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# E-mail support : mailto:alliance-support@asim.lip6.fr
# ftp site : ftp://ftp-asim.lip6.fr/pub/alliance/
#
# $Id: FAQ,v 1.2 2000/01/20 18:17:01 czo Exp $
# $Id: FAQ,v 1.3 2000/01/24 17:46:51 czo Exp $
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Question 10: How can I get a complete paper documentation ?
Question 11: What are the supported file formats ?
Question 12: How can I get in touch with the ALLIANCE team ?
Question 13: How can I get Alliance ?
Question 1: What is ALLIANCE ?
------------------------------
Alliance is a free VLSI CAD System.
You can read a general description of the ALLIANCE tools and libraries
by printing the PostScript files overview.ps located in the doc
directory:
in share/doc/overview.pdf or by printing the PostScript file overview.ps
located in the doc directory:
> lpr share/doc/overview.ps
@ -45,27 +45,30 @@ Question 2: What is ALLIANCE general copyright policy ?
"Alliance VLSI CAD System" is free Software.
Unlike versions of Alliance up to 3.1 that where released
including sources, version 3.2 and up will not be available
with the source code.
Source is however still available, but only upon request to
alliance-support@lip6.fr. The release of the source is now
subject to a non disclosure agreement.
Alliance is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License
GPL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html). Please read the files
COPYING-2.0 and COPYING.LIB-2.0
You are welcome to use the software package even for commercial
designs whithout any fee. You are just required to mention :
"Designed with Alliance CAD system"
designs without any fee. You are just required to mention :
" Designed with Alliance CAD system,
Copyright (C) 1991, 2000 Université Pierre et Marie Curie"
> more LICENCE
Question 3: How to install ALLIANCE ?
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You can compile the sources or use precompiled binary package.
Binary packcages are available for :
- i386 Linux_elf
- i386 Linux
- sparc SunOS 4.1.1
- sparc Solaris 5.5.1
- sparc Solaris 5.7
- i386 FreeBSD 3.3
- i386 Windows NT/95
To install Alliance follow the steps written in README
> more README
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Question 4: How to get started ?
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You can find 3 separate tutorials in the tutorials directory:
(Read overview.ps)
You can find 4 separate tutorials in the tutorials directory:
(Please read overview.ps before)
WARNING : These tutorials are not fully working and must be modified to
work with Alliance 4.0 (especially the dlx), but we have
decided to release them even though they are not fully
functionnal. They will be upgraded as soon as we have time.
1/ ADDACCU
The design of a very simple chip (adder/accumulator) to get started
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>cd tutorials/fitpath
4/ DlxM
A complete tutorial based on the design of the 32 bit microprocessor DLX.
>cd tutorials/dlxm
Question 5: What are the differences with the previous releases ?
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2) cell libraries
-----------------
> man sclib # standard cells library
> man sxlib # new standard cells library (multi layer/overcell routing)
> man sclib # old standard cells library
> man dplib # data path cells library
> man fplib # data path cells library
> man padlib # pad library
@ -214,9 +229,9 @@ The actual conversion is performed by the s2r tool:
If you want to parameterize the S2R tool to a new target technology,
you must write a technology file. The method is described in the
postscript file doc/misc/process_mapping.ps
postscript file doc/process_mapping.ps (also available in pdf)
> lpr doc/misc/process_mapping.ps
> lpr doc/process_mapping.ps
Question 10: How can I get a complete paper documentation ?
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Question 12: How can I get in touch with the ALLIANCE team ?
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Look at the Alliance support Web pages
at http://www-asim.lip6.fr/alliance/support
Web:
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at http://www-asim.lip6.fr/alliance/support/
You may get ALLIANCE by two distinct means:
E-mail:
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mailto:alliance-support@asim.lip6.fr
1) by anonymous FTP at ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/lip6/softs/alliance/
Postal Mail:
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Alliance Support
Couloir 55-65, 2ème étage
ASIM / LIP6
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
4, Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05,
France
2) by sending a blank tape (we can write DC 600A 60 MBytes,
DC 6150 150 MBytes and ExaByte 8mm 2,3 GBytes) or a ZIP 100
or blank CD-ROM with your complete affiliation to the
following address:
Fax:
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+33 1 44 27 72 80
Laboratoire ASIM/LIP6
Tour 55-65, 2eme etage
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
4, Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05,
France
Fax : 33 1 44 27 62 86
Home page : http://www-asim.lip6.fr/alliance/support
E-mail support : mailto:alliance-support@asim.lip6.fr
ftp sites : ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/lip6/softs/alliance/ (faster mirror site)
: ftp://asim.lip6.fr/pub/alliance/ (primary site)
Question 13: How can I get Alliance ?
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You can get Alliance via anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp-asim.lip6.fr/pub/alliance/
or by HTTP
http://www-asim.lip6.fr/pub/alliance/
If you can not access to Internet you can also send us a blank CD-ROM
or ZIP100. We will copy it for you.
Alliance Support
Couloir 55-65, 2ème étage
ASIM / LIP6
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
4, Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05,
France
# EOF