HDL_workflow/nextpnr-xilinx.mdwn

   1 # nextpnr-xilinx
   2
   3 Installation instructions for Nextpnr-xilinx with Xilinx Artix7 100T Board
   4
   5 * Source code: <https://github.com/gatecat/nextpnr-xilinx>
   6 * Bugzilla page <https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790>
   7 * Auto-install script: <https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=dev-env-setup.git;a=blob;f=nextpnr-xilinx;hb=HEAD>
   8 * Prerequisites: yosys <https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=dev-env-setup.git;a=blob;f=hdl-tools-yosys;hb=HEAD>
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  10
  11 ## Page under work
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  13 ## Setting up new debootstrap and chroot into it
  14
  15 Run the following if you wish to isolate the nextpnr-xilinx build
  16 from other software (reproducible builds) or use the schroot
  17 auto-preparation script here:
  18 <https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=dev-env-setup.git;a=blob;f=mk-deb-chroot;hb=HEAD>
  19
  20     export MY_CHROOT=/stable-chroot
  21     mkdir $MY_CHROOT
  22     debootstrap buster $MY_CHROOT http://deb.debian.org/debian/
  23     mount -t proc proc $MY_CHROOT/proc
  24     mount -t sysfs sysfs $MY_CHROOT/sys
  25     mount -t devpts devpts $MY_CHROOT/dev/pts/
  26     chroot $MY_CHROOT /bin/bash
  27
  28 ## Download neccessary softwares
  29
  30     apt-get install -y libcurl3-gnutls/buster git/buster
  31
  32     git clone https://github.com/YosysHQ/yosys.git
  33     git clone https://github.com/YosysHQ/abc.git
  34     git clone https://github.com/f4pga/prjxray.git
  35     git clone https://github.com/SymbiFlow/prjxray-db.git
  36     git clone https://github.com/gatecat/nextpnr-xilinx.git
  37
  38 ## Steps to compile prjxray
  39
  40 ### Necessary software to install
  41
  42 apt-get install -y python3-pip
  43
  44 ### Build prjxray
  45
  46     cd prjxray
  47     git checkout 18b92012afe2b03f3f975a78c4372c74b60dca0c
  48     git submodule update --init --recursive
  49     mkdir build; cd build
  50     cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/nx ..
  51     make -j$(nproc)
  52     make install
  53     install -d -m 0755 /usr/local/nx/build/tools
  54     install -m 0755 tools/{bitread,bittool,frame_address_decoder,gen_part_base_yaml,segmatch,xc7frames2bit,xc7patch} \
  55      /usr/local/nx/build/tools
  56     cd ..
  57     cp -dpr utils /usr/local/nx
  58     sed -i -e '/^# Vivado /,$d' /usr/local/nx/utils/environment.sh
  59     pip3 install .
  60     cd ..
  61
  62 ## Steps to compile prjxray-db
  63
  64 ### Install prjxray-db
  65
  66     cd prjxray-db
  67     git archive --format=tar --prefix=database/ \
  68       0a0addedd73e7e4139d52a6d8db4258763e0f1f3 | \
  69       tar -C /usr/local/nx -xf -
  70     cd ..
  71
  72 ## Steps to compile nextpnr-xilinx
  73
  74 ### Necessary software to install
  75
  76     apt-get install -y libboost-thread-dev libboost-iostreams-dev \
  77      libboost-program-options-dev libeigen3-dev
  78
  79 ### Build nextpnr-xilinx
  80
  81     cd nextpnr-xilinx
  82     git checkout 565588a69ea95a52f7c7592f4ed81d9bef6cfb60
  83     cmake -DARCH=xilinx -DBUILD_GUI=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/nx .
  84     make -j$(nproc)
  85     make install
  86     python3 xilinx/python/bbaexport.py --device xc7a100tcsg324-1 \
  87      --bba xilinx/xc7a100t.bba
  88     ./bbasm --l xilinx/xc7a100t.bba xilinx/xc7a100t.bin
  89     install -d -m 0755 /usr/local/nx/share/xilinx
  90     install -m 0755 xilinx/xc7a100t.bin /usr/local/nx/share/xilinx
  91     export XRAY_DIR=/usr/local/nx
  92
  93     # build attosoc example; it should build attosoc.bit as final bitstream
  94
  95     cd xilinx/examples
  96     cp -dpr arty-a35 arty-a100
  97     cd arty-a100
  98     sed -i -e 's@xc7a35tcsg324-1@xc7a100tcsg324-1@g' \
  99      -e 's@../../../nextpnr-xilinx@nextpnr-xilinx@g' \
 100      -e 's@../../xc7a35t.bin@/usr/local/nx/share/xilinx/xc7a100t.bin@g' \
 101      attosoc.sh
 102     ./attosoc.sh
 103
 104     # see file attosoc.bit; it is the bitstream file and if built then success