ovs-hw

An open source implementation of open vswitch hardware engine

Supported FPGA board

• NetFPGA-1G
  • we don't use NetFPGA frameworks. please see here how to bypass it.
• Lattice ECP3 Versa Development Kit

Directory Structure

/cores/              -- Cores library, with Verilog sources, test benches and documentation.
/boards/             -- Difrrent boards supported
/boards/netfpga      -- NetFPGA-1G
/boards/ecp3versa    -- Lattice ECP3 Versa Development Kit

Development software

NetFPGA-1G

• Xilinx ISE 10.1SP3

Lattice ECP3 Verse

• Lattice Diamond

Simulation tool on Mac and Linux

• Icarus Verilog -- brew install icarus-verilog
• GPL Cver -- brew install gplcver
• GTKWave -- brew install gtkwave
• Verilator -- brew install verilator

Quickstart (Simulation and FPGA configuration)

lint

$ brew install verilator
$ make lint

testbench

$ brew install icarus-verilog gplcver gtkwave
$ make test

build

$ make bit

load

$ make load