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Libmetal and OpenAMP User Guide (UG1186)

Document ID
UG1186
Release Date
2026-06-24
Version
2026.1 English
Table 1. Field Comparison
Field OpenAMP (host) OpenAMP (remote) libmetal (host) libmetal (remote)
compatible (domain) openamp,domain-v1 openamp,domain-v1 openamp,domain-v1 openamp,domain-v1
os,type linux zephyr or freertos linux baremetal
Relation compatible openamp,remoteproc-v2 + openamp,rpmsg-v1 openamp,rpmsg-v1 libmetal,ipc-v1 libmetal,ipc-v1
Direction field remote: <name> host: <name> remote: <name> host: <name>
elfload In remoteproc-relation -- -- In libmetal-relation
carveouts vrings + buffer vrings + buffer UIO desc + data UIO desc + data
mbox host-to-remote IPI remote-to-host IPI host-to-remote IPI remote-to-host IPI
timer -- -- TTC label TTC label
xlnx,ddr-boot -- true for R52 -- false or omit
sram -- DDR boot + TCMs -- ELF region + TCMs
Firmware loading Linux loads firmware at runtime with remoteproc -- PLM loads firmware at power-on through BOOT.BIN --
Default RPU core RPU0 -- RPU1 --