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author | Patrick Lehmann <Patrick.Lehmann@tu-dresden.de> | 2017-03-04 18:47:08 +0100 |
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diff --git a/doc/about.rst b/doc/about.rst index 9b11ed5bf..ee0ced2e0 100644 --- a/doc/about.rst +++ b/doc/about.rst @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -.. include:: shieldswho.txt +.. include:: shieldswho.inc About GHDL -############ +########## .. _INTRO:VHDL: What is `VHDL`? -============== +=============== :wikipedia:`VHDL <VHDL>` is an acronym for Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (:wikipedia:`VHSIC <VHSIC>`) Hardware Description Language (:wikipedia:`HDL <HDL>`), which is a programming language used to describe a logic circuit by function, data flow behavior, or structure. @@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ However, VHDL was not designed as a general purpose language but as an `HDL`. As Like a program written in any other language, a VHDL program can be executed. Since VHDL is used to model designs, the term :dfn:`simulation` is often used instead of `execution`, with the same meaning. At the same time, like a design written in another `HDL`, a set of VHDL sources can be transformed with a :dfn:`synthesis tool` into a netlist, that is, a detailed gate-level implementation. -The development of VHDL started in 1983 and the standard is named `IEEE <https://www.ieee.org/>`_ `1076`. Four revisions exist: `1987 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/26487/>`_, `1993 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/392561/>`_, `2002 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1003477/>`_ and `2008 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4772740/>`_. The standarization is handled by the VHDL Analysis and Standardization Group (`VASG/P1076 <http://www.eda-twiki.org/vasg/>`_). +The development of VHDL started in 1983 and the standard is named `IEEE <https://www.ieee.org/>`_ `1076`. Four revisions exist: `1987 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/26487/>`_, `1993 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/392561/>`_, `2002 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1003477/>`_ and `2008 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4772740/>`_. The standardization is handled by the VHDL Analysis and Standardization Group (`VASG/P1076 <http://www.eda-twiki.org/vasg/>`_). + .. _INTRO:GHDL: What is GHDL? -============== +============= `GHDL` is a shorthand for `G Hardware Design Language` (currently, `G` has no meaning). It is a VHDL compiler that can execute (nearly) any VHDL program. GHDL is *not* a synthesis tool: you cannot create a netlist with GHDL (yet). @@ -29,12 +30,13 @@ Unlike some other simulators, GHDL is a compiler: it directly translates a VHDL GHDL can use multiple back-ends, i.e. code generators, (`GCC <http://gcc.gnu.org/>`_, `LLVM <http://llvm.org/>`_ or :wikipedia:`x86 <X86-64>`/:wikipedia:`i386 <Intel_80386>` only, a built-in one) and runs on :wikipedia:`GNU/Linux <Linux_distribution>`, :wikipedia:`Windows <Microsoft_Windows>` |trade| and :wikipedia:`macOS <MacOS>` |trade| , both on x86 and on x86_64. -The current version of GHDL does not contain any graphical viewer: you cannot see signal waves. You can still check the behaviour of your design with a test bench. Moreover, the current version can produce a `GHW <http://ghdl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using/Simulation.html?highlight=GHW#cmdoption-wave>`_, :wikipedia:`VCD <Value_change_dump>` or `FST` files which can be viewed with a :wikipedia:`waveform viewer <Waveform_viewer>`, such as `GtkWave <http://gtkwave.sourceforge.net/>`_. +The current version of GHDL does not contain any graphical viewer: you cannot see signal waves. You can still check the behavior of your design with a test bench. Moreover, the current version can produce a `GHW <http://ghdl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using/Simulation.html?highlight=GHW#cmdoption-wave>`_, :wikipedia:`VCD <Value_change_dump>` or `FST` files which can be viewed with a :wikipedia:`waveform viewer <Waveform_viewer>`, such as `GtkWave <http://gtkwave.sourceforge.net/>`_. GHDL aims at implementing VHDL as defined by `IEEE 1076 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4772740/>`_. It supports the `1987 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/26487/>`_, `1993 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/392561/>`_ and `2002 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1003477/>`_ revisions and, partially, the latest, `2008 <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4772740/>`_. :wikipedia:`PSL <Property_Specification_Language>` is also partially supported. Several third party projects are supported: `VUnit <https://vunit.github.io/>`_, `OSVVM <http://osvvm.org/>`_, `cocotb <https://github.com/potentialventures/cocotb>`_ (through the `VPI interface <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog_Procedural_Interface>`_), ... + .. _INTRO:WHO: Who uses GHDL? @@ -42,12 +44,12 @@ Who uses GHDL? .. container:: whouses - +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ - | Project hub | Documentation | Name | Brief description | - +===================+====================+===================================================+================================================================+ - | |SHIELD:gh-poc| | |SHIELD:rtd-poc| | `PoC-Library <https://github.com/VLSI-EDA/PoC>`_ | A Vendor-Independent, Open-Source IP Core and Utility Library. | - +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ - | |SHIELD:gh-vunit| | |SHIELD:doc-vunit| | `VUnit <http://vunit.github.io/>`_ | A unit testing framework for VHDL/SystemVerilog | - +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ - | |SHIELD:gl-p1076| | |SHIELD:tw-p1076| | `IEEE P1076 WG <http://www.eda-twiki.org/vasg/>`_ | IEEE P1076 Working Group [VASG] | - +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ + +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Project hub | Documentation | Name | Brief description | + +===================+====================+===================================================+================================================================+ + | |SHIELD:gh-poc| | |SHIELD:rtd-poc| | `PoC-Library <https://github.com/VLSI-EDA/PoC>`_ | A Vendor-Independent, Open-Source IP Core and Utility Library. | + +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ + | |SHIELD:gh-vunit| | |SHIELD:doc-vunit| | `VUnit <http://vunit.github.io/>`_ | A unit testing framework for VHDL/SystemVerilog | + +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ + | |SHIELD:gl-p1076| | |SHIELD:tw-p1076| | `IEEE P1076 WG <http://www.eda-twiki.org/vasg/>`_ | IEEE P1076 Working Group [VASG] | + +-------------------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ |