diff --git a/netpfga-doc-and-log/README.md b/netpfga-doc-and-log/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3537512 --- /dev/null +++ b/netpfga-doc-and-log/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +## What to do to be able to get the NetFPGA running + +* State as of 2019-05-10. +* With Ubuntu 19.04 +* Vivado 2018.3 +* SDNET 2018.2 + +There are a variety of hard coded scripts flying around in the +Internet, so try to stick to the proposed paths below. + +Various things are likely to fail on your path, so take a good bag of +good nerves. + + +### Get Vivado, SDNET + +* Go xilinx.com +* Create an account +* Browse/dig through the website until you find a HUGE sdnet download +* Browse/dig through the website until you find a REALLY HUGE vivado + download + +### Install SDNnet + +* Unpack the file, run xsetup, put stuff below /opt/Xilinx + +### Install Vivado + +* Install libtinfo5 manually (if you don't, the vivado install hangs + forever) +* Unpack the file, run xsetup, put stuff below /opt/Xilinx + +### Install NetPFGA support + +``` +mkdir -p ~/projects +cd ~/projects +git clone git@github.com:NetFPGA/P4-NetFPGA-live.git +``` + +Do NOT trust manuals to checkout a specific version, especially not +v1.2.0, it is broken with vivado 2018.3. Also, DO NOT trust this +manual, it might already be outdated at the time reading. diff --git a/netpfga-doc-and-log/install-201802-hang.png b/netpfga-doc-and-log/install-201802-hang.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d71965 Binary files /dev/null and b/netpfga-doc-and-log/install-201802-hang.png differ diff --git a/netpfga-doc-and-log/install-201803-hang.png b/netpfga-doc-and-log/install-201803-hang.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62d8f4d Binary files /dev/null and b/netpfga-doc-and-log/install-201803-hang.png differ