[Ngspice-devel] NGSPICE + ADMS

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Hi All,
I 'm new to ngspice and I'd like to use it with ADMS in order to 
implement Verilog-AMS models (mostly HICUM and PSP).
I'm currently working on cygwin, (I'd like to use Linux, but other 
software which I need to interface to ngspice are only available on 
windows up to now)

I'm having some compilation issues explained below:
a) when I compile ngspice-rework-17 on Cygwin + external Mingw (see 
INSTALL file comments) the executable is OK. But no "rawfile" is 
produced, and the batch mode does not work. Since this is exactly the 
feature which I need, I had to switch to other comilation options.
b) Whatever I tried, the compilation on Cygwin + internal mingw 
(-mno-cygwin) option produces some errors (shown at the end of this 
message).
    - I have tried the default procedure which didn't worked
    - I have tried to reuse the config.h from option (a) but didn't worked
    - I have been aware of the fact that in some cases, the linker 
strips off the -mno-cygwin option, thus creating errors at link time. 
Therefore I have tried to make a wraper for gcc which forces the option 
-mno-cygwin (this solves some compilation issues for other softwares, eg 
ADMS), but didn't worked with ngspice.
c) I have tried to compile directly on cygwin but didn't worked as well, 
but I can't really confirm since I didn't spent much time on it: my 
final goal is option b (I would like to get rid of cygwin1.dll)

I'm running out of ideas, if somebody can help, I would strongly appreciate.
Basically any workaround should be helpfull, too (I do not neccesarly 
need to have option b working), what I need is to be able to run ngspice 
in batch mode and produce a rawfile.
Note that I need to get SPICE3 compatibility, I can't play on the INPUT 
files (eg adding .save statements), since my input files are produced 
automatically by  proprietary software  I use (eg, Agilent ICCAP for 
parameter extraction).

Many thanks in advance,
Bertrand

errors with Option b (CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin -H"):
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///// MORE WARNINGS HERE /////
....
ngspice.c:42: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
Multiple include guards may be useful for:
../src/include/suffix.h
../src/misc/stringutil.h
/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/getopt.h
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/syslimits.h
. ../config.h
. /usr/include/w32api/windows.h
.. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stdarg.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/windef.h
... /usr/include/w32api/winnt.h
.... /usr/include/w32api/winerror.h
.... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/string.h
..... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/_mingw.h
..... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.... /usr/include/w32api/basetsd.h
.... /usr/include/w32api/pshpack4.h
.... /usr/include/w32api/poppack.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/wincon.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winbase.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/wingdi.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winuser.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winnls.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winver.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winnetwk.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winreg.h
.. /usr/include/w32api/winsvc.h
. /usr/include/w32api/windowsx.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/stdio.h
.. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/sys/types.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/stdlib.h
.. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/assert.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/errno.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/dirent.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/io.h
... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/stdint.h
.... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/signal.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/ctype.h
.. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
. ../src/include/bool.h
winmain.c: In function `MakeArgcArgv':
winmain.c:594: warning: `pC2' might be used uninitialized in this function
Multiple include guards may be useful for:
../config.h
. ../src/include/ngspice.h
.. ../config.h
.. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/limits.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/syslimits.h
.... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/limits.h
..... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/limits.h
...... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/_mingw.h
.. ../src/include/memory.h
... ../src/misc/stringutil.h
.... ../config.h
.. ../src/include/defines.h
.. ../src/include/macros.h
.. ../src/include/bool.h
.. ../src/include/complex.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/math.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/stdio.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stdarg.h
... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/sys/types.h
.... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/stdlib.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/string.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/ctype.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/unistd.h
... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/io.h
.... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/stdint.h
..... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/process.h
... /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/getopt.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/dirent.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/sys/timeb.h
.. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/time.h
... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/stddef.h
.. ../src/include/wstdio.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/setjmp.h
. /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/signal.h
. ../src/include/iferrmsg.h
. ../src/include/ftedefs.h
.. ../src/include/fteparse.h
... ../src/include/cpstd.h
.... ../src/include/wordlist.h
... ../src/include/dvec.h
.... ../src/include/grid.h
... ../src/include/plot.h
... ../src/include/pnode.h
.. ../src/include/fteinp.h
... ../src/include/inpdefs.h
.... ../src/include/ifsim.h
.... ../src/include/gendefs.h
.... ../src/include/inpptree.h
.. ../src/include/fteext.h
... ../config.h
... ../src/include/cpdefs.h
.... ../src/include/cpextern.h
... ../src/include/ftedefs.h
. ../src/include/devdefs.h
.. ../src/include/optdefs.h
.. ../src/include/cktdefs.h
... ../src/include/smpdefs.h
... ../src/include/acdefs.h
.... ../src/include/jobdefs.h
... ../src/include/trcvdefs.h
.... ../src/include/tskdefs.h
... ../src/include/sen2defs.h
... ../src/include/pzdefs.h
... ../src/include/noisedef.h
. spicelib/devices/dev.h
. spicelib/analysis/analysis.h
. misc/ivars.h
. misc/getopt.h
. frontend/resource.h
. frontend/variable.h
. frontend/display.h
.. ../src/include/ftedev.h
.. ../src/include/fteinput.h
... ../src/include/graph.h
. frontend/signal_handler.h
main.c: In function `read_initialisation_file':
main.c:565: warning: unused variable `fp'
Multiple include guards may be useful for:
../src/include/inpptree.h
../src/misc/stringutil.h
/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/include/getopt.h
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3/include/syslimits.h
maths/cmaths/libcmaths.a(cmath2.o)(.text+0xa83): In function `cx_rnd':
/home/Administrateur/devel/ngspice/ng-spice-rework-17/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c:228: 
undefined reference to `_random'
maths/cmaths/libcmaths.a(cmath2.o)(.text+0xb47):/home/Administrateur/devel/ngspice/ng-spice-rework-17/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c:220: 
undefined reference to `_random'
maths/cmaths/libcmaths.a(cmath2.o)(.text+0xb5a):/home/Administrateur/devel/ngspice/ng-spice-rework-17/src/maths/cmaths/cmath2.c:220: 
undefined reference to `_random'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [ngspice.exe] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

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