X-HDL dead?
Kent Orthner
Six or Eight months ago, I tried to get a quotation and buy
a copy of X-HDL, but I got no response even then.
-Kent
"Stefan V." <Stef...@VERWIJDERDIT.hotmail.com> writes:
> Does someone over here know what happened to the "X-Tek Corporation"
> (http://www.x-tekcorp.com/xhdl3.htm)
> the X-HDL tool is not updated for a long time now, is the development/
> support dead?
Patrick Schulz
I got some licenses in the end of November.
Patrick
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University of Mannheim - Dep. of Computer Architecture
68161 Mannheim - GERMANY / http://mufasa.informatik.uni-mannheim.de
Phone: +49-621-181-2720 Fax: +49-621-181-2713
Stefan V.
"Patrick Schulz" <sch...@rumms.uni-mannheim.de> wrote in message
news:3AA5E9F4...@rumms.uni-mannheim.de...
> Kent Orthner wrote:
> >
> > Six or Eight months ago, I tried to get a quotation and buy
> > a copy of X-HDL, but I got no response even then.
> >
> > -Kent
> >
> > "Stefan V." <Stef...@VERWIJDERDIT.hotmail.com> writes:
> > > Does someone over here know what happened to the "X-Tek Corporation"
> > > (http://www.x-tekcorp.com/xhdl3.htm)
> > > the X-HDL tool is not updated for a long time now, is the development/
> > > support dead?
> Try to mail to Thomas Rock (tho...@x-tekcorp.com).
> I got some licenses in the end of November.
Okay, can you tell also something about new developments for the X-HDL
tool? The available demo is quite old and has some nasty bugs. (I need
push-button VHDL->Verilog translation, this cannot be done with the
version of X-HDL I have, revision 3.1.16, October 16, 2000)
Patrick Schulz
Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the tool (project was canceled). We
have revision 3.1.18
Hope this helps
Srinivasan Venkataramanan
Last week there was a posting here about a FREE translator that does
a MUCH better job than any commercial tool. Check out:
http://www.ocean-logic.com/downloads.htm
For your reference I am pasting the original post here:
Subject:
VHDL to Verilog RTL translator available under GPL
Date:
Thu, 01 Mar 2001 09:03:37 +1100
From:
Vincenzo Liguori <en...@nospam.com>
Organization:
Ocean Logic Pty Ltd
Newsgroups:
comp.arch.fpga, comp.lang.vhdl, comp.lang.verilog,
comp.lsi
Hi,
We design cores which must be available both in VHDL and Verilog.
So, I wrote a translator that supports a limited but useful subset
of
synthesisable
VHDL.
Although limited, this program correctly translated our Triple DES
and
JPEG cores.
Since we have no commercial interest in such sw I decided to release
it
in
the public domain under GPL.
The program is not particularly well written (my first attempt to
use
YACC),
but it does a decent job at translating RTL, better, in some cases,
than
some commercial programs I've seen.
This was a warm up exercise for a VHDL and Verilog to C, cycle based
compiler I have in mind. One day, maybe......
It is based on YACC/ C and it has been tested on Linux and Sun.
I believe that porting to Win should be easy.
You can fetch it at our download page:
http://www.ocean-logic.com/downloads.htm
Regards,
Vincenzo Liguori
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Ocean Logic Pty Ltd
PO BOX 768
Manly NSW 1655
Australia
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Srinivasan Venkataramanan (Srini)
ASIC Design Engineer,
Chennai (Madras), India
Thomas Rock
Stef...@VERWIJDERDIT.hotmail.com says...
X-HDL is alive and well. The latest release version is 3.1.24b released
on March 5, 2001. You can download this latest version from our website
at:
www.x-tekcorp.com/download.htm
Thomas Rock
X-Tek Corporation
Stefan V.
"Srinivasan Venkataramanan" <sr...@realchip.com> wrote in message
news:3AA616F4...@realchip.com...
> Hi,
> Last week there was a posting here about a FREE translator that does
> a MUCH better job than any commercial tool. Check out:
>
> http://www.ocean-logic.com/downloads.htm
>
> For your reference I am pasting the original post here:
>
> Subject:
> VHDL to Verilog RTL translator available under GPL
Yeah right, ... would also be nice if it would compile:
-----CUT-----
362> make
flex -i vhd2vl.l
bison -d -v vhd2vl.y
gcc -O3 -o vhd2vl lex.yy.c vhd2vl.tab.c -lfl
In file included from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:123,
from
/cadappl/gcc/2.95.2/HP-UX_B.11.00/lib/gcc-lib/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00/2.95.2/i
nclude/stdlib.h:221,
from lex.yy.c:588:
/usr/include/sys/signal.h:152: `signal' redeclared as different kind of
symbol
def.h:31: previous declaration of `signal'
*** Error exit code 1
Stop.
-----CUT-----
I'm no unix/programming expert, I just want a tool that can handle my
HDL code. I cannot even compile this thing.
Regards,
Stefan.
Colin Marquardt
> In file included from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:123,
> from
> /cadappl/gcc/2.95.2/HP-UX_B.11.00/lib/gcc-lib/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00/2.95.2/i
> nclude/stdlib.h:221,
> from lex.yy.c:588:
> /usr/include/sys/signal.h:152: `signal' redeclared as different kind of
> symbol
> def.h:31: previous declaration of `signal'
> *** Error exit code 1
>
> Stop.
Looks like your flex installation is broken.
Colin
Srinivasan Venkataramanan
"Stefan V." wrote:
> Yeah right, ... would also be nice if it would compile:
>
> -----CUT-----
> 362> make
> flex -i vhd2vl.l
> bison -d -v vhd2vl.y
> gcc -O3 -o vhd2vl lex.yy.c vhd2vl.tab.c -lfl
> In file included from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:123,
> from
> /cadappl/gcc/2.95.2/HP-UX_B.11.00/lib/gcc-lib/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00/2.95.2/i
> nclude/stdlib.h:221,
> from lex.yy.c:588:
> /usr/include/sys/signal.h:152: `signal' redeclared as different kind of
> symbol
> def.h:31: previous declaration of `signal'
> *** Error exit code 1
>
> Stop.
> -----CUT-----
2 options:
1.> Call your Helpdesk (IIRC Philips internal no: 41111, some floor in
WAY building)
2.> Try contacting Ocean-logic itself
Srini
P.S. I used to work at Philips, Natlab...hence is this tip :-)
Vincenzo Liguori
>
> 1.> Call your Helpdesk (IIRC Philips internal no: 41111, some floor in
> WAY building)
>
> 2.> Try contacting Ocean-logic itself
I did reply to Stefan : it does look like a compiler/flex/bison installation
problem.I'm not a C programmer really and even less a Unix sys admin, so I don't
know.
The tool needs improving, but it does compile. The makefile it's absolutely
trivial compared to other stuff you pull off the net.
Option 1) sounds better.
> Srini
>
> P.S. I used to work at Philips, Natlab...hence is this tip :-)
Enzo
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Vincenzo Liguori
Ocean Logic Pty Ltd
PO BOX 768
Manly NSW 1655
Australia
Ph : +61-2-99054152
Fax : +61-2-99050921
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