Re: [casper] Configuring 40GbE Yellow Block in JASPER

2017-07-07 Thread Jonathan Weintroub
My thanks to SA SKA, Peralex, and CASPER community for the support. Combined with Mark’s diligent efforts, we are now in a position to build, load, and run bitcodes, and to move data on and off the SKARAB with 40GigE. This means we have all the key infrastructure in place to start to develop

Re: [casper] Netboot for ROACH2 in 2017

2017-07-07 Thread G Jones
Hi Adam, When I needed to update tcpborphserver I just cloned the code for it from the repo (I think it was in the katcp codebase) and compiled it on the Roach. I think I had to remount the filesystem to make it writable but otherwise I remember it being fairly straightforward. Hope this helps,

[casper] Netboot for ROACH2 in 2017

2017-07-07 Thread Schoenwald, Adam J. (GSFC-5640)
Hi All, The point: I'm looking for a new snapshot, or instructions on how to make one, for netbooting a roach2. Can anyone either update the git, namely the snapshot file, at https://github.com/ska-sa/roach2_nfs_uboot or give instructions on how to properly merge recent changes into the nfs

Re: [casper] casperfpga attribute error

2017-07-07 Thread Anshu Singh
Hi James and Marc, I was not copying the fpg file in current directory. It is working now. Thanks On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM, James Smith wrote: > Hello Anshu, > > Looping back into the mailing list so this is a reference for anyone else > who encounters this. > > In

Re: [casper] casperfpga attribute error

2017-07-07 Thread Marc Welz
Another way of programming the roach is to go (echo "?progdev filename" ; cat) | nc -q 1 roach-ip-or-name 7147 The protocol to speak to the roach is simple text, so you might not need a supporting library to drive it, provided you are willing to open a tcp socket and write/read text from it.

Re: [casper] casperfpga attribute error

2017-07-07 Thread James Smith
Hello Anshu, Looping back into the mailing list so this is a reference for anyone else who encounters this. In order to use the casperfpga package with a ROACH 1 you need the following: - bof file on the ROACH's filesystem, in the /boffiles directory. Either this must be on an SD card if

Re: [casper] casperfpga attribute error

2017-07-07 Thread James Smith
Hello Anshu, What version of katcp do you have installed? I have seen this issue when the katcp library isn't up-to-date. I think you can get this either from pip or directly from github. Regards, James On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:39 AM, Anshu Singh wrote: > Hello, > >