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authorClifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>2018-11-09 12:08:07 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-11-09 12:08:07 +0100
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Merge pull request #188 from esden/docs-nextpnr
Added NextPNR deps and install instructions to docs.
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@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ Installing prerequisites (this command is for Ubuntu 14.04):
<pre style="padding-left: 3em">
sudo apt-get install build-essential clang bison flex libreadline-dev \
gawk tcl-dev libffi-dev git mercurial graphviz \
- xdot pkg-config python python3 libftdi-dev
+ xdot pkg-config python python3 libftdi-dev \
+ qt5-default python3-dev libboost-dev
</pre>
<p>
@@ -152,10 +153,15 @@ On Fedora 24 the following command installs all prerequisites:
<pre style="padding-left: 3em">
sudo dnf install make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel clang bison \
flex readline-devel gawk tcl-devel libffi-devel git mercurial \
- graphviz python-xdot pkgconfig python python3 libftdi-devel
+ graphviz python-xdot pkgconfig python python3 libftdi-devel \
+ qt5-devel python3-devel boost-devel
</pre>
<p>
+Note: All tools will be installed relative to /usr/local
+</p>
+
+<p>
Installing the <a href="https://github.com/cliffordwolf/icestorm">IceStorm Tools</a> (icepack, icebox, iceprog, icetime, chip databases):
</p>
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@ make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install</pre>
<p>
-Installing <a href="https://github.com/cseed/arachne-pnr">Arachne-PNR</a> (the place&amp;route tool):
+Installing <a href="https://github.com/cseed/arachne-pnr">Arachne-PNR</a> (place&amp;route tool, predecessor to NextPNR):
</p>
<pre style="padding-left: 3em">git clone https://github.com/cseed/arachne-pnr.git arachne-pnr
@@ -174,6 +180,16 @@ make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install</pre>
<p>
+Installing <a href="https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr">NextPNR</a> (place&amp;route tool, Arachne-PNR replacement):
+</p>
+
+<pre style="padding-left: 3em">git clone https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr nextpnr
+cd nextpnr
+cmake -DARCH=ice40 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local .
+make -j$(nproc)
+sudo make install</pre>
+
+<p>
Installing <a href="http://www.clifford.at/yosys/">Yosys</a> (Verilog synthesis):
</p>
@@ -183,8 +199,9 @@ make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install</pre>
<p>
-The Arachne-PNR build converts the IceStorm text chip databases into the arachne-pnr binary chip databases. Always rebuild Arachne-PNR
-after updating your IceStorm installation.
+Both place and route tools (Arachne-PNR &amp; NextPNR) convert the IceStorm
+text chip databases into the respective PNR binary chip databases during build.
+Always rebuild the PNR tools after updating your IceStorm installation.
</p>
<p>
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