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Obtain gateware toolchain path from environment variable #82

Closed kaolpr closed 6 years ago

kaolpr commented 6 years ago

When non-standard path for tool chain is used it is a bit inconvenient to pass it every time, instead it would be nice to have it set in environment.

sbourdeauducq commented 6 years ago

That should probably go to Migen instead.

sbourdeauducq commented 6 years ago

(and remove the existing feature from MiSoC entirely)

kaolpr commented 6 years ago

The only drawback is that implementing it in MiSoC makes it appear in one place and in Migen (at least for current status) it would have to be placed in every vendor's platform class separately.

sbourdeauducq commented 6 years ago

When implementing it outside Migen, it has to appear in every project using Migen...

kaolpr commented 6 years ago

Ok, so let's put it on hold until Migen