描述

To extend my code space, I use 3 PLB BRAM controllers contiguously; each connects 128 KB block RAM:

BEGIN plb_bram_if_cntlr

PARAMETER INSTANCE = plb_bram_if_cntlr_1

PARAMETER c_baseaddr = 0xfffa0000

PARAMETER c_highaddr = 0xfffbffff

END

BEGIN plb_bram_if_cntlr

PARAMETER INSTANCE = plb_bram_if_cntlr_2

PARAMETER c_baseaddr = 0xfffc0000

PARAMETER c_highaddr = 0xfffdffff

END

BEGIN plb_bram_if_cntlr

PARAMETER INSTANCE = plb_bram_if_cntlr_3

PARAMETER c_baseaddr = 0xfffe0000

PARAMETER c_highaddr = 0xffffffff

END

However, SimGen fails to make the block RAM initialization. It reports:

"ERROR:Data2MEM:31 - Out of bounds code segment for ram space in 'system_sim.bmm'.

Memory space 'plb_bram_if_cntlr_1_bram' occupies [0xFFFA0000:0xFFFBFFFF]

Code segment #0 occupies [0xFFFA0000:0xFFFC4F57]

ERROR:MDT - Data2Mem generated errors during execution.

ERROR:MDT - Error creating memory initialization files."

解决方案

If every section of the software (data, text, bss, etc.) is smaller than 128 KB, then you can use a linker script. (See (Xilinx Answer 16536) for more information.) Otherwise, you can use the following procedures to work around this issue:

1. In XPS, do a "clean all".

2. From the main menu, click Tools -> Generate bitstream (not "Update bitstream").

3. Write a dummy program that is small enough to be covered by a single block RAM controller, and put it in a separate s/w project (e.g., call it "dummy").

4. Enable "update bitstream" for s/w project "dummy".

5. Generate libraries and compile "dummy".

6. Select Tools ->"Generate simulation HDL files".

7. Under your project directory, copy the "simulation" directory to another directory (e.g., "sim").

8. Hand-edit "simulation/behavioral/system_sim.bmm" to put all the BUS BLOCKs into a single large ADDRESS BLOCK. Remember to change the address range near the top to cover the whole desired range. Remove other ADDRESS BLOCKs.

9. Change the active s/w project to your real application project (e.g., MyApps). Activate "Update bitstream" for MyApps.

10. Compile MyApps.c.

11. Launch a xgywin shell and run the following commands:

cd simulation/behavioral

data2mem -bm system_sim.bmm -bd <absolute_path_to_MyApps_elf>/executable.elf tag plb_bram_if_cntlr_1_bram -u -o u tmpucf.ucf

xilperl <Your_EDK_install_dir>/bin/nt/ucf2vhdl.pl tmpucf.ucf system_init.vhd system system_conf vhdl

NOTE: (plb_bram_if_cntlr_1_bram is the name of the ADDRESS BLOCK in your system_sim.bmm).

12. Copy "simulation/behavioral/system_init.vhd" to "sim/behavioral/system_init.vhd".

13. Launch ModelSim outside XPS. (Do not do this within XPS.)

14. From the ModelSim prompt, type:

cd <your_edk_proj_dir>/sim/behavioral

15. Type:

do system.do

16. From this point, follow the normal simulation procedure.

The idea is to generate all the simulation scripts with a dummy program first, hack "system_sim.bmm" to fool Data2BRAM, then manually run Data2MEM and UCF2VHDL to generate the "system_init.vhd" for your real program.

For more information, please refer to (Xilinx Answer 16536).