From a03f7b5058814b1678b23bf6c878e20bf326805b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Mueller <muellerr@irs.uni-stuttgart.de>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 10:51:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added device list issue fix

---
 README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31db554a..7c221c1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ the TCF plugin and downloading the cross-compiler as specified in the section be
   `<XilinxInstallation>\SDK\2018.2\gnu\aarch32\nt\gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi\bin` 
   or set up path each time before debugging.
 
+### Installing on Linux - Device List Issue
+
+When installing on Ubuntu, the installer might get stuck at the `Generating installed device list`
+step. When this happens, you can kill the installation process (might be necessara to kill a process
+twice) and generate this list manually with the following commands, according to 
+[this forum entry](https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Installation-and-Licensing/Vivado-2018-3-Final-Processing-hangs-at-Generating-installed/m-p/972114#M25861).
+
+1. Install the following library
+   ```sh
+   sudo apt install libncurses5
+   ```
+
+2. ```sh 
+   sudo <installRoot>/Vivado/2018.2/bin/vivado -nolog -nojournal -mode batch -source 
+   <installRoot>/.xinstall/Vivado_2018.2/scripts/xlpartinfo.tcl -tclargs 
+   <installRoot>/Vivado/2018.2/data/parts/installed_devices.txt
+   ```
+
 ## Installing toolchain without Vivado
 
 You can download the toolchains for Windows and Linux