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| rstofer:
One way of looking at it: Xilinx introduced a new set of chips and a new toolchain. Old chips continue to use the old toolchain. I wouldn't be surprised if manufacturers archive the exact version of the toolchain they used to create their product. I would! Whatever assumptions were made to get the device working are known to work under the original toolchain. When I worked for Control Data, we joked about the fact that it cost as much to ship a copy of the operating software as it did to ship the mainframe. |
| hamster_nz:
When you have complex tools that are used by only 10s of thousands of people you test it and support for known-good configurations. Only when you have complex software for millions or billions of users does it get slick as Web browsers.... (I suggest you install the suggested OS in a VM) |
| bingo600:
I just got a new Lappy w. 1TB SSD & 16G Ram. I decided to install a new Linux Mint 19 (Ubuntu 18.04 engine) from scratch. As i had to "tickle" Quartus 13.0Sp1 and ISE 14.7 a bit , when i had them installed on my old Lappy - Mint 17.3 (Ubuntu 14.04 engine). I decided to install them both in a VirtualBox this time , still using Mint 17.3 in the VM. As this would mean i could just copy the Vbox image to a new machine. I now have both up & running in Vbox , after a little bit of Vbox USB magic ... (For the programmers) My "fanciest" is a Spartan 3A , so i have never had use for Vivado (yet) But both Quartus & ISE works ok on Linux /Bingo |
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