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Post Installation Tasks
Installing an SP601/SP605 Board for Ethernet Hardware Co-Simulation
Note:
If installation instructions for your particular platform are not provided here, please refer to the
installation instuctions that come with your Platform Kit. For instructions on how to install a Xilinx USB
Cable and cable driver software on a Windows or Linux Operating System, refer to the Xilinx
document titled: USB Cable Installation Guide
JTAG-Based Hardware Co-Simulation
Installing an ML402 Board for JTAG Hardware Co-Simulation
Installing an ML605 Board for JTAG Hardware Co-Simulation
Installing an SP601/SP605 Board for JTAG Hardware Co-Simulation
Installing a KC705 Board for JTAG Hardware Co-Simulation
Third-Party Hardware Co-Simulation
As part of the Xilinx XtremeDSP™ Initiative, Xilinx works with distributors and many
OEMs to provide a variety of DSP prototyping and development platforms. Please refer to
the following Xilinx web site page for more information on available platforms:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards_kits/index.htm
Compiling Xilinx HDL Libraries
If you intend to simulate System Generator designs using ModelSim, you must compile
your IP (cores) libraries. This topic describes the procedure.
ModelSim SE
The Xilinx tool that compiles libraries for use in ModelSim SE is named compxlib. The
following command can, for example, be used to compile all the VHDL and Verilog
libraries with ModelSim SE:
compxlib –s mti_se –f all –l all
Complete instructions for running compxlib can be found in the ISE Software Manual
titled “Command Line Tool User Guide”.
Configuring the System Generator Cache
Both the System Generator simulator and the design generator incorporate a disk cache to
speed up the iterative design process. The cache does this by tagging and storing files
related to simulation and generation, then recalling those files during subsequent
simulation and generation rather than rerunning the time consuming tools used to create
those files.
Setting the Size
By default, the cache will use up to 500 MB of disk space to store files. To specify the
amount of disk space the cache should use, set the SYSGEN_CACHE_SIZE environment
variable to the size of the cache in megabytes. Set this number to a higher value when
working on several large designs.