MAD Format Specification - 2021.2 English

Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Embedded Software Development (UG1400)

Document ID

UG1400

Release Date

2021-12-15

Version

2021.2 English

The MAD format specification involves the MAD file format specification and the Tcl file format specification.

The MAD file format specification describes the parameters using a sample MAD file and its corresponding Tcl file.

The following example shows a MAD file for a sample application called my_application.

 option psf_version = 2.1;

option is a keyword identified by the tool. The option name following the option keyword is a directive to the tool to do a specific action.

The psf_version of the MAD file is defined to be 2.1 in this example. This is the only option that can occur before a BEGIN APPLICATION construct .

 BEGIN APPLICATION my_application

The BEGIN APPLICATION construct defines the start of an application named my_application.

 option NAME = myapplication
					option DESCRIPTION = "My custom application"
					END APPLICATION

Note: The application NAME should match the return value of the Tcl process swapp_get_name in the application Tcl file described above.

Each application has a Tcl file associated with the MAD file. This Tcl file has the following sections:

DRC Section: This section contains Tcl routines that validate your hardware and software instances and their configuration needed for the application.
Generation Section: This section contains Tcl routines that generate the application header and C files based on the hardware and software configuration.