Importing a Hardware Configuration - 2023.1 English

PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide (UG1144)

Document ID
UG1144
Release Date
2023-05-16
Version
2023.1 English

Steps to import hardware configuration are:

  1. Change into the directory of your PetaLinux project.
    cd <plnx-proj-root>
  2. Import the hardware description with petalinux-config command using the following steps:
    • Using path of the directory containing the .xsa file:
      petalinux-config --get-hw-description <PATH-TO-XSA Directory>
    Or
    • Using the XSA file path as follows:

      When you have multiple XSA files in a specified folder petalinux-config gives you an error. To avoid these kind of errors you can provide complete XSA file path as follows:

      petalinux-config --get-hw-description <PATH-TO-XSA-FILE>
    Note: Changing the XSA file in the <PATH-TO-XSA directory> later gives an INFO: Seems like your hardware design:<PATH-TO-XSA Directory>/system.xsa has changed warning for all subsequent executions of the petalinux-config/petalinux-build commands. This means that your XSA has changed. To use the latest XSA, run petalinux-config --get-hw-description again.
  3. This launches the top system configuration menu. When the petalinux-config --get-hw-description command runs for the PetaLinux project, the tool detects the changes in the imported hardware design and launches the menu.
Figure 1. System Configuration Menu

Ensure DTG Settings > (template) MACHINE_NAME is selected and use the option as follows:

  • Keep the BSP setting as AUTO when using a Xilinx evaluation board with the default BSP/hardware project. The DTG machine configuration is automatically determined based on the specific design you use.
  • For the custom board, keep the default value.
  • For customized hardware design implemented on a Xilinx evaluation board, use the values in the following table.
Table 1. BSP and Machine Names
BSP Machine
ZCU102 zcu102-rev1.0
ZCU104 zcu104-revc
ZCU106 zcu106-reva
ZCU111 zcu111-reva
ZCU1275 zcu1275-revb
ZCU1285 zcu1285-reva
ZCU216 zcu216-reva
ZCU208 zcu208-reva
ZCU670 zcu670-revb
ZCU208-SDFEC zcu208-reva
ZCU100 zcu100-revc
ZC702 zc702
ZC706 zc706
ZEDBOARD zedboard
AC701 ac701-full
KC705 kc705-full
KCU105 kcu105
VCU118 vcu118-rev2.0
SP701 sp701-rev1.0
VCK190 versal-vck190-reva-x-ebm-01-reva
VPK120 versal-vpk120-reva
VMK180 versal-vmk180-reva-x-ebm-01-reva
VPK180 versal-vpk180-reva

Ensure Subsystem AUTO Hardware Settings is selected, and go into the menu which is similar to the following:

Figure 2. Subsystem AUTO Hardware Settings

The Subsystem AUTO Hardware Settings → menu allows customizing system wide hardware settings. You have a choice to select the processor, memory bank, serial console, flash etc.

This step can take a few minutes to complete because the tool parses the hardware description file for hardware information required to update the device tree, PetaLinux U-Boot configuration files (only for MicroBlaze) and the kernel config files(only for MicroBlaze) based on the “Auto Config Settings --->” and “Subsystem AUTO Hardware Settings --->” settings.

Note: For more details on the Auto Config Settings menu, see the Auto Config Settings.