On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 03:17:53PM -0700, Eric Smith wrote:
>
> In practical terms, for something as complex as an FPGA tool chain,
> it is possible that we may be better off with the free-as-in-beer tools
> anyhow, since they are fully supported by the vendor.
There's also the point that the tool chain is useless without the
target chip, which is a proprietary product anyway, and probably always will
be. In this situation, I'm willing to depart from my strong bias toward
open-source everything. If FPGAs became multi-sourced items, there'd be
more of a reason to try for at least a minimally capable complete open
source tool chain, to insure longevity.
Let me try to get a grasp of another point. Someone said the Xilinx
Webpack runs under WINE. Has that been tried? If so, it gives me a reason
to get familiar with WINE; so far I haven't attempted to use any
MS-compatible applications here. Also, does that tool chain target the
specific FPGA the project has selected? I'm not clear on that.
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