EDK 9.1 Issues

When working with custom peripherals in EDK, is there a better way to make sure changes to the hardware design take effect than trying to re-import the peripheral? I spent several hours last night debugging a design that was failing because EDK wasn't loading the updated hardware design (just logic, no change in external ports). I made sure it did a fresh synth+impl run every time, but somehow the functionality never changed even though the hw design did. Even after removing the instance and re-importing and re-connecting it. I finally got it to work by creating a completely new hw design (in name only) with the same logical functionality and using it in place of the previous block.

---Matthew Hicks

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Matthew Hicks
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I think Project->Rescan User Repositories will solve your problem.

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Philip Potter pgp  doc.ic.ac.uk
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Philip Potter

Thanks for trying to help, but it didn't work. I updated a simple piece of hardware to use a different bit to drive an LED (1/2 as fast blinking), saved, hit the refresh repositories button, after implementation... same old results.

---Matthew Hicks

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Matthew Hicks

Matthew Hicks schrieb:

hello Matthew, you can for development of IP-Cores set in the .mpd file the OPTION CORE_STATE to "DEVELOPMENT".

OPTION CORE_STATE = DEVELOPMENT

See also in the EDK doc directory the Manual Platform Specification Format Reference Manual (psf_rm.pdf) Page 42 (EDK 8.2 Version).

The core will every time synthesized if you change any bit.

Best regards, Daniel

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Daniel Koethe

re-connecting

Remove the corresponding generated .ngc files, including the ones in the cache directory: rm implementation/my_wrapper.ngc rm implementation/cache/my_wrapper.ngc (rm is a Linux command, in case you are on Windows) When you rerun the synthesis, it will rebuild the files from the new code.

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Duane Clark

Following your advice, I edited the .mpd file for the core to include the "CORE_STATE" option. After going back into EDK and refreshing repositories, the .mpd change was reflected in EDK. After going through the complete implementation process, everything works as it should. Thanks for this tip (I wish it would be default behavior, or more evident that this option exists during import), you saved me many more hours of uneeded hassel. Also, thanks for the reference where I can read-up more on other options.

---Matthew Hicks

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Matthew Hicks

Thanks, this also works.

---Matthew Hicks

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Matthew Hicks

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