User Manual

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE TOOLS
1.3 Compiling the Reference Design
This section deals with the source code to the Reference Design, which can be found
on the CD-ROM. All file references are with respect to the root directory of the
Reference Design source code (/source/FPGA). Files that are specific to the
DN6000K10PCI design are found in the DN6000K10PCI subdirectory, whereas
general application code is found in the common subdirectory.
1.3.1 The Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK)
The Reference Design uses the Xilinx EDK to instantiate an embedded PowerPC
Processor. The EDK project can be found at ‘DN6000K10/PPC/system.xmp’ and
can be opened and modified with the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit software.
1.3.2 Synplicity Synplify
The Dini Group uses Synplicity’s Synplify software to for design synthesis. The
Synp licity projects for each of the 6 FPGA’s on the DN6000K10PCI can be found at
‘DN6000K10/synthesis/*.prj’. These projects have been compiled using Synplify Pro
version 7.3.
1.3.3 Xilinx ISE
A sample Project Navigator project is located at ‘DN6000K10/implement/fpga.npl’.
For information on using Xilinx ISE, see the section Foundation ISE 6.1i in Chapter 3.
1.3.4 The Build Utility: Make.bat
The Build Utility is found at ‘DN6000K10/build/make.bat’. This batch file is used to
set system parameters to the desired configuration (i.e. VP70 vs. VP100, DDR2 stuffed
or not stuffed, etc.), and to invoke all of the above tools from the command line.
Instructions for invoking the batch file can be found by viewing the batch file with a
text editor. Additional information about using the batch file to build the reference
design is found below. Taking the reference design through all of the various tools for
several FPGA’s can be very tedious and time consuming- this batch file can do it all in
one command!
The command line utility “Make.bat” is an MS-DOS batch file compatible with
Windows 2000 and later operating systems. Make.bat should be run from the
command l ine, with command line parameters. It should not be double clicked from
the windows environment. A command prompt shortcut is provided in the same
directory as Make.bat, and can be double clicked to open a command prompt window
with the proper working directory.
Four main steps are involved in building the reference design. First the PowerPC
netlist must be built using the EDK. The first time this is done it must be done from
the EDK GUI, not from the command line. Open the EDK project (in
PPC/system.xmp), and select Tools->make netlist. Once this has been done once, the
Make.bat script can be used to build the netlist with the command Make ppc_netlist.
The second step is to synthesize the design with Synplicity’s Synplify Pro. The third
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