I should probably mention - clone casperfpga from the "devel" branch, not "master".
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:13 AM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote: > Mugundhan, > > The fpg file is intended for ROACH2 and tcpborphserver3 - you can safely > ignore it, but it's useful for some extra features. > > If you use the casperfpga library (https://github.com/ska-sa/casperfpga) > instead of the old corr library, then you can successfully program the > ROACH. > > The procedure for using it is not 100% the same - you'd use the following > commands: > > import casperfpga > fpga = casperfpga.katcp_fpga.KatcpFpga('roachname') > fpga.system_info['program_filename'] = '%s.bof' % gateware #bof needs to > be on the roachfs for this to work > fpga.program() > fpga.get_system_information('%s.fpg' % gateware) % fpg file needs to be in > the current directory > > There are some more cool things that you can do with the new casperfpga > library, I can try to summarize them a bit later if you need, but you can > learn a lot by playing around with it. > > Regards, > James > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Mugundhan vijayaraghavan < > v.vaishnav151...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello again, >> >> I have the latest ska-sa mlib devel installed. With this, I'm able to >> compile the model file and the bof files are created. There is also a new >> file with the format .fpg created. During my previous compilation cycle, >> with older mlib-devel, (probably june 2015 version) the .fpg file is not >> created. Secondly, if I burn the bof file created with the new mlib-devel >> using progdev() function, the roach 1 is not getting programmed. Can >> someone guide me as to what am I missing here ? and also, what is the .fpg >> file ? what is it used for ? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Mugundhan >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Mugundhan vijayaraghavan < >> v.vaishnav151...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Wesley, James, >>> >>> It was an issue with the shell scripting in ubuntu only. once I changed >>> dash to bash, things started working ! >>> >>> Thanks to you guys :) >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Wesley New <wes...@ska.ac.za> wrote: >>> >>>> This is an issue with dash in ubuntu, if you change your shell from >>>> dash to bash it interprets the perl scripts properly. >>>> >>>> Have you followed these steps when setting up your tools flow? >>>> https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/MSSGE_Setup_with_Xilinx_14.x_and_Matlab_2012b >>>> >>>> Particularly this step: >>>> >>>> The syntax in the Xilinx Perl scripts is not supported under the Ubuntu >>>> default shell Dash. Change the symbolic link sh -> dash to sh -> bash: >>>> >>>> - cd /bin/ >>>> - sudo rm sh >>>> - sudo ln -s bash sh >>>> >>>> >>>> Wesley New >>>> South African SKA Project >>>> +2721 506 7300 >>>> www.ska.ac.za >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:58 PM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Haven't encountered that specific issue before but I see a capital >>>>> letter in your path. That may be an issue. >>>>> On 11 Feb 2016 12:44, "Mugundhan vijayaraghavan" < >>>>> v.vaishnav151...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello guys, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm running matlab/xilinx and mssge tools on a ubuntu 14.04 system. >>>>>> When I do casper_xps and start compiling, I get this strange error. >>>>>> >>>>>> standard exception: XNetlistEngine: >>>>>> Exception message could not be parsed: >>>>>> com.xilinx.sysgen.netlist.NetlistInternal: couldn't open first pass >>>>>> text file at >>>>>> /home/mugundhan/casper_designs/tut1/sysgen/sysgen/masterScript3888976111602024584.pl >>>>>> line 559' >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Reported by: >>>>>> Unspecified >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone got this before ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any workaround ? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> the giver of moksha >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> the giver of moksha >>> >> >> >> >
