Following is a guide to install necessary tools forRISC-V Hackathon.
Though, we can build the toolchain from source or use the pre-build toolchain. But don't require customize fancy features of the toolchain for application. The following command suffice. Run it to install the toolchain.
sudo apt-get install gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf
An HDL Simulator is required that can simulate Verilog (or System Verilog designs). We have the following options.
Run the following commands to install Icarus Verilog and GTK wave to view the waveform.
sudo aptget install iverilog
sudo aptget install gtkwave
Run the following command to install Verilator.
sudo apt-get install verilator
Modelsim Setup Lite Edition will be provided on the spot. Refer the guide to install the Modelsim on Linux.
The setup for Vivado will also be available on the spot. But we need to have the following packages installed before the installation of Vivado.
sudo apt-get install libncurses5
sudo apt-get install libtinfo5
After installation of Vivado, source the settings64.sh to bashrc to run Vivado from anywhere using commandline by just typing vivado on CLI.
RISCOF is the standard RISC-V Compliance testing framework. Run the following commands to install RISCOF.
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install -y python3-setuptools
pip3 install git+https://github.com/riscv/riscof.git
SAIL-riscv is the Golden reference model for RISC-V architecture. The pre-build binaries for SAIL model is given in the repo. Run the following commands to setup the model.
sudo mkdir opt/sail-riscv
sudo tar -xzf $sail-riscv.tar.gz -C opt/sail-riscv
Add the following line to the bashrc.
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/sail-riscv
Run either of the following commands to check whether the sail model is setup correctly.
riscv_sim_RV32