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2 years ago

Typical way of loading runtime to Arm core (HPS)

Hi, I'm wondering what is the typical way to load runtime executable to FPGA once I build host and device by oneAPI. I followed Agilex™ 7 FPGA I-Series Development Kit (2x R-Tile and 1x F-Tile) t...
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2 years ago

Hi Kevin Xu,

By mentioning "You can usually get the ASP from your board vendor, or it can be generated by following this guide", does it mean I can skip generating BSP/ASP myself if I am able to get those support packages from, as you suggested, the board vendor?

Now the guidance on ofs.github.io seems pretty scary to me. I spent two days without figuring out where should I start with. Each step seems to have a bunch of prerequisits and assumptions. I think those steps might be too much before I can run a simple line of 'helloWorld' and become the first-day learner of oneAPI.

If I can somehow get the well-crafted BSP/ASP, does it mean I can start with something like 'aocl install <BSP_root_folder>'? That will make my life much easier. Thanks!

Best,

Runlong

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2 years ago

Hi Runlong,

I can work on getting a BSP/ASP for the I-serial Devkit. But i want to mention:

  1. It's not going to work with the ARM host you mentioned, only with an x86 host.
  2. Even if we can generate a BSP/ASP that supports ARM core, the oneAPI runtime still won't work on ARM.
  3. If running with ARM is a hard requirement, the only way I can think of is to export your oneAPI design as an RTL IP, and connect it to the HPS ARM core in Quartus Platform Designer.

Thanks,

-Kevin

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    2 years ago

    Hi Kevin,

    Thank you so much for your time and effort. Yes, using ARM host is NOT a strong requirements for me at this point. I mentioned the ARM core just because I related it to my other project experience in the past. In the end, I will follow what oneAPI workflow expects me to do. I really appreciate that you can help me with BSP/ASP for I-series Devkit.

    Thanks,

    Runlong

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      2 years ago

      Hi Runlong,

      I was unable to local a pre-build BSP/ASP for the I-Series devkit. The best I can find is a pre build FIM for this devkit:

      Go to https://github.com/OFS/ofs-agx7-pcie-attach/releases/tag/ofs-2024.1-1, and download iseries-1x400-images_ofs-2024-1-1.tar.gz

      This FIM should allows you to skip section 2.2 entirely, and it is the most time consuming steps in the process of creating BSP/ASP.

      Let me know if you need any help generating BSP/ASP.

      Thanks,

      -Kevin

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        2 years ago

        Hi Kevin,

        Thank you for providing the resources. I will try to generate BSP/ASP based on the FIM and let you know if there are other problems.

        Best regards,

        Runlong