> I seem to recall that there are some open source bitstream downloaders
> available for Linux... don't have any URL handy right at the moment, though.
In article <qhd5fxdn27.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com> wrote:
>ptkwt@aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) writes:
>> 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.
>
>XST works fine, but the ISE Simulator is not available in the 64-bit
That's fine. I use ghdl.
>version, nor, as you suspected, are cable drivers for programming.
>
>I'm hoping that they can get the 64-bit cable drivers into the next release
>(8.2i? 9.0i?). I looked into building them myself, but it's not feasible
>because even though the WinDriver demo kit supports 64-bit, Xilinx supplies
>their portion of the driver as a 32-bit object file.
>
>If Xilinx would release docs on the driver API, I expect that an open
>source version would get developed quickly. I don't see what down side
>this would have for Xilinx; anything that makes it easier for people to
>develop using Xilinx parts should be a good thing.
I seem to recall that there are some open source bitstream downloaders
available for Linux... don't have any URL handy right at the moment, though.
Phil
Reply by ●April 4, 20062006-04-04
ptkwt@aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) writes:
> 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.
XST works fine, but the ISE Simulator is not available in the 64-bit
version, nor, as you suspected, are cable drivers for programming.
I'm hoping that they can get the 64-bit cable drivers into the next release
(8.2i? 9.0i?). I looked into building them myself, but it's not feasible
because even though the WinDriver demo kit supports 64-bit, Xilinx supplies
their portion of the driver as a 32-bit object file.
If Xilinx would release docs on the driver API, I expect that an open
source version would get developed quickly. I don't see what down side
this would have for Xilinx; anything that makes it easier for people to
develop using Xilinx parts should be a good thing.
Reply by Josh Rosen●April 4, 20062006-04-04
On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:54:28 +0000, Phil Tomson wrote:
> 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
I'm running it on 64 bit FC4 on an X2 4400+, works fine. You need to put
the following into your .cshrc
setenv LD_ASSUME_KERNEL 2.4.7
Reply by Phil Tomson●April 4, 20062006-04-04
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