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The mess of FPGA development
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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