Bug#686949: ITP: fpgatools -- A small independent command line FPGA utilities, no GUI plain C, text-based file formats. convert floorplan from/to bitstream.

[Xiangfu Liu <xiangfu@sharism.cc>]

On 09/07/2012 10:25 PM, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> Xiangfu Liu <xiangfu@sharism.cc> writes:
> >    Description     : A small independent command line FPGA utilities, no GUI.
> > plain C, no C++, text-based file formats. convert floorplan from/to
> > bitstream.
>
> Sounds interesting but the description is bit generic. What does this

An introduction is on TODO list. :)  it will be using .c files and libfpga
for implement your design.

The author(wolfgang) is working/testing on xilinx slx9 bitstream.

you can take a look at here first.
  https://github.com/Wolfgang-Spraul/fpgatools

> tool let me to do? Are there still non-free tools needed to program FPGA
> chips? (I assume yes, it'd be good to document these).

No. no needs non-free tools. maybe other free softwares.

Xiangfu