ISE/EDK "target pattern contains no `%'"

Grrrrr! Has anyone got ISE 7.1 working with EDK in Windows? Ever seen
this error before?

I installed ISE/EDK per instructions, and got the titular error as soon
as I tried to generate a netlist inside Platform Studio. I assumed it
was something stupid I did/forgot to do, so I followed the tutorial at
<http://direct.xilinx.com/direct/ise7_tutorials/EDK7.1_ML403.pdf>. When
I click OK on the step at page 21 where a netlist is generated, I get
the exact same error:

Xilinx Platform Studio
Xilinx EDK 7.1.2 Build EDK_H.12.5.1
Copyright (c) 1995-2005 Xilinx, Inc.  All rights reserved.

XPS% Evaluating file
c:/xilprj/myproject/project_navigator/__projnav/system.synth.tcl
system.make:171: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop
ERROR:MDT - Error while running "make -f system.make netlist"
No changes to be saved in MSS file
No changes to be saved in XMP file

It's hard to imagine a more vanilla installation than the one I'm
using, it's a WinXP install with everything defaulted. However I have a
spare unused laptop in its box here, with NOTHING but WinXP on it - so
I'm going to while away the hours installing the Xilinx software on
that machine.

By the way, line 171 of system.make is the @mkdir line in the following
stanza:

#################################################################
# BOOTLOOP ELF FILES
#################################################################

$(PPC405_0_BOOTLOOP): $(PPC405_BOOTLOOP)
	@mkdir -p $(BOOTLOOP_DIR)
	cp -f $(PPC405_BOOTLOOP) $(PPC405_0_BOOTLOOP)

Xilinx is well on the way to being my least favorite semiconductor
vendor of all time. Apart from their obnoxious software licensing,
there's a one business day delay in merely signing up for the privilege
of asking a question, let alone actually receiving an answer. And they
apparently never test their development software. I remember hating
Altera's tools when I last used them (I can still see the gray hairs
from that battle every time I look in a mirror), but at least their
tutorials worked!

Anyhow - if anyone has seen this error before (Google found nothing
relevant), hints would be appreciated!

>
> XPS% Evaluating file
> c:/xilprj/myproject/project_navigator/__projnav/system.synth.tcl
> system.make:171: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop
> ERROR:MDT - Error while running "make -f system.make netlist"
> No changes to be saved in MSS file
> No changes to be saved in XMP file
>
> It's hard to imagine a more vanilla installation than the one I'm
> using, it's a WinXP install with everything defaulted. However I have a
> spare unused laptop in its box here, with NOTHING but WinXP on it - so
> I'm going to while away the hours installing the Xilinx software on
> that machine.
>
> By the way, line 171 of system.make is the @mkdir line in the following
> stanza:
>
> #################################################################
> # BOOTLOOP ELF FILES
> #################################################################
>
> $(PPC405_0_BOOTLOOP): $(PPC405_BOOTLOOP)
> 	@mkdir -p $(BOOTLOOP_DIR)
> 	cp -f $(PPC405_BOOTLOOP) $(PPC405_0_BOOTLOOP)

Which version of cygwin and make are you using? If I recall correctly,
the newest version of cygwin make does not allow windows style paths
unless they are in quotes, and EDK has not yet fixed that.

/Siva

Not sure if you got a solution to the issue. Did you mix up Windows and 
Linux by any chance. It typically happens because the system_incl.make 
file has a macro defined called XILINX_EDK_DIR which may not have the 
right value. You might want to delete the *.make file in the EDK project 
directory to make sure they are regenerated.

Amit

zwsdotcom@gmail.com wrote:

>Grrrrr! Has anyone got ISE 7.1 working with EDK in Windows? Ever seen
>this error before?
>
>I installed ISE/EDK per instructions, and got the titular error as soon
>as I tried to generate a netlist inside Platform Studio. I assumed it
>was something stupid I did/forgot to do, so I followed the tutorial at
><http://direct.xilinx.com/direct/ise7_tutorials/EDK7.1_ML403.pdf>. When
>I click OK on the step at page 21 where a netlist is generated, I get
>the exact same error:
>
>Xilinx Platform Studio
>Xilinx EDK 7.1.2 Build EDK_H.12.5.1
>Copyright (c) 1995-2005 Xilinx, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>
>XPS% Evaluating file
>c:/xilprj/myproject/project_navigator/__projnav/system.synth.tcl
>system.make:171: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop
>ERROR:MDT - Error while running "make -f system.make netlist"
>No changes to be saved in MSS file
>No changes to be saved in XMP file
>
>It's hard to imagine a more vanilla installation than the one I'm
>using, it's a WinXP install with everything defaulted. However I have a
>spare unused laptop in its box here, with NOTHING but WinXP on it - so
>I'm going to while away the hours installing the Xilinx software on
>that machine.
>
>By the way, line 171 of system.make is the @mkdir line in the following
>stanza:
>
>#################################################################
># BOOTLOOP ELF FILES
>#################################################################
>
>$(PPC405_0_BOOTLOOP): $(PPC405_BOOTLOOP)
>	@mkdir -p $(BOOTLOOP_DIR)
>	cp -f $(PPC405_BOOTLOOP) $(PPC405_0_BOOTLOOP)
>
>Xilinx is well on the way to being my least favorite semiconductor
>vendor of all time. Apart from their obnoxious software licensing,
>there's a one business day delay in merely signing up for the privilege
>of asking a question, let alone actually receiving an answer. And they
>apparently never test their development software. I remember hating
>Altera's tools when I last used them (I can still see the gray hairs
>from that battle every time I look in a mirror), but at least their
>tutorials worked!
>
>Anyhow - if anyone has seen this error before (Google found nothing
>relevant), hints would be appreciated!
>
>  
>