[Open-graphics] Comment about Xilinx software for Linux

[Terry Hancock]

Dieter wrote:
>>And i'm always astonished when i talk with VLSI/FPGA guys, that
>>they can cope with the brokenness of their tools which are by far
>>worse than gcc, especially considering what Synplicity and Mentor
>>Graphics ask for their tools[1].
> 
> What choice do they have?  You do the best you can with the tools you have.
> 
> Someone should write a FLOSS alternative.  Unfortunately that is more than
> an easy Saturday afternoon project.

More than that, wouldn't it require considerable reverse-engineering?

My understanding from earlier conversations about this is that the
interface language used to program the FPGAs is proprietary and
undocumented, and that's the real reason there's no free software tools
for programming FPGAs.

Cheers,
Terry

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