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Powerview 6.0 has a different default VSM option, requires new file


Record #1157

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  FPGA Core

Problem Title:
Powerview 6.0 has a different default VSM option, requires new file


Problem Description:
VSM 6.0 now writes out the format in a "compact" form by default.
In order to get to the old "compatible" format (their terminology),
you must run VSM with the new -c option.  This keeps everything in
the format that VSMUPD and other Xilinx tool expect.


Solution 1:

XSIMMAKE calls VSM without this -C option, so a new file is required
to ammend this inconsistency.  The file is XSIMMAKE.XFW (it's a shell
that goes along with the XSIMMAKE.EXE executable), and the version is
"5.2.1-PV60a".	Included is a message in the version banner that
states it is for Powerview 6.0 only. It is to be run with version
5.2.1 of the XACT core tools.  Note that it will not work with
Workview Office or any earlier version of Powerview, since the -C
option does not exist elsewhere at present.

This file can be found on the Xilinx FTP site at: ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhel
p/viewlogic/xsim_pv6.tar.Z

For this xsimmake.xfw file to be used, it must be installed ahead of
the released version in the XACT environment variable path, or in the
current project directory when XSIMMAKE is run.  It must be placed in
a "data" directory in either case.

For example, if you place the new xsimmmake.xfw file in
$HOME/pview/data/xsimmake.xfw, you will need to change your XACT variable
like this:

setenv XACT=$HOME/pview:<old_XACT_path>



End of Record #1157