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My Goblog » Blog Archive » XILINX di Linux — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:47:33 +0000

[...] Setting up a Xilinx FPGA development system [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 30 May 2006 22:55:34 +0000

Inisyn has released xup, a Free Software (GPL) tool to allow programming of the XC3S500E on the Xilinx Spartan 3E Starter Kit, using the kit's built-in USB programmer. The starter kit uses hardware very similar to the Xilinx Platform Cable USB, so it might work with that as well.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:33:34 +0000

The (Google-cached) copy of a Xilinx support answer here:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:k1s2sih7z-MJ:www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_ans_display.jsp%3FBV_UseBVCookie%3Dyes%26getPagePath%3D22648%26iLanguageID%3D1+xilinx+22648+answer&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
shows how to build the drivers for 2.6.

Similar instructions for the 2.4 kernel (e.g. later versions of CentOS 3) can be found here:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:EMvmmZ8dd-cJ:www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_ans_display.jsp%3FBV_UseBVCookie%3Dyes%26getPagePath%3D18612+Xilinx+18612+answer&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

By: eric

eric — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:50:09 +0000

Dotnetter: I’m afraid I can’t help you. I don’t really know anything about XPS, and between work and classes I don’t really have any spare time right now. I’d recommend asking more specific questions on the Usenet newsgroup comp.arch.fpga.

By: Dotnetter

Dotnetter — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:20:05 +0000

Hi,
We are working in Xilinx Virtex II Pro and we need help on setting the virtual platform using XPS7.1.Can you help us out?

By: eric

eric — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:42:06 +0000

I was only able to get the PCIV and USB cable working with a 2.4 kernel. Some people report that they’ve been able to get a copy of the Jungo WinDriver demo kit and build a suitable 2.6 driver using that.

Reportedly 8.1i will include support for the 2.6 kernel. It’s expected that 8.1i will likely be released by year end, though I don’t think Xilinx has made any public commitment to it.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:31:17 +0000

Hi all!
Thanks for the indications.

I am using Ubuntu (2.6.xx kernel), and I have installed the ISE and EDK environments, but my problem is the Xilinx Parallel Cable IV. Did you finally get it working? If so, it would make me feel happy for the rest of my life!!

By: Hubert Bahr

Hubert Bahr — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:23:28 +0000

I run ise and xps on RHEL4 with the platform USB both versions; the built in on the XUP board and the actual cable. The main problem I have is that the console window doesn’t display progress. warnings and errors are shown however. A work around for this is to run tail -f on the log file in a seperate termingal window. The soulution for the driver was to obtain a demo kit of the WinDriver and compile it for you kernel. I don’t remember where I found it, but google search provided the leads. The other point is you need adjust the xusbdfwu device code to match the correct version of the cable. See xilinx answer database.

I am hoping to find a cleaner solution for the console window.

By: Rainier

Rainier — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:57:44 +0000

Thanks for your experience sharing ^_^