Linux: ISE WebPack 13.1 + ModelSim PE Student Edition 10.0a

[michoo]

I couldn't find any HOWTO on the web, so I decided to write one. I
hope someone will find it usefull.


You will need:
- wine (1.3.14 works for me)
- perl
- few GB of free space
- ISE linux installer
- ModelSim PE Student Edition (windows only)

note:
- I've installed both applications in the same directory (/ise) - it's
not necessary, but IMO it makes management simpler.
- i have binfmt-support installed, however it shouldn't affect
anything

1. Install ISE (i.e. to /ise/Xilinx13.1).
If it fails with "segmentation fault" error - remove ~/.config/
Trolltech.conf and try again.

2. Open console. Don't close it until whole configuration is finished.
Execute in it all lines marked with $ using appropriate paths.

3. Create new wine prefix:
$ cd /ise
$ export WINEPREFIX=/ise/prefix
$ winecfg

and configure virtual drives so at least one will allow you to access
directory where you want to save your ISE projects and ISE
installation path.
(Personally, I don't like when windows programs have access to whole
filesystem, so I modified drive 'z' to point to '/ise' and created '/
ise/Projects' directory.)

4. Download modelsim installation package to wine accessible directory
(/ise) and start installation:
$ wine modelsim-pe_student_edition.exe

(I’ve installed to z:\modelsim)
note: Wine should open link in your default browser. If not - search
for url starting with "http://portal.model.com/" in console and open
it manually.

save license file and test it:
$ /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu/vsim.exe -version
Model Technology ModelSim PE Student Edition vsim 10.0a Simulator
2011.02 Feb 20 2011
$ /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu/vsim.exe
Fully-functional modelsim window should show after a while.

5. Now there are have few issues to deal with:
- linux version of ISE search for modelsim in PATH under tha name vsim
- vsim.exe don't work when it's renamed or simlinked (it checks
argv[0])
- ISE executes vsim with script name in brackets, and for some reason
it doesn't work

So you'll need simple loader:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my $CMD = "$0.exe";
foreach my $i (0 .. $#ARGV){
$ARGV[$i]=~s/[\{\}]//g;
}
exec 'wine',$CMD, @ARGV;

save it as "/ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu/vsim" and make executable
$ chmod +x /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu/vsim

and it should work as before:
$ /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu/vsim -version

6. The last thing is ISE startup script (i.e. ise.sh) which will
setup all required environment variables:

#!/bin/bash
WINEPREFIX=/ise/prefix
PATH=$PATH:/ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu
cd /ise
. /ise/Xilinx13.1/ISE_DS/settings32.sh
ise

$ chmod +x ise.sh

7. Now after executing from clean shell "/ise/ise.sh" you should get
ISE window. Setup ModelSim PE as simulator and launch any simple
simulation. When warning about missing precompiled libraries shows
choose "no" and modelsim should start.

[Luana Freitas]

its very good initiative. I use source command to load the environment variables in linux.

L.L.F
[]'s

2011/3/16 michoo <ele...@prowizorka.da.ru>

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[michoo]

HOWTO Part 2: Compiling libraries

1. Create script which will configure enviroment:

#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX=/ise/prefix
export PATH=$PATH:/ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu
export MODELSIM=/ise/modelsim.ini
export MODEL_TECH=/ise/modelsim/vhdl_src/
cd /ise
. /ise/Xilinx13.1/ISE_DS/settings32.sh
bash

make it executable and execute

$ chmod a+x ~/ise.sh
$ ~/ise.sh

2. Update /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu/vsim

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my $CMD = "$0.exe";

foreach my $i (0 .. $#ARGV){
$ARGV[$i]=~s/[\{\}]//g;
}

#system "echo $CMD @ARGV >/tmp/log";
if($ARGV[0]=~"-version"){
print "Model Technology ModelSim PE vsim 10.0a Simulator
2011.02 Feb 20 2011\n";
}else{
exec $CMD, @ARGV;
}


3. Create symlinks to all modelsim executables:
$ cd /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu
$ for i in *exe; do ln -s $i ` echo $i|sed 's/\.exe//'`;done

4. Compile libraries.

$ cd /ise
$ compxlibgui

Choose directory /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu and select whatever
libraries you need.

After compilation finishes you should see all libraries when you start
vsim from /ise directory

$ vsim

[michoo]

> $ cd /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu
> $ for i in *exe; do  ln -s $i ` echo $i|sed 's/\.exe//'`;done

should be:
$ cd /ise/modelsim/win32pe_edu
$ for i in *exe; do ln -s vsim ` echo $i|sed 's/\.exe//'`;done

[michoo]

Another script update:
- compxlib will autodetect modelsim version
- I was able to run full Post-place & route simulation from ise

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my $CMD = "$0.exe";

foreach my $i (0 .. $#ARGV){
$ARGV[$i]=~s/[\{\}]//g;
}

if($ARGV[0]=~"-version"){

my $ver = `$CMD -version`;
$ver =~ s/Student Edition //;
print $ver;
}else{
exec $CMD, @ARGV;
}