This is a early test release of the FreeHDL package. As such, nothing is final yet and everything is bound to be changed. Please tell us everything that you don't like about this package so that we can improve it. You are also allowed to tell us about the things that you do like, of course, so that we don't make them worse. Installation ------------ This package should behave like a regular GNUish package. Generic installation instructions for such a package can be found in the file INSTALL. Right now, there is only enough documentation to get you to run the included example. Further, some additional info about the compiler/simulator (e.g. a list of supported VHDL constructs) can be found in README.v2cc. Pick a suitable place to install this package in. The default is /usr/local. Then run % ./configure --prefix <install-prefix> % make % make install The last step will create some directories below <install-prefix> and will put the created programs and some data files there. However, if you prefer *not* to install the package (currently the simulator is very limited, hence you will not be able to use it for "real" work!) check out README.v2cc for some additional info on how to execute the compiler/simulator. Further, if your computer should run out of memory during compilation run "make CXXFLAGS=-g" instead of just "make". You must make sure that the installed files can be found by your system (otherwise you will only be able to compile an execute models copied to the v2cc subdirectory). That is, the directory <install-prefix>/bin should be on your path and your linker should be able to find libraries in <install-prefix>/lib. We are not yet ready to isolate you from these technicalities. Running the example ------------------- See file "README.v2cc" for some information on how to compile/run the example vhdl models. Where to send bug reports / suggestions / comments -------------------------------------------------- If your report addresses a parser related topics then contact Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>. If it is related to the code generator or compiler then send an email to Edwin Naroska <edwin@ds.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>. If your are not sure send it to Edwin. He will take care of forwarding your report to the appropriate recipient.