[meta-xilinx] Ultra96 UART

Curran, Tom (EM) Tom.Curran at Avnet.com
Fri Sep 28 14:24:27 PDT 2018


Yes, the user STDIN/STDOUT UART is psu_uart_1 in the image that gets built via meta-xilinx, etc., BUT the UART is mapped out through EMIO to the low speed expansion header:

#HD_GPIO_5 on FPGA / Connector pin 13 / UART1_rxd
set_property PACKAGE_PIN G5 [get_ports UART1_rxd]
#HD_GPIO_4 on FPGA / Connector pin 11 / UART1_txd
set_property PACKAGE_PIN F6 [get_ports UART1_txd]

You can get a look at the hardware platform by installing the posted PetaLinux BSP for the Ultra96 board:
https://www.xilinx.com/member/forms/download/xef.html?filename=xilinx-ultra96-reva-v2018.2-final.bsp

See Xilinx UG1144 for the BSP install instructions:
http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx2018_2/ug1144-petalinux-tools-reference-guide.pdf

To use the Avnet USB UART/JTAG adapter the UART needs to be changed from EMIO to MIO[0:1] in the PSU config of the Vivado design.  Then it should be possible to regenerate the hdf file and drop it in the correct folder and run a new bitbake build.

--Tom


From: meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Manjukumar Harthikote Matha
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:17 AM
To: Tomas Thoresen <tomast at xilinx.com>; simon.goda at doulos.com; meta-xilinx at lists.yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [meta-xilinx] Ultra96 UART

Hi,

Yes it should be psu_uart_1. Please use rel-v2018.3 branches from github.com/xilinx tree, we have verified and it works.
https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-xilinx-tools/blob/rel-v2018.2/classes/xsctyaml.bbclass#L15-L16

You can use repo command to get the release branches
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/How%20to%20build%20images%20through%20yocto

Thanks,
Manju

From: meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org<mailto:meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org> [mailto:meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Thoresen
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 2:04 AM
To: simon.goda at doulos.com<mailto:simon.goda at doulos.com>; meta-xilinx at lists.yoctoproject.org<mailto:meta-xilinx at lists.yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: [meta-xilinx] Ultra96 UART

Hi Simon,

If I’m not mistaking, I believe it uses uart1 instead of uart0...

So, something like this:

YAML_BSP_CONFIG[stdin]="set,psu_uart_1"
YAML_BSP_CONFIG[stdout]="set,psu_uart_1"


Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Tomas

From: meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org<mailto:meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org> [mailto:meta-xilinx-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of simon.goda at doulos.com<mailto:simon.goda at doulos.com>
Sent: 26 September 2018 09:48
To: meta-xilinx at lists.yoctoproject.org<mailto:meta-xilinx at lists.yoctoproject.org>
Subject: [meta-xilinx] Ultra96 UART

Hi

I am trying to get a meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-tools build (using versions Rocko & rel-v2018.2) to boot on an Ultra96 board. Following the various bits of guidance from this list I have successfully built, and have all the files I would expect in tmp/deploy/images/.

The files do not seem to boot - or at least I don't see anything on the serial (via the Avnet serial to USB dongle for the Ultra96).

I have read on another forum (http://zedboard.org/content/j6-serial-port-appears-not-be-working) that the default config of the FSBL for the Ultra96 board does not configure the UART properly and indeed using a 'hacked' boot.bin which has been 'fixed' from that forum entry I can boot the board and see output on the UART.

My questions are:

- Has anyone else successfully booted an Ultra96 using meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-tools?
- If so, did you see anything on the UART? Were any changes made to the FSBL configuration to achieve this?

Any comments or guidance gratefully received!

Thanks & regards
Simon Goda


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