Zynq UltraScale MPSoC Base TRD 2016.3 - Design Module 3


Zynq UltraScale MPSoC Base TRD 2016.3 - Design Module 3


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Design Overview


This module demonstrates:
  • Boot RPU1 only
    • RPU1 OS: Bare-metal
  • Bare-metal performance monitor application
    • Read PS APM counters to measure DDR throughput and prints to UART1





Design Components


This module requires the following components:
  • pmu_fw
  • petalinux_bsp
    • zynqmp_fsbl
  • perfapm-ctl + perfapm



Build Flow Tutorials


PMU Firmware


Please refer to design module 1 - PMU firmware for instructions or skip this step if you have built the PMU firmware in a previous module.

Perfapm-ctl Application


  • Create a new XSDK workspace.

    % cd $TRD_HOME/rpu1/perfapm-server
    % xsdk -workspace . &&
  • Click 'Import Project' from the welcome screen, browse to the current working directory and make sure the perfapm, perfapm_bsp, perfapm-ctl and zcua02_base_trd_wrapper_hw_platform_0 projects are selected. Click Finish.
  • Right-click on the perfapm-ctl project and select 'Build Project'.
  • Copy the generated perfapm-ctl executable into the PetaLinux BSP.

    % cp perfapm-ctl/Debug/perfapm-ctl.elf $TRD_HOME/apu/petalinux_bsp/images/linux

PetaLinux BSP


This tutorial shows how to build the first stage bootloader (FSBL) and boot image using the PetaLinux build tool.

  • The petalinux-config step can be skipped if this was already done in a previous module.

    % cd $TRD_HOME/apu/petalinux_bsp
    % petalinux-config --get-hw-description=./hw-description --oldconfig
  • Build the FSBL. This step can be skipped if this was already done in a previous module.

    petalinux-build -c bootloader
  • Create a boot image

    % cd images/linux
    % petalinux-package --boot --bif=dm3.bif --force
  • Copy the generated boot image to the dm3 SD card directory

    % mkdir -p $TRD_HOME/images/dm3
    % cp BOOT.BIN $TRD_HOME/images/dm3

Run Flow Tutorial


  • See here for board setup instructions.
  • Copy all the files from the $TRD_HOME/images/dm3 SD card directory to a FAT formatted SD card.
  • Power on the board to boot the images; make sure all power rail LEDs are lit green.
  • The user can now see FSBL and PMU-firmware prints on UART-0 and prints from baremetal Perfapm-ctl application can be viewed on UART-1 which is shown in the following picture:

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