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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Mutiboot DVD
by himanshu lad 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Hi guys I have been trying to create multiboot DVD with FEL 32 and 64 bit versions on the same disk. I have googled a lot.The instuctions given there work fine for Ubuntu and knoppix but not for Fedora discs. The init file in initrd0.img doesnot seem to make sense to me,can anyone help *WARNING: Cannot find root file system?* *** **Create symlink /dev/root and then exit this shell to continue the boot sequence.** **bash: ** * ** ** The directory structure of dvd is /boot->isolinux->isolinux.bin /boot->isolinux->isolinux.cfg /boot->FEL_10_32->(isolinux directory contents of original iso) /FEL_10_32->LiveOS I have attached the iso linux configuration file Thanks Himanshu Lad **

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Re: [Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Fedora Project, give me 20 Million Euros or Free EDA software
by Chitlesh GOORAH 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

Hello there, for some reason the mailing list automatically discarded this email from Svilen. I'm forwarding it. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <fedora-electronic-lab-list-bounces(a)redhat.com> Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:33 PM Subject: [Bulk] Auto-discard notification To: fedora-electronic-lab-list-owner(a)redhat.com The attached message has been automatically discarded. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Svilen <krustev.svilen(a)googlemail.com> To: fedora-electronic-lab-list(a)redhat.com Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:32:00 +0000 Subject: Re: [Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Fedora Project, give me 20 Million Euros or Free EDA software Hi Lads, Although in this community I'm involved with quite different things (layout), it happens that recent 8 years I do front end digital design for living. I'm sorry Chitlesh, about how do you feel, but I'm sure that after some time you'll realize that actually "they" are probably right. I'll give you a bit different look to the problem. Sorry for the long post... First about SytemVerilog. I'm an enthusiast myself since Accelera days and I'm actively using and promoting this language in the companies I was (and am) working for. Today the current language standard (IEEE 1800-2005) is not fully covered by any tool. As far as I know the biggest 3 EDA vendors don't even claim that it will happen soon. Something more - there are quite few designers which are using all aspects of the language. To be honest - the SystemVeriog enthusiasts as general are quite few. There are thousands of reasons for this, but I'll give you only a couple of very simple ones. The language has over than 240 keywords. The simulators are still quite buggy and are interpreting the standard at their discretion. Using the language today is like stepping on a thin ice - you don't know which tool in the design chain will tell you that " ... feature is not supported". Transferring the code between simulators is actually not feasible. And this is more than 4 years after the IEEE standard. An updated one is due this year which will replace also the "traditional" (IEEE 1364-2005) Verilog. The longer I use SystemVerilog - the more I'm convinced that the only reason I'm doing it - it's because currently there is nothing better. One can argue about VHDL, but that's completely different story, so let's keep it simple. My feeling is that at least for the moment the idea failed to deliver the promises. One thing is clear though - a billion $$ market is open and a serious fight is going on. Verification platforms like OVM and VMM are simply a bait for the big fish. I can bet that if an open source SystemVerilog simulator was existing or was about to pop-up in the near feature the VMM and OVM licenses would have been quite different. EDA companies are not to be underestimated and especially their marketing departments. They know very well what's the state of the open source EDA tools, although they won't admit it easily. So - the bottom line is that it's very doubtful how the open source EDA community will benefit from taking aboard VMM or OVM. This is not our fight at the end of the day!? And we should not take side there. Think about it - this thing will make their bait to look more juicy, they will most likely put it into their fliers, they will get contributions and resources from the community (packaging and maybe more) in return for what? That's what I call a free beer and we all believe Fedora is not about it. SystemVerilog introduces the object oriented approach (classes) and this is probably the biggest addition to the language - its software side . It has nothing to do with the design itself. That's pure verification. This obviously is valid for OVM and VMM. I know the EDA companies claim that they invested millions in the development of their verification platforms and that's probably true. They keep an army of verification engineers. The question in my mind however is - does it worth the money? For them probably it does - they will take them back from the simulator licenses. Let's put the question in open source prospective though. IF a simulator was available is it feasible to develop a SystemVerilog open source verification library? I would say - yes. It is! Not one. There will be a plenty of them. It appears that the important point is the simulator. This is the real value. OVM is not part of the cake. It is not the icing of the cake either. It is not even the cherry on the cake. It is the box actually, just one of them. One can argue that it looks nice, but it tastes like cardboard. Looking for closer parallels - see how GNU initiative started. With C compiler. Then and only then the entire variety of libraries and tools were ported. These days you can get a nice simulator even from Microsoft - for free. But that's only today, when GCC became a standard. And now the next question - is it feasible to develop an open source SystemVerilog simulator in the near feature? I'm sorry to say - but it seems not. Not soon. Too little resources for a too big task. I'll be happy if somebody proves me wrong. SystemVerilog is in fashion these days, but it doesn't mean that a lot of people love it. It claims to be a language for design and verification. To achieve this it mixes two completely different concepts - hardware description and software. The design guys are using the former one, the verification chaps - the latter. The language makes these two concepts to look the same syntactically, but very often it only confuses people (and verification engineers start to thing that they know how to design :) ). At the end of the day you can paint a pumpkin to look like a watermelon, but you'll certainly be surprised when you crack it open. It reminds me the story with the DEC machines in seventies or say the story of PL/1 language in sixties. They had the ambition to be everything, to be universal. The result in both cases was the same - they are history now. I'm not saying this will be the same, I'm just saying - it looks similar to me. Why not try a different approach then? Why not try to benefit from the vast resources already existing in the open source community and find a different way? Something rather closer to SystemC? I have some heretic thoughts about this and will be happy to discuss them if somebody is interested. Regards Svilen P.S. Chitlesh, it is not a failure. It might have been if you succeeded. Sometimes before you learn how to do things you have to learn how not to do them. Keep up the good work. Chitlesh GOORAH wrote: > > Hello there, > > Before reading the mail, be brave people read this blog post first, > especially people from FESCo: > http://www.edn.com/blog/920000692/post/1290038929.html > > Do comment on that blog post. Afterwards you read my email. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I found it sad that I have to write this email today. Well, it is part > of my contribution to both opensource software and opensource EDA > software communities. > > The subject of this email is "Fedora Project, give me 20 Million Euros > or Free Software" ! Unfortunately, I'm not kidding and even 20 Million > Euros is not enough. > > Well, let's get to the point ! > > -- Abstract > ---------------------------------------------- > > I wish to maintain a package called OVM. This package is opensourced > by the two giant EDA Vendors : Cadence and Mentor Graphics, under the > Apache 2.0 license. > However, since there is no opensource tool to use OVM, FESCo has > freezed its entry. > > Since when opensource software is more important than opensource content ? > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474980 > > -- About OVM: Open Verification Methodology > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The OVM is based on the IEEE 1800 SystemVerilog standard and supports > design and verification engineers developing advanced verification > environments that offer higher levels of integration and portability > of Verification IP. The methodology is non-vendor specific and is > interoperable with multiple languages and simulators. The OVM is fully > open, and includes a robust class library and source code that is > available for download. > > -- Explanation of the "Don't kill OpenSource EDA software and its community" cry > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > About 90% of the opensource software you can use it as a replacement > of another proprietary software. However in the EDA industry this is > not true. There is NO EDA software (whether proprietary or opensource) > that can replace another. If someone tells you the contrary, export > him/her to planet Mars on the spot. NO EDA software is used by users > as the rpm is provided. For each project, you will need to tweak the > software as a user. That's one of the reasons why frontend digital > designers like Tcl and Perl. > > Unlike the rest of the opensource SOFTWARE packagers, my users have NO > interest in opensource EDA design tools if in the end they can't > produce hardware with them!! > > Why ? > > I have 2 types of users ! the students and the hardware amateurs. > But these are not the ones I'm fighting for ! I'm fighting to seduce > the right people to encourage mass Fedora deployment with EDA tools. > These "right" people are lecturers and EDA engineers. You have noticed > that I didn't mention "analog/digital" engineers yet. > > Lecturers will _find_ the right tools for the students so that they > can market themselves when looking for a job. > EDA engineers will be _contacted_ by big vendors to help him choose > the right tool for his/her "analog/digital" engineers. Some EDA > engineers will even be invited for several expensive hotels/dinners. > > While the opensource software community talks about how they are proud > of AIGLX, fedora, OOo, Amarok, KDE4,..., I am sad to say that I can > not say the same for Open Hardware. > > With Fedora Electronic Lab, we do not only attracted users with > respect to opensource EDA tools, but FEL contributors are heavily > divided into the following communities: > - opensource software : by shipping free EDA tools > - open Hardware : by targeting these persons > > I will only consider that WE were successful with FEL if open Hardware > projects/companies HAVE USED opensource EDA tools to design their > hardware. This is a goal. A goal to reach and show what we can > achieved with opensource software. > I'm not talking about ghdl being used to simulate OpenSparc T2 for > example, I'm talking about completing the whole Open Hardware project > to Silicon. Amateurs/home made pcbs is simple. > > Bridging these two communities, give us(Fedora)[#1] extra > responsibilities, which we are currently the opensource Leader in EDA > deployment. These responsibilities include maintaining the health of > the opensource EDA software community and encourage continuous > deployment. Unlike the opensource Linux ECO system, the EDA world is > dictated by: > - research and development in silicon. > - infinite number of standards. > - various quality-class proprietary EDA tools are available for free download > - .... > > Among the industry standards, OVM IEEE 1800 SystemVerilog standard is > under an acceptable license for Fedora's inclusion. As you have surely > guessed the ODF standard was not made standard by some cheap geeks. It > costs money, time and development strategy. We (opensource community) > have nothing such thing to create a standard for electronics! We don't > currently have an opensource simulator for SystemVerilog. Now imagine > OOo without ODF support. Will the opensource software community dump > the ODF initiative ? We don't have human resources[2] to just pop a > simulator tool for systemverilog out of the blue. > > Growing Numbers of SV users: > http://theasicguy.com/2009/01/27/dvcon-survey-results-what-do-they-mean/ > > You have certainly heard couple thousands layoffs in the semiconductor > industry this month. Companies are taking drastic measures to cut > expenses, I believe FEL will be attractive for them. Unlike the normal > fedora user, these companies will do mass fedora deployments from the > Note[1]. > http://edablog.com/2009/01/12/edac-mss-q32008/ > > VMM also suffers the same issue. > > --- Additional notes: > > [#1] > I referred "us(Fedora)[#1]" because I strongly believe Fedora IS THE > ONLY ANSWER for the opensource EDA community. > Sorry, users from non-Fedora-based distribution should seriously > change their professional career if they are doing ASIC design. > Why ? : Electronic Design Automation Consortium has established EDA > Industry OS Roadmap guidelines for which platforms EDA vendors and > customers should target for design starts. > http://www.edac.org/industry_roadmap.jsp#roadmap > For Linux Users, you have RHEL and SLES. Please don't get excited > Linux was attractive because Vista failed to impress the EDA market. > If Windows 7 prove otherwise, EDA Vendors will provide less Linux > support. While these are proprietary software, they are the only way > to program their hardware devices. Take for example, you buy a > development FPGA kit from Altera or Xilinx, you can only program your > FPGA will their free tools on windows. It is free and users don't need > to care about its source code as they can have good support from their > vendors. > > Hence, I have shown you how my users will think and how easy we can > lose linux users. I'm not talking about helping proprietary software, > but avoid dumping software that have been opensourced and are still > being maintained. > > [#2]. > human resources[2] : Unlike a normal software, electronic simulation > tools should be mature. Because the hardware being developed are the > one you will find in your brand new cars, airplanes, in various > medical devices. Since these are life critical applications, the > designer will not want a 2-week developed simulator. That is why I'm > saying that I don't think we will see a simulator so soon. According > to FESCo, no simulator -> no entry. Hence I see, no OVM entry before > the next five years and I will have to inform the opensource EDA > community that either the major opensource EDA Leader has discarded > the appreciation of this opensource content and initiative. > > --- Conclusion > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Have a look around you further than fedora. Have a global view on the > Linux communities. > > Answer the following questions: > - Who is the one focussing on electronics for the best electronic user > experience ? > Hint : compare Ngspice release and LTSpice release ! > - Why is that one giving better solutions and user experience ? > - Has OS user experience being more important than electronic design > experience ? > > - Can you bear that you have deliberately giving up Open content ? > > > Unlike OOo which tends to give OS user experience by replacing > Microsoft Office. For FEL, I don't have replacement of 70% of the > proprietary tools. If you are shutting down the doors on OVM, you are > also claiming fedora is not promoting open content, but only OS user > experience ? I would recommend FESCo to cancel/revisit each Feature > wiki page proposal as they provide more than OS user experience. Also > have a look at the EDA community promoting our Fedora everywhere: > http://jamespurser.com.au/blog/Open_Source_Startup_Group_-_An_Update > google for more. > > Iverilog (which to me had more chance to provide SystemVerilog support > quickly) are focussing on Verilog-AMS which is also very important. > Mixed signal is all around now. The opensource EDA community don't > have that human resources. The 20 Million Euros is about balancing the > losses of that OVM was turned down. > > perl-Verilog currently under the Fedora umbrella has incorporated some > extra systemverilog support. This new release will hit fedora mirrors > today. > > I am not attacking anyone. I'm just reflecting the current reality. If > Fedora is not an answer for opensource EDA software, the opensource > community > You will laugh about this : > > Give me an example of a software that is free in windows but need a > license on Linux. > It is the case in Electronics. > > Help me find an answer to: > "What are the verification solutions Fedora provide ?" > > What can opensource software community answer when EDA vendors give > away their software for free ? > http://www.eeproductcenter.com/embedded/brief/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=… > > I'm going to sleep with failure in my mind. > Good night. > > A mature opensource EDA software costs at least 20 Million Euros. > Don't dump opensource CONTENT! > > PS: in Belgium today, we have carried out meteorological measurements > with Hardware designed under Fedora. > > Kind regards, > Chitlesh > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-electronic-lab-list mailing list > Fedora-electronic-lab-list(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-electronic-lab-list >

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Fedora Project, give me 20 Million Euros or Free EDA software
by Chitlesh GOORAH 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hello there, Before reading the mail, be brave people read this blog post first, especially people from FESCo: http://www.edn.com/blog/920000692/post/1290038929.html Do comment on that blog post. Afterwards you read my email. ------------------------------------------------------------- I found it sad that I have to write this email today. Well, it is part of my contribution to both opensource software and opensource EDA software communities. The subject of this email is "Fedora Project, give me 20 Million Euros or Free Software" ! Unfortunately, I'm not kidding and even 20 Million Euros is not enough. Well, let's get to the point ! -- Abstract ---------------------------------------------- I wish to maintain a package called OVM. This package is opensourced by the two giant EDA Vendors : Cadence and Mentor Graphics, under the Apache 2.0 license. However, since there is no opensource tool to use OVM, FESCo has freezed its entry. Since when opensource software is more important than opensource content ? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474980 -- About OVM: Open Verification Methodology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The OVM is based on the IEEE 1800 SystemVerilog standard and supports design and verification engineers developing advanced verification environments that offer higher levels of integration and portability of Verification IP. The methodology is non-vendor specific and is interoperable with multiple languages and simulators. The OVM is fully open, and includes a robust class library and source code that is available for download. -- Explanation of the "Don't kill OpenSource EDA software and its community" cry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About 90% of the opensource software you can use it as a replacement of another proprietary software. However in the EDA industry this is not true. There is NO EDA software (whether proprietary or opensource) that can replace another. If someone tells you the contrary, export him/her to planet Mars on the spot. NO EDA software is used by users as the rpm is provided. For each project, you will need to tweak the software as a user. That's one of the reasons why frontend digital designers like Tcl and Perl. Unlike the rest of the opensource SOFTWARE packagers, my users have NO interest in opensource EDA design tools if in the end they can't produce hardware with them!! Why ? I have 2 types of users ! the students and the hardware amateurs. But these are not the ones I'm fighting for ! I'm fighting to seduce the right people to encourage mass Fedora deployment with EDA tools. These "right" people are lecturers and EDA engineers. You have noticed that I didn't mention "analog/digital" engineers yet. Lecturers will _find_ the right tools for the students so that they can market themselves when looking for a job. EDA engineers will be _contacted_ by big vendors to help him choose the right tool for his/her "analog/digital" engineers. Some EDA engineers will even be invited for several expensive hotels/dinners. While the opensource software community talks about how they are proud of AIGLX, fedora, OOo, Amarok, KDE4,..., I am sad to say that I can not say the same for Open Hardware. With Fedora Electronic Lab, we do not only attracted users with respect to opensource EDA tools, but FEL contributors are heavily divided into the following communities: - opensource software : by shipping free EDA tools - open Hardware : by targeting these persons I will only consider that WE were successful with FEL if open Hardware projects/companies HAVE USED opensource EDA tools to design their hardware. This is a goal. A goal to reach and show what we can achieved with opensource software. I'm not talking about ghdl being used to simulate OpenSparc T2 for example, I'm talking about completing the whole Open Hardware project to Silicon. Amateurs/home made pcbs is simple. Bridging these two communities, give us(Fedora)[#1] extra responsibilities, which we are currently the opensource Leader in EDA deployment. These responsibilities include maintaining the health of the opensource EDA software community and encourage continuous deployment. Unlike the opensource Linux ECO system, the EDA world is dictated by: - research and development in silicon. - infinite number of standards. - various quality-class proprietary EDA tools are available for free download - .... Among the industry standards, OVM IEEE 1800 SystemVerilog standard is under an acceptable license for Fedora's inclusion. As you have surely guessed the ODF standard was not made standard by some cheap geeks. It costs money, time and development strategy. We (opensource community) have nothing such thing to create a standard for electronics! We don't currently have an opensource simulator for SystemVerilog. Now imagine OOo without ODF support. Will the opensource software community dump the ODF initiative ? We don't have human resources[2] to just pop a simulator tool for systemverilog out of the blue. Growing Numbers of SV users: http://theasicguy.com/2009/01/27/dvcon-survey-results-what-do-they-mean/ You have certainly heard couple thousands layoffs in the semiconductor industry this month. Companies are taking drastic measures to cut expenses, I believe FEL will be attractive for them. Unlike the normal fedora user, these companies will do mass fedora deployments from the Note[1]. http://edablog.com/2009/01/12/edac-mss-q32008/ VMM also suffers the same issue. --- Additional notes: [#1] I referred "us(Fedora)[#1]" because I strongly believe Fedora IS THE ONLY ANSWER for the opensource EDA community. Sorry, users from non-Fedora-based distribution should seriously change their professional career if they are doing ASIC design. Why ? : Electronic Design Automation Consortium has established EDA Industry OS Roadmap guidelines for which platforms EDA vendors and customers should target for design starts. http://www.edac.org/industry_roadmap.jsp#roadmap For Linux Users, you have RHEL and SLES. Please don't get excited Linux was attractive because Vista failed to impress the EDA market. If Windows 7 prove otherwise, EDA Vendors will provide less Linux support. While these are proprietary software, they are the only way to program their hardware devices. Take for example, you buy a development FPGA kit from Altera or Xilinx, you can only program your FPGA will their free tools on windows. It is free and users don't need to care about its source code as they can have good support from their vendors. Hence, I have shown you how my users will think and how easy we can lose linux users. I'm not talking about helping proprietary software, but avoid dumping software that have been opensourced and are still being maintained. [#2]. human resources[2] : Unlike a normal software, electronic simulation tools should be mature. Because the hardware being developed are the one you will find in your brand new cars, airplanes, in various medical devices. Since these are life critical applications, the designer will not want a 2-week developed simulator. That is why I'm saying that I don't think we will see a simulator so soon. According to FESCo, no simulator -> no entry. Hence I see, no OVM entry before the next five years and I will have to inform the opensource EDA community that either the major opensource EDA Leader has discarded the appreciation of this opensource content and initiative. --- Conclusion -------------------------------------------------------------------- Have a look around you further than fedora. Have a global view on the Linux communities. Answer the following questions: - Who is the one focussing on electronics for the best electronic user experience ? Hint : compare Ngspice release and LTSpice release ! - Why is that one giving better solutions and user experience ? - Has OS user experience being more important than electronic design experience ? - Can you bear that you have deliberately giving up Open content ? Unlike OOo which tends to give OS user experience by replacing Microsoft Office. For FEL, I don't have replacement of 70% of the proprietary tools. If you are shutting down the doors on OVM, you are also claiming fedora is not promoting open content, but only OS user experience ? I would recommend FESCo to cancel/revisit each Feature wiki page proposal as they provide more than OS user experience. Also have a look at the EDA community promoting our Fedora everywhere: http://jamespurser.com.au/blog/Open_Source_Startup_Group_-_An_Update google for more. Iverilog (which to me had more chance to provide SystemVerilog support quickly) are focussing on Verilog-AMS which is also very important. Mixed signal is all around now. The opensource EDA community don't have that human resources. The 20 Million Euros is about balancing the losses of that OVM was turned down. perl-Verilog currently under the Fedora umbrella has incorporated some extra systemverilog support. This new release will hit fedora mirrors today. I am not attacking anyone. I'm just reflecting the current reality. If Fedora is not an answer for opensource EDA software, the opensource community You will laugh about this : Give me an example of a software that is free in windows but need a license on Linux. It is the case in Electronics. Help me find an answer to: "What are the verification solutions Fedora provide ?" What can opensource software community answer when EDA vendors give away their software for free ? http://www.eeproductcenter.com/embedded/brief/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=… I'm going to sleep with failure in my mind. Good night. A mature opensource EDA software costs at least 20 Million Euros. Don't dump opensource CONTENT! PS: in Belgium today, we have carried out meteorological measurements with Hardware designed under Fedora. Kind regards, Chitlesh

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Help Appreciated regarding Qt3 -> Qt4 porting
by Aanjhan R 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hi Folks! Please read http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2009/01/help-ktechlab-if-you-can.html and if any of you is interested, please do provide help for the KTechLab team. Thanks. With Best Regards, -- Aanjhan

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Re: [Fedora Electronic Lab] #3: Hi please provide direct download(not using torrent)
by Chitlesh GOORAH 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:39 PM, himanshu lad wrote: > Hi > > Thanks . > How can I contribute to FOSS (I suppose it means Free and Open Source > Software).I am Electronics student with good c/c++ skills, and signal > processing(DSP) knowledge. > > OPENFREAK Hello "OPENFREAK" Try to use you real name :) I'm CC: the Fedora Eletronic Lab mailing list and I'm inviting you to join this mailing list and use it to discuss opensource EDA tools. http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-electronic-lab-list Actually about DSP, I have bookmarked this url since a few months now http://open.neurostechnology.com/node/1020 I would like to include it into fedora if its license allows. Can you spare some time review this DSP Compiler from TI ? I would like to know how it can be used and what is currently missing in fedora to maximise user experience to use this compiler. DSP design tools are something we lack in FEL, it would be nice to have someone to improve this unfortunate situation :). Kind regards, Chitlesh

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Re: [Alliance-users] error while loading shared libraries
by Chitlesh GOORAH 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hello there, I have just checked out your website http://siliconinterfaces.com/home.htm I would like first to welcome your initiative towards opensource solutions. You will find my comments inline. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:07 AM, marcus escobosa wrote: > I have had problems like that also. There are a number of older libraries > that you need to be compatible with Alliance. Graham's website has a list > of addons needed for Ubuntu. I took the easy way out and used Centos 5. I > has also used Fedora 3. I tried Fedora 5, but it has library issues like > yours. Fedora Electronic Lab is working hard to ease opensource design tools deployment. We are providing for free and anyone can download, Graham's standard cells, alliance and many more design tools. Work has done to avoid those installation difficulties you have encountered. http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/FEL > I like Centos 5 because it has old libraries needed by Alliance, plus new > libraries needed by other tools from OpenCircuitDesign (Magic, PCB, etc.). > For me, it was a good balance between old and new. > > -Marcus We are also working on providing these design tools for free again on the EPEL repository for the Entreprise class Linux distributions such as Centos and RHEL. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL I would also invite you to have a look at "Toped VLSI Layout Editor". There are feedbacks from many users who deployed Toped for their companies. Kind regards, Chitlesh Goorah

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Competitive Advantage vs. Collaborative Advantage
by Chitlesh GOORAH 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

FYI: A nice article about Competitive Advantage vs. Collaborative Advantage in the EDA world http://www.edadesignline.com/212901924 Kind regards, Chitlesh

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] About FEL for college..
by mohamedyousuf hasan 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

hello yousuf hasan here from " C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH..VELLORE ..INDIA.. we in our college using open source software for infrastructure services and know recently we all plan to fix a vlsi lab in open source environment and most of tools like Octave for matlab and many other things we plan to migrate to open source environment . plz tell ur comments regrading this and tell me the option to use the fedora lab and how easily can be deploy to my institutions .thank u -- V MOHAMED YOUSUF HASAN +919894059077

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Congratulations
by James Colgan 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hello Chitlesh, Well done in getting your Booth up and running. I will send out an announcement to the community at large next week. This can coincide with you inviting your FEL contacts and contributors to get things going. You should think of some topics to put in the forum to encourage dialog. Kind regards, James This email was sent to fedora-electronic-lab-list(a)redhat.com by the Xuropa Online Electronic Design Community (support(a)xuropa.com) on behalf of james(a)xuropa.com (James Colgan). Privacy Policy (copy paste the following url in your browser) http://xuropa.com/emailprivacy.php . Xuropa values your privacy. At no time does Xuropa make your email address available to any other Xuropa Platform user or third party without your express permission. (C) 2008, Xuropa Corporation.

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[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Fedora Project description edited on the Xuropa Online Electronic Design Community
by Xuropa Team 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

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