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This is not a trivial task, as the code for processes written in software running on a CPU can't simply be copied over in a different syntax. If you're not 100% sure on what the term 'FPGA acceleration' refers to, it's simply the new vocabulary term for accelerating software tasks by parallelizing and offloading them onto FPGA hardware. Xilinx Runtime (XRT) is a key part of what sets Vitis apart from its predecessor XSDK for FPGA acceleration. sudo adduser $USER dialoutįinally, turning our attention to Xilinx specific downloads and installations, I started with XRT.
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sudo dpkg-reconfigure dashįinally, before moving on to the actual Xilinx installation, install all packages listed in Table 2 of UG1144 on pages 10-11 using apt-get or your package manager of choice.Īs the last bit of Ubuntu system prep, add your local user to the dial out group if you haven't already so Vivado and Vitis can access the computer's USB ports. Again using the package management system, dpkg, reconfigure the host system shell from dash to bash. Ubuntu's default shell is dash, but PetaLinux requires bash. sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd stop sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd start Stop and restart the host machine's extended internet services for these changes to take effect. sudo mkdir /tftpboot sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot Give the directory the appropriate permissions and give ownership to the same user specified in the TFTP service. to copy to the target during its boot up. Then add the following: service tftp Ĭreate the directory for the TFTP service to pull files from such as the boot image file (BOOT.bin), kernel, device tree file, etc. In the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory create the following file by opening your text editor of choice: sudo nano /etc/xinetd.d/tftp PetaLinux also needs a TFTP server setup and service running so that it can support TFTP booting on the target system if you choose so in any of your designs. This is done using the package management system, dpkg: sudo dpkg -add-architecture i386 Many of the libraries and tools PetaLinux has dependencies on in the host machine have 32-bit libraries, thus the 32-bit architecture i386 needs to be added to the host to compile them. īefore downloading anything from Xilinx's website, there are some dependencies required by Vivado/Vitis/PetaLinux that need to be installed beforehand. To get started, double-check that your system meets all of the minimum requirements for Vitis here, and PetaLinux here. Also, if you didn't catch that, git is one of the very first packages that install on a fresh Linux image on my new machines.
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However, I recommend keeping your projects backed up by committing to a repository like Github at all times (this is a good practice regardless) and just doing a full uninstall+reinstall if you run into any issues. From the digging I’ve done and in my own experience, the differences between Ubuntu versions 18.04.02 and 18.04.03 are minimal enough that there is a fairly good chance that your installation of Vivado/Vitis/PetaLinux will be stable. I first have to preface this blog with that as of right now, Xilinx only supports up to Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS for Vivado, Vitis, and PetaLinux version 2019.2 while Ubuntu is currently on release 18.04.03. Ubuntu is my current host operating system of choice as I have found it is the most friendly Linux distribution to all of the software I use on a regular basis (which is the best way I'd recommend choosing a flavor of Linux). Xilinx's IDEs are usually my first install on a new machine since they are my heaviest use software tools. This is actually what got me started writing blogs a couple of years ago, to document IDE install steps so that I didn't have to think about it when I needed to do it again in the future.
While I love new hardware just as much as the next person, I quickly tire of trying to remember all of the little gotcha settings for my various IDE installs. A new year means new installs! I was long overdue for a computer upgrade, so figured that would be my kickoff for the new decade.
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