upgrade_ip - 2023.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)
Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2023-10-18
Version
2023.2 English

Upgrade a configurable IP to a later version

Syntax

upgrade_ip [‑srcset <arg>] [‑vlnv <arg>] [‑log <arg>] [‑quiet] [‑verbose]
    <objects>...

Returns

A return code indicating success or failure.

Usage

Name Description
[-srcset] (Optional) Specifies the source file set containing the IP to be upgraded Default: The current source fileset Values: Source set name
[-vlnv] (Optional) Identifies the Catalog IP to which the IP will be upgraded. The VLNV string maps to the IPDEF property on the IP core. This is a strict comparison, and the upgrade will fail if the identified IP does not exist in the Catalog. Default: Latest version of the current IP Values: A string of the form '<vendor>:<library>:<name>:<versio n>'
[-log] (Optional) Identifies the log file to which the IP upgrade report will be concatenated. Default: An empty string, indicating that no log will be written Values: A file path to an existing writable file, or a non-existent file location in a writable directory
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<objects> IP to be upgraded Values: IP instance(s) within the design, as returned by 'get_ips <instance name>' or 'get_bd_cells <cell name>'

Categories

IPFlow

Description

This command upgrades the specified IP cores from an older version to the latest version in the IP catalog.

You can only upgrade IP that explicitly supports upgrading. The UPGRADE_VERSIONS property on the ipdef object indicates if there are upgrade versions for an IP core.

Tip: The upgrade_ip command also accepts Block Design cell IP instances as bd_cell objects. The command upgrades the bd_cell objects within the Block Design, and does not require the diagram to be open in the Vivado™ IP integrator .

Arguments

-srcset <arg> - (Optional) Specifies the source file set to upgrade the IP files in. If not specified, the default source file set is sources_1.

-vlnv <arg> - (Optional) Specify the Vendor:Library:Name:Version attribute of the IP to upgrade from the IP catalog. The VLNV attribute identifies the object in the IP catalog.

-log <arg> - (Optional) Specifies the name of a file to append the IP upgrade information to. By default the upgrade_ip command does not log its activities.

Note: If the path is not specified as part of the file name, the log file will be written into the current project directory.
-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<objects> - (Required) Specifies which IP cores of Block Design cells to upgrade. The IP must be specified as objects returned by the get_ips command.

Important: Do not use the get_ips -all option, as this can result in recursion issues.

Examples

The following example upgrades all IP cores in the current project to the latest version: 

upgrade_ip [get_ips]

See Also