Device Monitor Usage - 2020.2 English

Vitis Guidance Messaging (UG1315)

Document ID
UG1315
Release Date
2020-11-24
Version
2020.2 English

Description

This rule checks whether device monitors with trace on are used during the run.

Explanation

The device monitors IP are inserted when the kernel is complied and linked with -profile switches. These features also need to be enabled during runtime in the xrt.ini. Look at the profiling and optimization for a list of supported switches.

Solution

The user is missing the runtime switches in xrt.ini to enable the trace capture by device monitors.