Hi, It's certainly possible that the issues have been fixed. Just be aware in case strange errors start popping up (stranger than the usual strange CASPER errors...) Glenn
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Gopal Narayanan <[email protected]> wrote: > Glenn, > > Thanks for the pointer. So far, outside of this issue with > gen_xps_files.m, I have not seen any problems with having cygwin > installed on my windows machine. I run Xilinx ISE 13.4, perhaps some of > the issues you mention are solved for this version? > > Gopal > > > On 08/22/2012 02:18 PM, G Jones wrote: >> Hi, >> I strongly recommend not having cygwin installed on a windows system >> with the toolflow. Xilinx EDK includes its own version of cygwin and >> the two will conflict with inexplicable errors and failures. >> Glenn >> >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Gopal Narayanan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am not sure who to send this patch to since there are multiple >>> mlib_devel github repositories, so I thought a general email would be >>> better. >>> >>> The latest version of CASPER tools fail in the last stages with a >>> cryptic error message. I have tracked it down to a problem in >>> gen_xps_files.m wherein if you have a windows system with Cygwin >>> installed, it assumes it is a unix-like OS, and then fails to run some >>> bat files. >>> >>> Attached is a simple patch to gen_xps_files.m. Hope this helps someone. >>> >>> Gopal >>> >>> -- >>> Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 >>> Department of Astronomy e-mail: [email protected] >>> University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 > > -- > Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 > Department of Astronomy e-mail: [email protected] > University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003
