well done Dave.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:21 AM, David MacMahon
<[email protected]>wrote:

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> On Jun 19, 2010, at 23:01 , David MacMahon wrote:
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>  I'll let you know if I figure anything out.
>>
>
> Through multiple combinations of working 7.1 stuff and non-working 10.1
> stuff, I eventually figured out that the problem is due to that fact that
> 10.1 XPS_BEE2_usr_base/system.mhs uses dcm_module version 1.00.d.  For
> reasons I don't understand, BEE2 usr fpga designs built with the 10.1
> toolflow work OK if the dcm_module version is changed back to version 1.00.a
> (specifically the dcm_0 instance).
>

would regression testing have caught this ?  maybe that's what you just did
!

>
> The only real change that I could discern between version 1.00.a (OK) and
> 1.00.b (not OK) was a three cycle delay line for the DCM reset signal.  It
> seems innocuous enough, but for some reason it breaks things.  Maybe someone
> with more insights into the inner workings of EDK and BORPH can
> explore/explain further.
>
> Unless anyone has a good reason not to, I will be committing a new version
> of system.mhs that has all dcm_module versions changed back to 1.00.a.  That
> dcm_module version is discontinued in 11.1, but as of 11.1 system generator
> has discontinued supporting virtex2pro so we would never use any later
> toolflow versions for bee2 development anyway.
>

Sounds good to me.

Mel.


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> Dave
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