Hello All.
I am pleased to report that the mlib_devel_10_1 libraries now work with
ISE 11.3 on Linux! This is a very early announcement - I have been using
the tools on Linux for two days now. However, I have successfully
compiled a moderately complicated design. This design, a 1M channel
ROACH Spectrometer, contains the following:
* 12-Tap PFB_Fir_Real
* 11k 4-input FFT_Wideband_Real
* A QDR Corner Turn
* a 1k Biplex real FFT
* A QDR Vector accumulator
* a DRAM buffer
* a BRAM VACC
* 2x10GE_v2
In short, this tests quite a few of the CASPER blocks.
Here are a few of the advantages to using Linux and XSG 11.3:
* 64-bit means the end of running out of memory for compiles (no /3GB
windows nonsense)
* Multiple users can run the tools on a server with very little
slow-down (a product of being able use more memory)
* I have noticed a major speed-up when updating/redrawing blocks (around a
factor of 4)
* I have also noticed a speed-up in map/par compile times (This may have
been specific to my design)
* Most importantly you would no longer need to run Windows!
It is important to note that the 11.3 tools do not support Virtex-II pro
boards ie iBOBs and BEE2s. The only other catch (so far) is the new
draconian licensing for both Matlab 2008b and ISE 11.3.
I have started a wiki page which contains information on installing and
running system generator on Linux:
http://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/Linux_xps
Cheers,
David
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David George
Digital Design Engineer
Karoo Array Telescope
Tel: +27 21 531-7282
Fax: +27 21 531-9761
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ska.ac.za
