Problem with System ACE

Jun 04, 2007 1 Replies

Hi folks,



I am desperately trying to load a design via System ACE onto a ML403 board.



What I use:



ISE 8.2i ML403 Linux



What I did:



Synthesized a very small design (some led blinking).



Then generated System ACE with my .bit file. Added my bitstream to all config addresses.



I formatted the CF dos partition with: mkdosfs -s 64 -F 16 -R /dev/sda1



- using the original partition table that came on the card.



Mounted with -ofat=16 - also tried without



Now I tried to move all generated files to the CF -> Red light



Picked .ace file and used as standalone system.ace -> Red light



Copied the original contents of the DOS partition into the CF (by copy, not the image!!) -> Green light



Copied my .ace file into the designated position for an own ace -> Green light, after selection from the menu -> Red light



Copied bootloader .ace file from the original image as system.ace into my CF -> Green light



So I think that my DOS FS generation is ok as I can make a working CF.



But my .ace file doesn't seem to work.



I have tried all that several times, thinking over and over and over again. My bitfile works when I upload it directly via JTAG.



Has anyone an idea what I have done wrong? I don't have any further ideas.



Thank you all very much!!!


Best regards,



Philipp :-)


Hello again,

I got it working!

I manually set up the JTAG chain for which the ACE file is to be generated. Used the bsd files for the XCF and the XC95144 device which I found in the ISE directory.

Is there any other way to set up the chain?

And: Where (in which manual) is mentioned how to proceed?

Best regards,

Philipp :-)

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