Which Linux Distro to use for Xilinx tools

On Feb 20, 4:56 am, John Williams <jwilli...@itee.uq.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Narenda,
>
> Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
> > I Love Linux, but currently i have to boot in XP because of xilinx
> > toolset (ISE, EDK, sysgen Matlab, chipscope etc)
> > May any body tell me , Any Linux Distro (other then commercial , like
> > redhat, i cann't buy) which will work perfectly with all
> > components(ISE, EDK, sysgen Matlab, chipscope etc).
> > I am using Fedora 7 and face problem with cable drivers and many such
> > things,
> > Is any body working perfectly with this any Linux Distro, ???
>
> I use CentOS exclusively -www.centos.org.  It is a source-level, free
> rebuild/clone of RHEL, which is Xilinx's official supported Linux
> distro.  This means that all of Xilinx's advice re: Linux usage,
> applies, without actually purchasing RHEL.
>
> I am using both CentOS 4 and CentOS 5.  A few workarounds required with
> CentOS 5 (as would be required with RHEL 5 as well), to get the Xilinx
> tools running happily under SELinux.  But, the Xilinx cable drivers, and
> everything else I've used  so far, all work nicely.
>
> Regards,
>
> John

Thanks Everybody,
I will try first with Centos and then Debian

Hi Narendra Sisodiya, everyone,

Narendra Sisodiya wrote:

> May any body tell me , Any Linux Distro (other then commercial , like
> redhat, i cann't buy) which will work perfectly with all
> components(ISE, EDK, sysgen Matlab, chipscope etc).
> Is any body working perfectly with this any Linux Distro, ???

For me, things work nearly out of the box on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, which
I'm running on my (dual boot) MacBookPro - FPGA design is the only
reason for having a second OS on that machine. I haven't tried EDK,
Sysgen or Chipscope though, and I use Octave instead of Matlab. The nice
thing about Ubuntu is that the Xilinx simulator works (in Suse it only
creates error messages).

Installing Ubuntu on a second partition was very easy thanks to
Bootcamp, rEFIt and some other nifty tools. I set aside 5GB for my
Linux/Xilinx partition. Imagine my surprise when, after installing the
WebPack, I ran out of space already doing the webupdate...

Regards, Paul Boven.

Narendra Sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya@gmail.com> writes:
> May any body tell me , Any Linux Distro (other then commercial , like
> redhat, i cann't buy) which will work perfectly with all
> components(ISE, EDK, sysgen Matlab, chipscope etc).

Try Centos 4, which is equivalent to RHEL 4.

Hi !

You can have a see to CentOS distro.
This is a recompiled RedHat without modifying sources (so not like Fedora). 
I am using it in a production environment. It is a very powerfull, fast 
distro and very stable and reliable. But this is jst a working environment, 
no compiz or something else .... :)
All softwares and also all drivers are running just fine.

http://www.centos.org/

Xilinx is uning it on its AN.

Else you can use Ubuntu, wich have the best community support I've ever 
seen. You will find many websites describing how to install Xilinx tools and 
drivers.

Best regards.

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> On Feb 19, 8:25 am, Narendra Sisodiya <narendra.sisod...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I Love Linux, but currently i have to boot in XP because of xilinx
>> toolset (ISE, EDK, sysgen Matlab, chipscope etc)
>> May any body tell me , Any Linux Distro (other then commercial , like
>> redhat, i cann't buy) which will work perfectly with all
>> components(ISE, EDK, sysgen Matlab, chipscope etc).
>> I am using Fedora 7 and face problem with cable drivers and many such
>> things,
>> Is any body working perfectly with this any Linux Distro, ???
>
> I believe Sysgen is Windows only.  So, I don't think there is any way
> to satisfy your requirement.
>
> If this is incorrect, that would be fantastic news to me, as Sysgen is
> one of the few things still tying me to Windows. 

Jean-s�bastien LEROY wrote:

> You can have a see to CentOS distro.
> This is a recompiled RedHat without modifying sources (so not like Fedora). 
> I am using it in a production environment. It is a very powerfull, fast 
> distro and very stable and reliable. But this is jst a working environment, 
> no compiz or something else .... :)

There is a YUM repo with Beryl RPMs for CentOS 5 - so I have a very 
powerful workstation and visual bling in one machine :)

I must take a minute to rave about my new setup - Dell OptiPlex 755 
Core2-Duo @ 3GHz with 4GB RAM, 2x150GB 7200 RPM SATA drives in RAID 1 
configuration, CentOS 5, dual widescreen 22" LCD panels all for about 
AU$2500.  Hard to argue with that.  Xilinx tool performance is great, 
and I can do a clean MicroBlaze Linux software platform rebuild in under 
5 minutes - kernel, apps, libs, everything.  And Beryl/Compiz for 
desktop eye candy - life is good.

John