Preparing Vitis Platforms - 2023.1 English - UG1553

Vitis Unified IDE and Common Command-Line Reference Manual (UG1553)
Document ID
UG1553
Release Date
2023-07-17
Version
2023.1 English
Vitis applications are required to work with Vitis platforms.

Vitis data center platforms can be downloaded from the Xilinx Download Center. For more information about installing Vitis data center platforms, see Getting Started with Alveo Data Center Accelerator Cards (UG1301). These platforms are installed in the /opt/xilinx/platforms directory.

The Vitis installer installs embedded acceleration base platforms to <Vitis_Install_Path>/base_platforms. From AMD download center and Xilinx github, you can download pre-built platforms or scripts to build platforms for various use cases. The embedded acceleration base platforms can be installed from Vitis installer. You can also create customized embedded platforms.

Vitis IDE searches the following directories for Vitis platforms when launching.
  • <Vitis_Install_Path>/base_platforms
  • /opt/xilinx/platforms
  • $PLATFORM_REPO_PATHS environment variable
In the Vitis IDE, you can review the platforms in the search paths, add more platforms, or remove added platforms. Platform repository paths added in the GUI will be saved in the workspace. You can only remove platforms added by the IDE. Ensure the target platform is in the platform list before creating applications. To prepare Vitis software platforms, do the following:
  1. Use the following command to launch the next generation Vitis IDE.
    source <VITIS_INSTALLATION_PATH>/settings64.sh
vitis -new -w <workspace>
  2. Open the menu Vitis > Platform Repositories. The default platform path /opt/xilinx/platforms and <Vitis_Install_Path>/base_platforms are in the platform repositories by default.
  3. Click the repository name to review the platforms contained in this repository.
  4. Click the add icon to add another repository if your platform is installed in other directories.