Chapter 4: Software Getting Started; Platform Management Utility - Xilinx Kria KV260 User Manual

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Software Getting Started

To get started with the KV260 Starter Kit, prior to powering, booting the board, and running your

first application, you need to follow the instructions on the

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pages to download and write the Xilinx SOM Starter Linux image to a

microSD card. The webpage guides you to power on the KV260, boot Linux, and run a number of

pre-built accelerated applications to start evaluation of the capabilities on the platform.

Platform Management Utility

The following section outlines the platform management utility called xmutil that is included in

the SOM Linux image to help you configure and work with the SOM. The table provides a list and

description of the functions available from Xilinx. You should use the -h or help functions with

each utility to get detailed use instructions. Using sudo is required with many of the xmutil

functions.

Table 4: SOM Utility Functions

Utility Function

xmutil boardid

xmutil bootfw_status

xmutil bootfw_update

xmutil getpkgs

xmutil listapps

xmutil loadapp

xmutil unloadapp

xmutil platformstats

xmutil ddrqos

xmutil axiqos

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KV260 Starter Kit

Reads all board EEPROM contents. Prints information summary to command line interface.

Reads primary boot device information. Prints A/B status information, image IDs, and

checksums to command line interface.

Tool for updating the primary boot device with a new boot image in the inactive partition.

Queries Xilinx package feeds and provides a summary to the debug interface of relevant

packages for the active platform based on board ID information.

Queries on the target hardware resource manager daemon of pre-built applications that

are available on the platform and provides a summary to the debug interface.

Loads the integrated HW+SW application inclusive of the bitstream, and starts the

corresponding pre-built application software executable.

Removes accelerated application inclusive of unloading its bitstream.

Reads and prints a summary of the following performance related information: CPU

frequency, RAM usage, temperature, and power information.

Utility for changing configuration of PS DDR quality of service (QoS) settings. Initial

implementation focuses on PS DDR memory controller traffic class configuration.

Utility for changing configuration of PS/PL AXI interface quality of service (QoS) settings.

Initial implementation focuses on AXI port read/write priority configurations.