Well, you wouldn't want things to be too easy now, would you? :) Your missing pcore problem occurs because you are compiling with ISE 13.3, which removed support for some of the cores that we still use. The design should compile fine with 11.x (which is what I tested it on), but you can fix the error relatively easily -- see https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/CASPER_With_ISE_13.1
Hopefully that will be the only hurdle, Jack On 10 May 2012 15:05, Gopal Narayanan <go...@astro.umass.edu> wrote: > Compilation of the MDL file for tutorial 3 in Jack's git repository > failed. The last few lines in the Matlab window after the failure are: > > ------------- > Format revision of project to EDK 13.3 completed > ERROR:EDK - IPNAME: opb_bram_if_cntlr, INSTANCE: r_spec_2048_r106_even > - cannot > find MPD for the pcore 'opb_bram_if_cntlr_v1_00_a' in any of the > repositories > - > > > /home/gopal/engineering/roach/myroach/r_spec_2048_r106/XPS_ROACH_base/system. > mhs line 373 > WARNING:EDK - IPNAME: opb_v20, INSTANCE: opb0 - Superseded core for > architecture > 'virtex5sx' - > > > /home/gopal/engineering/roach/myroach/r_spec_2048_r106/XPS_ROACH_base/system. > mhs line 99 > ERROR:EDK - IPNAME: opb_bram_if_cntlr, INSTANCE: r_spec_2048_r106_even > - cannot > find MPD for the pcore 'opb_bram_if_cntlr_v1_00_a' in any of the > repositories > - > > > /home/gopal/engineering/roach/myroach/r_spec_2048_r106/XPS_ROACH_base/system. > mhs line 373 > ERROR:EDK - IPNAME: opb_bram_if_cntlr, INSTANCE: r_spec_2048_r106_odd > - cannot > find MPD for the pcore 'opb_bram_if_cntlr_v1_00_a' in any of the > repositories > - > > > /home/gopal/engineering/roach/myroach/r_spec_2048_r106/XPS_ROACH_base/system. > mhs line 461 > ERROR:EDK - IPNAME: opb_bram_if_cntlr, INSTANCE: r_spec_2048_r106_even > - cannot > find MPD for the pcore - > > > /home/gopal/engineering/roach/myroach/r_spec_2048_r106/XPS_ROACH_base/system. > mhs line 373 > ERROR:EDK - IPNAME: opb_bram_if_cntlr, INSTANCE: r_spec_2048_r106_odd > - cannot > find MPD for the pcore - > > > /home/gopal/engineering/roach/myroach/r_spec_2048_r106/XPS_ROACH_base/system. > mhs line 461 > ERROR:EDK - while loading XMP file > > XPS% Evaluating file run_xps.tcl > ERROR:EDK - Load a MHS or XMP file first > Error using ==> gen_xps_files at 686 > XPS failed. > > ----------------- > > Looks like something in the BRAM block is causing the hiccups. > Thanks for looking into this. > > Best Regards > Gopal > > > On 05/09/2012 03:58 PM, Jack Hickish wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > After a fair bit of tutorial related pain on the mailist recently, I've > > just forked the tutorial-devel repo to > > https://github.com/jack-h/tutorials_devel and recompiled tutorials 1-3 > > with Sysgen 11.5 and the libraries in the main casper github repo. > > > > The tutorials in the 2011 directory *should* work (along with their > > python counterparts). > > > > Feel free to give those a go and give me a shout if you still have > problems. > > > > Cheers, > > Jack > > > > On 9 May 2012 20:49, John Ford <jf...@nrao.edu <mailto:jf...@nrao.edu>> > > wrote: > > > > Hi all. > > > > Rich Lacasse at NRAO in Charlottesville has the same problem. I also > > tried it on our machine in Green Bank, with the same bad results. > > That's > > three separate machines and users with the same problem. Something's > > wrong with this tutorial, or it is incompatible with the latest > > mlib_devel. Could someone have a look at it? > > > > Thanks! > > > > John > > > > > > > Hey Gopal, > > > > > > One thing you can try is to start matlab without loading the yellow > > > blocks, > > > open the model file and add them in fresh from the library, save > and > > > return > > > to normal usage. > > > > > > This will require you comment out the load xps_library portion of > your > > > matlab startup script. Start matlab, and open the desired model > file. > > > Doing this, you may be able to see the yellow blocks show up as > "bad > > > links" with red dashes around them. From there you can delete > > them, and > > > manually add them back in from the xps library. You may need to > > consult > > > the tutorial, or look at the original model .mdl file in a text > > editor, to > > > make sure you set the parameters appropriately. From there you > > should be > > > able to save the .mdl file, close matlab, go back to the startup > > file and > > > uncomment back to the regular usage. Hopefully it opens up fine > this > > > time. > > > > > > > > > If this solution works, perhaps I can write something more > > detailed to the > > > wiki page for the Tutorials. Would that be an appropriate edit > > for the > > > wiki? I think something stated on that page would help - we have > seen > > > several new roach users encounter this issue. > > > > > > Gopal, I was also strongly advised when I started out to use 11.5 > > and the > > > stable release of the tools. This solution fixed the problem on > that > > > setup, hopefully it does on 13 as well. > > > > > > --Laura > > > > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Gopal Narayanan > > > <go...@astro.umass.edu <mailto:go...@astro.umass.edu>>wrote: > > > > > >> Hello All, > > >> > > >> I am running Matlab R2011A on a 64-bit Debian Linux System. I > > also have > > >> tested this issue in two other machines, one running Ubuntu (64 > > bit as > > >> well), and the other running Windows XP-64 with similar results. > The > > >> Xilinx System Generator version in all cases is 13.3.4175. > > >> > > >> I have successfully created, compiled and programmed our ROACH > board > > >> with tutorials 1 and 2. I am able to download the tutorial model > > files > > >> from the CASPER website and open Tutorials 1 and 2, and > > compile/simulate > > >> them. However, when I download the r_spec_2048_103.mdl or the > > >> r_spec_2048_105.mdl (both are tutorial 3 files) from the CASPER > git > > >> site, and open within simulink, immediately I get a segfault > crash in > > >> matlab. > > >> > > >> I attach the crash dump for my ubuntu machine with this. I > contacted > > >> Matlab technical support, but after looking at it, they blame > Xilinx > > >> System Generator for this problem even indicating an url that > > apparently > > >> show memory leaks in sysgen: > > >> > > >> http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/34287.htm > > >> > > >> I thought I would write to you all to find if anyone has had > > issues like > > >> mine. And if you have some helpful tips to fix the issue. > > Alternatively, > > >> if someone could send me an updated saved version of the tutorial > > 3 file > > >> saved with a more recent system generator version, I would > appreciate > > >> it! Maybe I could try with this updated version. > > >> > > >> Thanks a bunch. > > >> > > >> Gopal > > >> -- > > >> Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 > > <tel:%28413%29%20545%200925> > > >> Department of Astronomy e-mail: > > go...@astro.umass.edu <mailto:go...@astro.umass.edu> > > >> University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 > Department of Astronomy e-mail: go...@astro.umass.edu > University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 >
