Hi Eamon,
1. Is it likely to work with more recent versions of any of these components? System generator and Vivado are *very* finicky as to version compatibility. You could update Ubuntu if you were really keen (it will run on 18.04, but with caveats (e.g. you have to install kde-full, or system generator doesn't seem to work)). However, you definitely can't sub in new versions of Matlab and Vivado. There are a few versions of the toolflow that people have individually ported to Matlab 2019a, but these have not yet made it back to the main repository. This is on my todo list for the near future. > > 1. Or are we really better off just sticking to whatever is specified? > Accounts of positive or negative experiences welcome. > > As a new user, I would highly recommend sticking to what it specified. 1. Does Vivado include all of the Xilinx components needed? VIvado System Edition includes what you need (Design Edition does not). 1. Does anyone have a virtual environment they can share, or advice on this? Conversely, is this even worth asking about, or should we be able to get it up and running without much fuss? You should be able to get it up and running without too many difficulties following the instructions here: https://casper-toolflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/Installing-the-Toolflow.html We had some trouble recently with python versions becoming unsupported, but this should have been fixed. - Please do email the list if you run into trouble. 1. Has anyone used Docker to containerize their environment, or know if this is a reasonable thing to do? We would like to be able to move a (virtual) build machine around as easily as possible. What about Virtualbox? I think a few people on the list have done this. I'll leave it to them to discuss pros/cons. Hope this helps, Jonathon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAPU71P_RzTqiQDjGPO70LBYg69p3FGCqBa6OaqeUknic7nKEpQ%40mail.gmail.com.
