NetFPGA Environment Prepared by Van Quoc Dung

Agency Way to connect to server Subversion control Xilinx development environment Testing problem

Connecting to server … 2 ways to connect ◦ From: Linux  ssh -XC ◦ From: Window  Using Putty + Xming  Putty: enable forward X11 (SSH – X11 tab)  Xming: handle GUI (Xming font + Xming)

Subversion control Why using??? Easily control project version Check out projects ◦ svn co Check status svn status Add file to prepare check in ◦ svn add fileA fileB … Check in status ◦ svn ci –m ‘Message telling how your code is changed’

Xilinx development Xilinx Flow Synthesis NGDbuild MAP Place and Route Bitgen NDC NGD NCD & PCF NCD Verilog Compile & Simulation

Xilinx development Development Approach ◦ Interactive Gui  ISE  PlanAhead ◦ Command Line  For large project -> increase productivity  Dedicated server -> some ocassions not support GUI  Resource utilization

Xilinx development Command Line Mode ◦ Scripting Language:  Perl  TCL  Unix bash ◦ Build Flow Approach:  Direct Invocation  XFLOW  XTCLSH  PlanAhead

Xilinx development Using Perl and invoke direct command from ISE command ◦ xst –ifn nf2_top.prj –ofn nf2_top.ngc ◦ ngdbuild –p xv2p50-ff “nf2_top.ngc” ◦ map … ◦ Par … ◦ Bitgen … Integrated to netfpga.pl perl file

Xilinx development Using netfpga.pl ◦ netfpga.pl -clear // clear all unnecessary files ◦ netfpga.pl -core // generate IP from xco files ◦ netfpga.pl -syn // synthesize projects ISE ◦ netfpga.pl –syn -top nf2_top // synthesize projects without ISE created ◦ netfpga.pl –bit –top nf2_top // generate bit file ◦ netfpga.pl –sim –top debug // simulation Note: Type command in project directory. Make sure that you turn on the TMAC license

Xilinx development Some other command tool need deploy ◦ Data2mem: change value of Bram in Bit file ◦ Mem_edit: edit memory

Testing problem NIC in Board Send directly out to port, no need TCP/IP mechanism NIC out

Testing problem Switch Networking Traffic Board Need operate like an NIC ARP, TCP, UDP

Testing problem Switch Networking Traffic Board Not need operate like an NIC, but 1 – Board send random packet so that switch can cache the MAC add 2 – Network Traffic is generate by autotool which indentifies Board MAC add