Linux.

[andre]

Xilinx and Altera have free downloadable design software available for
their range of FPGAs, the problem is that it requires Windows. I have
searched for free design software for Linux but can't find any. Both
Xilinx and Altera sell software for Linux but I can't find the free
software like that available for Windows.

Are there any FPGA vendors out there that provide free design software
for Linux?

Why do Altera and Xilinx offer free software for Windows but not for
Linux? Maybe free software is available and I haven't found it yet.

Regards
Andrew

 

[David Brown]

"andrew<AT>rogerstech<DOT>co<DOT>uk rogerstech co uk >" <"andrew<ATDOTDOT>
wrote in message news:40d6db9f_1@127.0.0.1...

Xilinx and Altera have free downloadable design software available for
their range of FPGAs, the problem is that it requires Windows. I have
searched for free design software for Linux but can't find any. Both
Xilinx and Altera sell software for Linux but I can't find the free
software like that available for Windows.

Are there any FPGA vendors out there that provide free design software
for Linux?

Why do Altera and Xilinx offer free software for Windows but not for
Linux? Maybe free software is available and I haven't found it yet.

Regards
Andrew

For Altera, I believe the reason they don't have a web edition for Linux is
that their Linux port uses a library ("mainwin" ?) for the gui on Linux. I
don't know for sure, but I guess it is basically an implementation of (parts
of) the win32 api on X so that Altera don't have to maintain two seperate
guis. Mainwin presumably costs Altera money per seat, since you need a
license to run it, so Altera can't give it away free. It might be possible
to get the rest of Quartus II web edition to run under Linux - after all, it
consists of a variety of command-line programs glued together with tcl,
perl, and bash scripting, which are perfectly at home on Linux. Maybe one
day Altera will notice that there are plenty of free cross-platform gui
libraries, plus a free win32 api for X, which would make a Linux web edition
easy, but I suppose that comes down to customer demand and development
priorities.

No doubt the situation for Xilinx is somewhat similar, and when one of the
two produces free Linux tools, the other will quickly follow.

 

[Larry Doolittle]

In article <40d6db9f_1@127.0.0.1>, andrew<AT>rogerstech<DOT>co<DOT>uk wrote:

Xilinx and Altera have free downloadable design software available for
their range of FPGAs, the problem is that it requires Windows.

At least some versions of Xilinx WebPACK work with at least some
versions of WINE on Linux x86. Doesn't support all devices, but
enough to be interesting.

- Larry

 

[Edwin Bland]

Hi Larry,

I've used a considerable amount of your Linux build work on the Bright Star
Engineering nanoEngine... sad to say it's now gone end of life....

anway... care to elaborate on which versions of of the Xilinx WebPACK work
with WINE?

Thanks man!


Best Regards,

Edwin Bland


"Larry Doolittle" <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov> wrote in message
news:slrncdggem.c0p.ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov...

In article <40d6db9f_1@127.0.0.1>, andrew<AT>rogerstech<DOT>co<DOT>uk
wrote:
Xilinx and Altera have free downloadable design software available for
their range of FPGAs, the problem is that it requires Windows.

At least some versions of Xilinx WebPACK work with at least some
versions of WINE on Linux x86. Doesn't support all devices, but
enough to be interesting.

- Larry

 

[Uwe Bonnes]

Edwin Bland <edwinb@socal.rr.com> wrote:
: Hi Larry,

: I've used a considerable amount of your Linux build work on the Bright Star
: Engineering nanoEngine... sad to say it's now gone end of life....

: anway... care to elaborate on which versions of of the Xilinx WebPACK work

Try Webpack 6.2 with a recent CVS Wine (www.winehq.com), latest tagged build
(040615) has some problems. It works more reliable with a native msvcrt,
however Xilinx still doesn't manage to distribute MSVCRT with it's Webpack
setup, although msvcrt is redistributable and a Webcase for that problem was
opened some time ago.

Bye
--
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