[Open-graphics] PCI target ready to test

[Sebastien & Cathy]

I don't know about Icarus but it would be nice to use simulators to 
double check the logs. Moreother, VN-Check could check the Verilog code; 
Modelsim has source coverage built in and could provide usedful info 
about simulation coverage.

S.

Timothy Miller wrote:
> On 12/21/06, Sébastien Bouché <tetsuo3 at free.fr> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd like to know whether you need to develop & test the FPGA using 
>> open-source
>> tools or not? I know you'll need the vendor tool for synthesis and 
>> P&R. But, I
>> have access to professional tools like ModelSim, Cadence NC, Primetime,
>> VN-Check , source coverage using Modelsim etc...
>> I can provide feedback on the test, design etc... using these tools 
>> if there is
>> a need from you.
>> What do you think?
>>
>
> My simulator of choice is Icarus Verilog.  It's free software, and the
> head developer is very responsive and helpful.  (If only Ubuntu
> developers would be quicker about grabbing updates.)
>
> I don't know how Icarus performs compared to the "professional" tools,
> but I've used it to simulate a rather large design, and subjectively,
> it seemed to be very fast.
>
>