Latest Released Version2012.01.AReleased January 2012 Can be downloaded from http://bluespec.com/forum/download.php?id=169 Minimum Recommended SystemCPU -- 1 GHz Pentium x86 processor (32 bit or 64 bit)RAM -- 512 MB memory for labs, 1 GB memory for design work Disk -- 512 MB free disk space OS -- 32-bit or 64 bit Linux Bluesim has the additional requirement: 32-bit or 64 bit: gcc 3.4 - 4.6 Required Linux libraries: libpthread.so.0 librt.so.1 libstdc++.so.5 libgmp.so.3 The above OS requirements are known to be met by the following Linux distributions: Red Hat Enterprise 4 Red Hat Enterprise 5 Some of the above libraries may not come standard for some distributions and may therefore need to be installed manually. Verilog simulation tool Verilog synthesis tool FlexLM License Server Host Solaris (32-bit only) or Linux Enterprise, (32 or 64 bit) Flex Software included with Bluespec Release. BSV-to-SystemC requirements: 32 bit: gcc 3.4-4.6, SystemC 2.11, 2.2.0 64 bit: gcc 3.4-4.6, SystemC 2.2.0 Development Workstation Graphs requirement: TclDot 2.21 or later build utility requirement: python 2.4 or later Note: the above is the "standard" platform, but the Bluespec tools also work on other Unix-like platforms; please contact us for details if necessary. License Bluespec is licensed using the FlexLM system. To enable the Bluespec environment, you should have received (in a separate email) a license file, which must be installed on the license manager host. The util/flexlm directory contains additional instructions on installing the license manager and license file. Installation InstructionsThe latest release of Bluespec can be downloaded by registered customers who are registered from the Bluespec forums.The downloaded tar file should be uncompressed and unpackaged with tar into your tools directory. The unpacking creates a directory Bluespec-yyyy.mm with the following subdirectories:
Environment VariablesThe bin directory contains the compiler binary bsc which can be executed directly.The environment variable BLUESPECDIR is required, and must be set with the correct path to the lib directory: BLUESPECDIR = /tools/Bluespec-yyyy.mm/lib The environment variable BLUESPEC_HOME is optional, and should be set to the install directory: BLUESPEC_HOME = /tools/Bluespec-yyyy.mm The $BLUESPECDIR/../bin directory must be added to the $path. LicensingInstalling TclDot |
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