Thank you for choosing the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) as your embedded hardware and software development solution for Virtex(tm)-5, Virtex-4, Virtex-II Pro and Spartan(tm) Series PowerPC(tm) and MicroBlaze(tm) processing systems. Your Xilinx EDK 9.2i software is now available for download!*
The Xilinx EDK software is built from much the same core technology as the industry's favorite FPGA design environment, Xilinx ISE(™). The graphical user interface for EDK, DesignVision Award winning Xilinx Platform Studio(tm)(XPS), is the technology that integrates all the processes from design entry to debug and verification, helping you quickly get started with your embedded designs.
Please be aware that EDK 9.2i requires a valid installation of ISE 9.2i, including ISE Service Pack 2, to function properly.
To download your software update, select the following link and use your Xilinx login to access your personalized Xilinx Electronic Fulfillment (XEF) site:
This release includes the following XPS enhancements: • Higher-performance processing systems due to: o New optimized processor bus infrastructure based on CoreConnect PLB v4.6. o Integration of MultiPort Memory Controller (MPMC3), complete with XPS configuration wizard,to easily configure high-performance memory interfaces. o MicroBlaze version 7, which supports the optional Memory Management Unit (MMU). o Updated processor IP catalog containing 50 new or redesigned IP cores, with IP optimized for new PLB v4.6 interconnect. • Full-access support for Spartan-3A, Spartan-3AN, and Spartan-3A DSP. • 64-bit Linux support. • EDK project file (.xmp) support in ISE. An .xmp file can now be the top-level source file in ISE. • Simpler Clock Generation. • Improved timing on reset signals in embedded design. • Support for 3rd party text editors. • Multi-processor support with mutex and mailbox pcores.
Software Development Kit Improvements
This release includes the following improvements to Platform Studio SDK: • Xilkernel support for run-time memory protection on MicroBlaze using the MMU • 64-bit Linux Support • Support for Remote Debug • Support for Initialization of Debug Session with Data files • Support for Watchpoints • MicroBlaze GNU tools have been upgraded to new versions as follows: o GCC upgraded from 3.4.1 to 4.1.1 o GDB upgraded from 5.3 to 6.5 o Support for new MicroBlaze floating point instructions and MMU instructions o GCC support for DWARF2 debug format
Let's install EDK 9.2i
Before we can start to install EDK 9.2i we should have already installed ISE 9.2i. We must always use the same version of ISE and EDK.
We click on the link EDK 9.2i - Embedded Development Kit (All Platforms) to start the download. The EDK92.zip file is almost 1.5Gb.
Read part 14 for more information about installing EDK.
Running EDK 9.2i
This wizard will help us upgrade the cores and drivers in our project.
We have to go through a number of updates.
Some of the new cores are not compatible with the older versions we are using. We will not update to these new versions.
The software device drivers have also been updated.
After we upgraded everything the ETC_system.mhs and ETC-system.mss files will be modified.
We are are ready to use EDK 9.2
When we start the bitstream generation the following error occurs:
At Local date and time: Wed Nov 7 17:55:10 2007 make -f ETC_system.make bits started... ********************************************* Running Xilinx Implementation tools.. ********************************************* xilperl /home/svenand/cad/edk92i/data/fpga_impl/manage_fastruntime_opt.pl -reduce_fanout no xilperl: error while loading shared libraries: libdb-4.1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory make: *** [__xps/ETC_system_routed] Error 127 Done!
We are missing the libdb-4.1.so library. The easy fix is to link to the libdb-4.2.so library.
