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From: Tom Hawkins<tom@l...>
Date: Sat Jan 31 05:59:35 CET 2004
Subject: [oc] Potentially awesome open-source idea
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 10:49 am, Bill Cox wrote:[large snip] >
> Another idea is that the author of a core should be able to offer
> users configuration options, and then have the core customized.
> For example, did you want a 32 bit MAC, or a 16 bit MAC (probably a
> poor example). If we have a module-generation capability that's
> easy to work with, I think we can pull this kind of flexibility
> off.
>
> I think I can see at least three software projects here:
>
> - A Web based GUI
> - A tool to glue cores together, initially using wishbone
> - A module generation system (Confluence and/or OpenLPM and/or
> JavaHDL)
A while back I offered up Confluence to the OpenCores community for
this very concept: flexible IP and web-based netlist generation. The
offer still stands.
On a similar note, a Confluence user recently ported OR1200 to the
language. (Ken, are you going to post ORCF anytime soon?)
Bill, it's a great idea. If there's anything I can do to assist, let
me know.
Regards,
Tom
>
> The module generation system serves two purposes: First, it run
> scripts to custimize cores. Second, it does more mundane tasks
> like converting a 32-bit adder into actual gates. This allows us
> to have reasonable performance using generic netlists.
>
> Is this any clearer?
>
> Bill
>
>
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Tom Hawkins
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