Xilinx PCI-X v5.1 manual Getting Started, System Requirements, About the Example Design

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Chapter 1

Getting Started

The Initiator/Target core for PCI-X provides a fully verified, pre-implemented PCI-X bus interface targeted for devices based on the Virtex architecture. This chapter provides information about the example design, resources for additional documentation, obtaining technical support, and providing feedback to Xilinx about the core and its documentation.

System Requirements

Windows

•Windows XP® Professional 32-bit/64-bit

•Windows Vista® Business 32-bit/64-bit

Solaris/Linux

•Red Hat® Enterprise Linux WS v4.0 32-bit/64-bit

•Red Hat® Enterprise Desktop v5.0 32-bit/64-bit (with Workstation Option)

•SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) v10.1 32-bit/64-bit

Software

•ISE™ software v10.1 with applicable service sack

Check the release notes for the required service pack; ISE software service packs can be downloaded from www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_sw_updates_home.jsp?update=sp.

About the Example Design

The example design is a simple user application. It is provided as a training tool and design flow test. The example design consists of the user application Userapp, and supporting files for simulation and implementation.

The Userapp example design includes a test bench capable of generating simple read and write transactions. This stimulation generation capability is used to set up the configuration space of the design, and then perform some simple transactions. In addition, a special configuration file is provided with the Userapp design, and the test bench makes assumptions about the size and number of base address registers used.

You can change the core options related to implementation—options that relate to the selected FPGA architecture. However, do not change core options that alter the functional behavior of the core; such change may cause unpredictable results when you simulate the example design. For custom designs, you have the flexibility to change the core configuration as described in the Initiator/Target v5.1 for PCI-X User Guide.

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