, and Microsoft made...

I keep debating if I should start switching my PCs from Windows 10 to Linux, several of my main PCs are on Win 10 Preview, and Microsoft made it so you can't get off until the next non-preview release. I play around with Lattice, and Xilinx FPGAs, I know Lattice has their Diamond software available for Linux, and Xilinx has Vivado and it's older software also available for Linux also, b...

Greetings. The source package from Xilinx leaves a bit to be desired as far as being easy to use and integrate into your Linux distro. I have...

Greetings. The source package from Xilinx leaves a bit to be desired as far as being easy to use and integrate into your Linux distro. I have uploaded a patch that includes a 'README' file and simplifies building and installing. I also wrote an init script that does the 'start|stop|reload' type stuff that all the Linux distros do. This patch will work with the Linux 2.6.13 vanilla kernel. ...

I have read that quartus is optimized to take advantage of the SSE instruction sets in Linux, yet not in Windows. Can I assume from this that...

I have read that quartus is optimized to take advantage of the SSE instruction sets in Linux, yet not in Windows. Can I assume from this that quartus will run faster on Linux? I am buying a new computer, and I want to decide what OS to run, and if Linux will be faster for FPGA design, than that is what I will run. Thanx again, nachum

Just got an Athlon64 system. I want to be able to run the Xilinx ISE tool suite on this box under Linux. I'd also like to install a 64-bit...

Just got an Athlon64 system. I want to be able to run the Xilinx ISE tool suite on this box under Linux. I'd also like to install a 64-bit Linux on it - are there any issues with running xst under 64-bit linux? I suspect there might be driver issues with downloading bitstreams, but I'm thinking of using one of the open source tools for downloading bitstreams. Phil

Can anyone suggest the best evm board for virtex-4 and linux? How has people's experience been with it? Are USB drivers included in the linux...

Can anyone suggest the best evm board for virtex-4 and linux? How has people's experience been with it? Are USB drivers included in the linux os builds they provide? Thanks, Clark

I work for a Linux software house and would like to offer a "Hello, World!" tutorial for FPGAs. The idea is to keep it simple and low cost. ...

I work for a Linux software house and would like to offer a "Hello, World!" tutorial for FPGAs. The idea is to keep it simple and low cost. The Digilent Basys board looks good for cost but not for (Linux) simplicity. I'd sure like to avoid the windrv module and the parallel port cable. Does anyone know of a way to program the Basys board over the USB cable using Linux? thanks Bob Sm...