> And to make sure I understand, are you guys using RHEL 5 64 bit without > updates? Our University seems to have subscriptions for RHEL 6.
Hi Laura. We are using RHEL-5 with most updates except for the latest glibc update, which exposes a fatal bug in one of the Xilinx tools. I think that one came out in ~December. We also have RHEL-6 on site, but it's not rolled out yet. It's waiting in the wings... John > > --Laura > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Laura Vertatschitsch > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you so much for your kind replies. For what it's worth, I will >> include the error at the end of the message. It boils down to mkbof. I >> searched the archives and found a similar >> error<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02460.html>that >> Louis commented on, but didn't see a resolution in that thread. Louis >> was kind enough to suggest changing permissions (tried, same error), >> seems >> consistent with this >> error<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00887.html>that >> John was seeing. Starting to suspect operating system issues - >> perhaps even libc in 64 bit ubuntu (the web seems to see issues from >> 11.04 >> on). >> >> A "solution": I copied the file over to my windows machine and just ran >> the windows executable, and no problems. It's not an elegant flow by >> any >> means, but hey, we now have our first compiled bof file and the Roach >> board >> is blinking as expected - an exciting little victory. >> >> We will grab our sys admin who is a linux guru to see if he can see a >> solution that we could share with the community in case anyone is >> interested in using Ubuntu. >> >> While its set up here we will update to 12.4 as Alec suggests to see >> what >> changes. After that we will just take a few hours and set up our >> virtual >> machine with Red Hat so we can be synced up with the rest of the >> community. >> >> --Laura Vertatschitsch >> >> ::::::::::::::: >> >> Specs: Ubuntu 11.10, Xilinx 11.5 (Including system generator 11.5), and >> Matlab 2009a. We are operating in a virtual machine, and we set up 11.5 >> using the Linux XPS webpage, including copying the 3 files necessary, >> and >> we did need to apply the gmake fix as well as a symbolic link fix that >> we >> found in the listserve >> archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01913.html>(sh-->dash >> changed to sh-->bash). And of course added 11.5 to the case >> statements in bee_xps. >> >> ::::::::::::::: >> >> [edited to show the final few lines] >> >> Running DRC. >> WARNING:PhysDesignRules:367 - The signal <infrastructure_inst/dly_clk> >> is >> incomplete. The signal does not drive any load pins in the design. >> WARNING:PhysDesignRules:367 - The signal <sys_reset> is incomplete. The >> signal >> does not drive any load pins in the design. >> DRC detected 0 errors and 2 warnings. Please see the previously >> displayed >> individual error or warning messages for more details. >> Creating bit map... >> Saving bit stream in "system.bit". >> Saving bit stream in "system.bin". >> Bitstream generation is complete. >> No changes to be saved in MSS file >> Saved project XMP file >> ./gen_prog_files: line 3: ./mkbof: No such file or directory >> chmod: cannot access `implementation/system.bof': No such file or >> directory >> cp: cannot stat `implementation/system.bof': No such file or directory >> >> Error using ==> gen_xps_files at 702 >> Programation files generation failed, EDK compilation probably also >> failed. >> >> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Jason Manley >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I would encourage you to just use CentOS/Redhat. You have to change >>> various libraries in Ubuntu (to very old ones!) to make the 11 'flow >>> work >>> natively. I seem to recall perl and gcc both giving trouble, for >>> example. >>> At KAT, we do run Ubuntu, but the 'flow executes in a chroot RHEL >>> environment to keep their old libraries and executables. I've been led >>> to >>> believe that this won't be necessary with the v13 'flow but I haven't >>> actually got it running yet so can't vouch for that. And I don't >>> recommend >>> you start with 13 because you have to manually copy deprecated cores >>> from >>> v11 to make it work. >>> >>> Many find Redhat annoying but if you're getting started, I advise you >>> use >>> rather bite the bullet and use it. You can always install it as a >>> virtual >>> machine initially if you don't want to disturb your primary OS. Also, >>> don't >>> install all the latest RHEL updates. >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> >>> On 15 Feb 2012, at 09:40, Alec Rust wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Laura, here are instructions for setting up 12.4 labtools, the >>> same >>> procedure will work for setting up the full version. >>> > >>> > Install Xilinx in /opt/Xilinx >>> > Download Xilinx 12.4 Labtools. This can be downloaded from >>> http://www.xilinx.com >>> > Untar (tar -xvf Xilinx_LabTools_12.4_M.81d.2.0.tar) and >>> install >>> by running sudo ./xsetup in the Xilinx directory. >>> > Generate a webpack licence on the website, a lic file will be >>> emailed to you. During installation select the webpack licence and >>> follow >>> instructions. >>> > To run Xilinx Impact type the following in a terminal (source >>> runs a pearl script that sets up the Xilinx paths): >>> > source /opt/Xilinx/12.4/LabTools/settings64.sh >>> > impact >>> > >>> > >>> > Regards >>> > Alec >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Laura Vertatschitsch < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi guys, first post. >>> > >>> > We are setting up a machine from scratch. The 2011 tutorials section >>> seems to indicate the all the machines were set up with Xilinx 11.5 on >>> machines running 64 bit Ubuntu. Are there instructions on how this set >>> up >>> was achieved? Everything I read on the wiki seems to say that >>> deviating >>> from the xilinx-blessed operating systems will result in bad news. We >>> got >>> everything set up using the latest Ubuntu 11.10, Matlab 2009a, Xilinx >>> 11.5, >>> by following the LINUX XPS page and introducing the simple case >>> statement >>> in bee_xps to allow 11.5. We are getting some errors at the end of the >>> compile of tutorial 1 - but wanted to check if there was further >>> documentation on the setup that we could read first. >>> > >>> > Laura Vertatschitsch >>> > Electrical Engineering >>> > University of Washington >>> > >>> >>> >> >
