Compile using v++ (Unified Compiler) - 2024.1 English

AMD provides a standalone command line utility v++ -c --mode aie to compile the AI Engine graph and generate the libadf.a file for use in simulation, emulation, and hardware flows. The AMD Vitis™ Unified IDE uses the v++ -c --mode aie command line to compile the AI Engine graph code for either x86simulator or aiesimulator based on the target of the compilation process.

The v++ -c --mode aie command takes the graph, platform or part, and compiler options as inputs which can be either specified directly as part of the command or in a config file. In addition, thev++ -c --mode aie command supports AI Engine partitions and independent compilation and linking of ADF graphs into disjoint partitions.

The contents of a configuration file can vary, but the sample aiecompiler.cfg file shown below uses the following commands.

include=<VITIS_INSTALL_PATH>/Vitis/2024.1/aietools/include
include=./aie
include=./data
include=./aie/kernels
include=./
platform= xilinx_vck190_base_202410_1.xpfm
target=hw

[AIE]
Xelfgen=-j4
workdir=./Work_3
Xmapper=DisableFloorplanning
output-archive=libadf_1.a

The options under the [AIE] section are applicable only to the AI Engine compilation. The following sections describe the v++ -c --mode aie command usage with an example and an insight on different AI Engine compile options which can be used in the configuration file.