Setup and Initialization - Setup and Initialization - 2026.1 English - XD100

[!NOTE] This tutorial has only been tested and verified on a Rev-A VEK385 board. Other board revisions may require different image files or adjustments to these steps.

IMPORTANT: Before beginning the tutorial, ensure you have completed the following:

• Installed AMD Vitis™ 2026.1 software and set PLATFORM_REPO_PATHS to the value <Vitis_tools>/base_platforms.

• Created directory <path-to-design>/yocto_artifacts and set environment variable YOCTO_ARTIFACTS to that path.

• From AMD Embedded Development Framework (EDF) Documentation downloads page package 26.06:

  • Downloaded amd-cortexa78-mali-common_meta-edf-app-sdk, run the script and set path output to <path-to-design>/yocto_artifacts/amd-cortexa78-mali-common_meta-edf-app-sdk/sdk.

  • Downloaded VEK385 OSPI Image and move into <path-to-design>/yocto_artifacts/.

    • For Rev-A board: edf-ospi-versal-2ve-2vm-vek385-multidomain-20260609231841.bin

  • Downloaded amd-cortexa78-mali-common_edf-linux-disk-image (SD wic), unzip and move into <path-to-design>/yocto_artifacts/.

  • Downloaded amd-cortexa78-mali-common_vek385_qemu_prebuilt, unzip and move amd-cortexa78-mali-common_vek385_qemu_prebuilt into <path-to-design>/yocto_artifacts/.

    • For Rev-A board: amd-cortexa78-mali-common_vek385_qemu_prebuilt.tar.gz