Vendor FPGA tools (was Re: gEDA-user: Re: Pointer to 3d CAD?)

[ldoolitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Michael -

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:05:21AM +0000, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> ldoolitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Ditto for the Xilinx toolchain on my box. [chop]
> I've tried it, but got turned off in utter disgust when I saw that the
> thing is packaged in encrypted (!) ZIPs specifically to make it
> impossible to bypass their stinky GUI installer.

The installer is indeed the worst part of the Xilinx setup.
After it's installed, I too use the command-line-only programs.
With some scripting, they embed nicely in my Makefiles.

> > The free download version [of Quartus-II] [chop]
> I'm not using that version, I'm using the native Linux version.  You can
> download it from ftp.altera.com:/outgoing/release.

Thanks for the pointer!

   - Larry


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