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Chapter 5
Platform Generator
The hardware component is defined by the Microprocessor Hardware Specification (MHS)
file. An MHS file defines the configuration of the embedded processor system, and
includes the following:
x Bus architecture
x Peripherals
x Connectivity of the system
x Interrupt request priorities
x Address space
Hardware generation is done with the Platform Generator (PlatGen) tool and an MHS file.
This will construct the embedded processor system in the form of hardware netlists (HDL
and implementation netlist files).
This chapter contains the following sections:
x “Tool Requirements”
x “Tool Usage”
x “Tool Options”
x “Load Path”
x “Output Files”
x “About Memory Generation”
x “Reserved MHS Parameters”
x “Synthesis Netlist Cache”
x “Current Limitations”
Tool Requirements
Set up your system to use the Xilinx Development System. Verify that your system is
properly configured. Consult the release notes and installation notes that came with your
software package for more information.
Tool Usage
Run PlatGen as follows:
platgen -p virtex2p system.mhs