> Hi Mandana > > Yes, things have definitely improved since the early Linux versions. I > am now running Matlab R2008b and Xilinx 11.5 on RHEL5 Linux and am > reasonably happy with it. Matlab still segfaults from time-to-time, > but it's manageable. There are still a few quirks (eg Simulink > doesn't have a taskbar under Linux, dragging blocks sometimes > dissapear etc) but they're all minor. > > 10.1 under Windows is stable, but will not be used moving forward > (ROACH-II will require a lot of memory for larger designs, more than > any 32-bit windows can handle). CASPER is now recommending RHEL5 as > the OS of choice for the 11.x toolflow, and will likely be the case > for 12.x and onwards. For this reason, I recommend you switch to > Linux.
A full or nearly full ROACH-1 chip (sx-95) will also exceed the memory limit imposed by Windows. We also have a Linux install and it is better. It's faster, and allows bigger designs. Same setup as Jason described above. John > > Also, if possible, I strongly recommend you try to install things with > their defaults (standard locations, no symlinks or network drives > etc). This makes it much easier to support and we can more easily help > you track down any problems you might have. > > Jason > > On 22 May 2010 01:52, Mandana Amiri <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We are going to use the Roach board (arriving soon!) for a >> proof-of-concept >> design. I am in the process of setting up the toolflow and I need to >> decide >> between windows versus RHEL. I read the following thread dated >> mid-March: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01328.html >> >> Has this recommendation changed since? >> >> Thanks, >> Mandana >> >> >> Jason Manley wrote: >>> >>> I too find RHEL a very frustrating OS to use on a day-to-day basis. >>> But it seems the Xilinx tools rely on some of those ancient libraries >>> that RedHat packages. We've had some success with installing newwer >>> Debian-based distros, and then manually adding the older libraries >>> (perl is the big annoyance). But this is far from reliable and not >>> recommended. As Dan says, we've found some quirky behaviour where some >>> designs compile and others do not. >>> >>> If you insist on running something other than RHEL (as I do), then I >>> can suggest you get yourself a copy of the full RHEL5 root filesystem >>> and do a chroot before starting matlab/xilinx tools. It works >>> reliably, but is painful to setup (not to mention that it consumes >>> ~20GB of diskspace). This is not something a Linux newbie should try >>> and is not recommended for those who are not familiar with these tools >>> and concepts. You can also do things like faking the hostname (using >>> chname) and the ethernet adaptor's MAC (must be eth0; set up a null >>> tap device) to ease licensing troubles when upgrading or moving your >>> compile environment to a different hardware platform. In this way, as >>> far as the toolflow is concerned, the system is RedHat (apart from the >>> kernel, which is mostly the same). >>> >>> I mention this to illustrate that there are other toolflow >>> possibilities. But please note that this is not a CASPER recommended >>> configuration and we can not (and will not) offer support for anything >>> other than a vanilla RHEL5 install. >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> On 21 May 2010 05:54, Dan Werthimer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> hi bay, andy, >>>> >>>> i strongly recommend using Xilinx supported operating systems >>>> (eg: RHEL5). >>>> >>>> we've encountered some very strange bugs with other >>>> linux variants - these bugs don't appear like they might be operating >>>> system >>>> related, but when we switched over to RHEL5, the bugs vanished. >>>> >>>> also, xilinx will refuse to answer questions if you aren't using one >>>> of >>>> the >>>> operating systems they support. >>>> >>>> i'm hoping the bulk of the casper community will use RHEL5 or another >>>> xilinx supported system so we can all help each other. >>>> >>>> our group has switched to RHEL5 and i recommend it to other groups. >>>> >>>> dan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/20/2010 6:39 PM, Andrew Lutomirski wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:34 PM, John Ford<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Bay, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We had to move to RHEL5 (64-bit ok) to get versions above 11.3 >>>>>>> working. >>>>>>> I've heard that CentOS works too. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And you really need 64 bit... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We're in the process of setting up a Fedora 13 system, since it's >>>>> annoying to have packages as old as RHEL's. Has anyone had any >>>>> trouble with that? >>>>> >>>>> (There's also RHEL6 Beta, but I haven't gotten that to install >>>>> without >>>>> crashing, so I don't think it's quite ready for prime time.) >>>>> >>>>> --Andy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> John >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Bay E. Grabowski >>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We're setting up a new toolflow computer after Ubuntu stopped >>>>>>>> working. >>>>>>>> Should we be installing RHEL 64-bit install or 32-bit? The wiki >>>>>>>> mentions >>>>>>>> 64-bit in passing, but I remember there being some problems with >>>>>>>> 64-bit >>>>>>>> earlier... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Bay Grabowski >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
