How to simulate testbenches using the ISE simulator in linux

Hi guys..

A few days back I installed xilinx ISE webpack 91i on fedora core 6
everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
testbench using the simulator provided by xilinx..whenever i double
click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
out i am in a fix..

Regards
Ankit

Ankit wrote:

> A few days back I installed xilinx ISE webpack 91i on fedora core 6
> everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
> testbench using the simulator provided by xilinx..whenever i double
> click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
> out i am in a fix..

Two choices:
1. Load the windows version of ISE
2. Buy a modelsim SE floating license.

    -- Mike Treseler

On Jun 17, 3:33 pm, Ankit <ankitanand1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys..
>
> A few days back I installed xilinxISEwebpack 91i on fedora core 6
> everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
> testbench using thesimulatorprovided by xilinx..whenever i double
> click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
> out i am in a fix..
>
> Regards
> Ankit

Hi Ankit,

I am afraid that Fedora 6 is not a supported OS for Xilinx SW.
Although since you are able to get all the other SW to work fine and
it is only ISE Simulator that is giving you trouble, let us see if we
can come up with a fix.

Thanks
Duth

On Jun 18, 1:45 pm, Duth <premd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 17, 3:33 pm, Ankit <ankitanand1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi guys..
>
> > A few days back I installed xilinxISEwebpack 91i on fedora core 6
> > everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
> > testbench using thesimulatorprovided by xilinx..whenever i double
> > click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
> > out i am in a fix..
>
> > Regards
> > Ankit
>
> Hi Ankit,
>
> I am afraid that Fedora 6 is not a supported OS for Xilinx SW.
> Although since you are able to get all the other SW to work fine and
> it is onlyISESimulatorthat is giving you trouble, let us see if we
> can come up with a fix.
>
> Thanks
> Duth

Hi Ankit,

We might have something that could work. Can you try the following:

mv $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld  $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/
ld.old
ln -s  /usr/bin/ld   $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin
mv   $XILINX/gcc/3.2.3/lin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld   $XILINX/gcc/
3.2.3/lin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.old
ln -s  /usr/bin/ld  $XILINX/gcc/3.2.3/lin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin

If this is a 64 bit machine, please use lin64 instead of lin for the
path.

Please let me know if this does not work. We might have to do the same
for collect2 as well.

Thanks
Duth

are you sure your test bench is correct ? did you purge the projects
files ?

I have a linux station and webpack ISE9.1.03i, synt. and simul,
impact, chipscope... are more stable than the same tools on the same
station with windows XP (no freeze while xst or par, impact/usb works
fine...)

see console and log and add the missing tools / libraries / access
rights...


On Jun 18, 11:01 pm, Duth <premd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 18, 1:45 pm, Duth <premd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 17, 3:33 pm, Ankit <ankitanand1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi guys..
>
> > > A few days back I installed xilinxISEwebpack 91i on fedora core 6
> > > everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
> > > testbench using thesimulatorprovided by xilinx..whenever i double
> > > click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
> > > out i am in a fix..
>
> > > Regards
> > > Ankit
>
> > Hi Ankit,
>
> > I am afraid that Fedora 6 is not a supported OS for Xilinx SW.
> > Although since you are able to get all the other SW to work fine and
> > it is onlyISESimulatorthat is giving you trouble, let us see if we
> > can come up with a fix.
>
> > Thanks
> > Duth
>
> Hi Ankit,
>
> We might have something that could work. Can you try the following:
>
> mv $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld  $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/
> ld.old
> ln -s  /usr/bin/ld   $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin
> mv   $XILINX/gcc/3.2.3/lin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld   $XILINX/gcc/
> 3.2.3/lin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.old
> ln -s  /usr/bin/ld  $XILINX/gcc/3.2.3/lin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin
>
> If this is a 64 bit machine, please use lin64 instead of lin for the
> path.
>
> Please let me know if this does not work. We might have to do the same
> for collect2 as well.
>
> Thanks
> Duth

Hey Duth..


               Hi..Thanx for taking time and replying to my query..I
have been trying to run the command you mentioned in your posts but
this what it says..

[ankit@localhost Xilinx91i]$ mv $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld
$XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/
mv: cannot stat `/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld': No such file or directory
 Plus i am a liitle new to linux so pleas dont mind if 1 of my queries
turn out to be stupid..
I ran these commands in the terminal i am hoping thats where i should
have run them..Or i should have executed these in the TCL shell..

Please do help me out of this dilemma as my mentor is admanat that i
run Xilinx on linux..

Waiting for your reply..

Regards
Ankit

Hi Ankit,

Ankit wrote:
> Hi guys..
> 
> A few days back I installed xilinx ISE webpack 91i on fedora core 6
> everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
> testbench using the simulator provided by xilinx..whenever i double
> click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
> out i am in a fix..

I've had troubles using the ISE simulator as well under a "non-supported"
Linux distribution. As only the GUI components seem to behave badly, I
ressorted to writing a bash script to start run a simulation and display
the results in the standalone isimwave tool. I can elaborate on that and
post the script if anyone is interested.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart

On Jun 19, 11:27 am, Ankit <ankitanand1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Duth..
>
>                Hi..Thanx for taking time and replying to my query..I
> have been trying to run the command you mentioned in your posts but
> this what it says..
>
> [ankit@localhost Xilinx91i]$ mv $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld
> $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/
> mv: cannot stat `/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld': No such file or directory

It seems like your $XILINX variable is not set. It should point to
directory where your Xilinx software is installed. So the $XILINX
variable expands to something empty and you end up with the path /gnu/
gcc... and mv does not find ld.

You can check the (any) variable with the command 'echo $XILINX'.

Try 'echo $PATH', it should print you out the search path for
executable applications.

To set it in a bash shell use the command 'export XILINX=<path-to-ise>

A second problem in your command seems to be that you forgot the
ld.old for the second parameter of the mv command.

Check out 'man mv' in your shell and it will tell you what it is
doing.

Cheers,

Guenter

On Jun 19, 3:27 am, Ankit <ankitanand1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Duth..
>
>                Hi..Thanx for taking time and replying to my query..I
> have been trying to run the command you mentioned in your posts but
> this what it says..
>
> [ankit@localhost Xilinx91i]$ mv $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld
> $XILINX/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/
> mv: cannot stat `/gnu/gcc/3.2.3/lin/bin/ld': No such file or directory
>  Plus i am a liitle new to linux so pleas dont mind if 1 of my queries
> turn out to be stupid..
> I ran these commands in the terminal i am hoping thats where i should
> have run them..Or i should have executed these in the TCL shell..
>
> Please do help me out of this dilemma as my mentor is admanat that i
> run Xilinx on linux..
>
> Waiting for your reply..
>
> Regards
> Ankit

Hi Ankit,

Please follow the recommendation that Guenter provides, what you are
seeing here are just user errors of not setting up the environment
correctly. I would also recommend that you try to have a linux
specialist assist you out as well, as it may make this process a lot
smoother. Additionally you can also try Laurents recommendation of
just loading isimwave after simulation.

Thanks
Duth

"Mike Treseler" <mike_treseler@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:5do1g3F34iqk0U1@mid.individual.net...
> Ankit wrote:
>
>> A few days back I installed xilinx ISE webpack 91i on fedora core 6
>> everything worked out fine but i have not been able to simulate the
>> testbench using the simulator provided by xilinx..whenever i double
>> click on simulate behavioral model nothing happens..guys do help me
>> out i am in a fix..
>
> Two choices:
> 1. Load the windows version of ISE
> 2. Buy a modelsim SE floating license.

3. Complain to Mentor for penalizing Linux users!

yes I know there is Modelsim LE but that is just  ^$&%&#4294967295;") Verilog only :-(

Hans
www.ht-lab.com


>
>    -- Mike Treseler