ran@cs.utah.edu (Ran Ginosar) (11/11/89)
I have been trying out the OCT Tools. When I ran the following demo: #! /bin/csh -f echo 'running bdsyn (logic translation)' bdsyn -z pla.bds >pla.blif echo 'running misII (logic optimization)' misII -f script.msu -T oct -o pla:logic pla.blif echo 'running wolfe (standard-cell place and route)' wolfe -o:symbolic pla:logic echo 'running vulcan (protection frame generator)' vulcan -k pla:symbolic I got the following output: running bdsyn (logic translation) running misII (logic optimization) "pla.blif", line 52: node 'DONT_CARE' does not fanout running wolfe (standard-cell place and route) octCopyFacet: `pla:logic:interface:' doesn't exist Run aborted running vulcan (protection frame generator) vulcan: can't open cell ``pla:symbolic:contents:'' for reading: OctOpenFacet: `pla:symbolic:contents:' doesn't exist misII generated only the logic:contents; facet. I assume it should have generated the logic:interface; facet as well, but it did not. Does anyone know what could be causing the problem ? If misII does produce the interface facet, where is the source code routine that creates this facet? I got the same results no matter what input (bds) file I used. Thanks in advance - Ran Ginosar. -- Dr. Ran Ginosar ran@cs.utah.edu Computer Science Department University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 801-581-7705, fax 801-581-5843.
ricks@shambhala.Berkeley.EDU (Rick L Spickelmier) (11/11/89)
You've got an old version, probably Oct Tools 2.1. The current release is Oct Tools 3.4. There was a bug in the Oct writer for misII in 2.1 - it did not create the interface facet. A work around is to insert: vulcan -k pla:logic after misII (and before wolfe). If you want to get the latest version of the toolset, you can order it from our ILP office (mail to 'cindy@janus.berkeley.edu' and ask for information on Oct Tools 3.4) or you can ftp it from my machine. Rick Spickelmier Oct Tools Manager To retrieve and build the Octtools 3.4 distribution: Full Distribution: create a user named 'octtools'; the home directory for 'octtools' must have approximately 80 Megabytes of free space. % cd ~octtools % ftp shambhala.berkeley.edu (128.32.132.54) username: anonymous password: guest ftp> cd pub/octtools ftp> prompt ftp> binary (very important) ftp> mget dist3-4.* ftp> quit % cat dist3-4.* | zcat | tar xf - % rm dist3-4.* % more CHANGES % more README (very important) % INSTALL There are 18 files in dist3-4.*, (dist3-4.00 to dist3-4.16) each 1000000 bytes, with the exception of dist3-4.17 which is 610703 bytes.
paul@cronus.m2c.org (Paul Cohen) (11/11/89)
In article <RAN.89Nov10101308@tingeys.cs.utah.edu>, ran@cs.utah.edu (Ran Ginosar) writes: > I have been trying out the OCT Tools. ..... > running wolfe (standard-cell place and route) > octCopyFacet: `pla:logic:interface:' doesn't exist > Run aborted > running vulcan (protection frame generator) > vulcan: can't open cell ``pla:symbolic:contents:'' for reading: > OctOpenFacet: `pla:symbolic:contents:' doesn't exist > > > misII generated only the logic:contents; facet. I assume it > should have generated the logic:interface; facet as well, but it > did not. Does anyone know what could be causing the problem ? Sound like you have an old version of the tools. MisII has been updated so it creates the interface facet. In the interim, you can add the step: vulcan -k pla:logic just after misII. Paul B. Cohen Massachusetts Microelectronics Center (508) 870-0312 paul@m2c.org