Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) User Guide

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Date 3/12/2021
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction to the Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) 2. Installing the Tools 3. Running the Tools 4. SoC EDS Licensing 5. Arm* Development Studio* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition 6. Boot Tools User Guide 7. Hardware Library 8. Using the HPS Flash Programmer 9. Bare Metal Compilers 10. SD Card Boot Utility 11. Linux* Device Tree Generator 12. Support and Feedback
1. Introduction to the Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) x
1.1. Notice 1.2. Tool Versions 1.3. Differences Between Standard and Professional Editions 1.4. Overview 1.5. Hardware and Software Development Roles 1.6. Hardware – Software Development Flow 1.7. Introduction to the Intel® SoC FPGA EDS Revision History
1.5. Hardware and Software Development Roles x
1.5.1. Hardware Engineer 1.5.2. Bare Metal and RTOS Developer 1.5.3. Linux* Kernel and Driver Developer 1.5.4. Linux* Application Developer
2. Installing the Tools x
2.1. Installation Folders 2.2. Linux 2.3. Windows 2.4. Installing the Intel® SoC FPGA EDS Document Revision History
2.2. Linux x
2.2.1. Installing SoC EDS 2.2.2. Installing Arm* DS* 2.2.3. Installing Linaro* Bare Metal Toolchain
2.3. Windows x
2.3.1. Installing SoC EDS 2.3.2. Installing Arm* DS* 2.3.3. Installing Cygwin 2.3.4. Installing MinGW 2.3.5. Installing Linaro* Bare Metal Toolchain
3. Running the Tools x
3.1. Linux* 3.2. Windows* 3.3. Running the Tools Revision History
4. SoC EDS Licensing x
4.1. Getting the License 4.2. Activating the License 4.3. Intel® SoC FPGA EDS Licensing Revision History
5. Arm* Development Studio* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition x
5.1. Arm* DS* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition Revision History
6. Boot Tools User Guide x
6.1. Introduction 6.2. BSP Generator 6.3. Bootloader Image Tool (mkpimage) 6.4. U-Boot Image Tool (mkimage) 6.5. Building the Bootloader 6.6. Boot Tools User Guide Revision History
6.2. BSP Generator x
6.2.1. BSP Generation Flow 6.2.2. BSP Generator Graphical User Interface 6.2.3. BSP Generator Command Line Interface 6.2.4. BSP Files and Folders 6.2.5. BSP Settings
6.2.1. BSP Generation Flow x
6.2.1.1. Cyclone® V SoC and Arria® V SoC Flow 6.2.1.2. Intel® Arria® 10 SoC Flow
6.2.3. BSP Generator Command Line Interface x
6.2.3.1. bsp-create-settings
6.3. Bootloader Image Tool (mkpimage) x
6.3.1. Operation 6.3.2. Header File Format 6.3.3. Tool Usage 6.3.4. Output Image Layout
6.3.4. Output Image Layout x
6.3.4.1. Base Address 6.3.4.2. Size 6.3.4.3. Address Alignment 6.3.4.4. Padding
6.3.4.3. Address Alignment x
6.3.4.3.1. NAND Flash 6.3.4.3.2. Serial NOR Flash 6.3.4.3.3. SD/MMC
6.4. U-Boot Image Tool (mkimage) x
6.4.1. Tool Options 6.4.2. Usage Examples
6.5. Building the Bootloader x
6.5.1. Building the Cyclone® V SoC and Arria® V SoC Preloader 6.5.2. Building the Intel® Arria® 10 SoC Bootloader 6.5.3. Building the Intel® Stratix® 10 SoC and Intel® Agilex™ Devices
7. Hardware Library x
7.1. Feature Description 7.2. Hardware Library Reference Documentation 7.3. System Memory Map 7.4. Hardware Library Revision History
7.1. Feature Description x
7.1.1. SoC Abstraction Layer (SoCAL) 7.1.2. HW Manager
8. Using the HPS Flash Programmer x
8.1. HPS Flash Programmer Command-Line Utility 8.2. How the HPS Flash Programmer Works 8.3. Using the Flash Programmer from the Command Line 8.4. Supported Memory Devices 8.5. HPS Flash Programmer User Guide Revision History
8.3. Using the Flash Programmer from the Command Line x
8.3.1. HPS Flash Programmer 8.3.2. HPS Flash Programmer Command Line Examples
9. Bare Metal Compilers x
9.1. Arm* Bare Metal Compilers 9.2. Linaro* GCC Compiler 9.3. Bare Metal Compilers Revision History
10. SD Card Boot Utility x
10.1. Usage Scenarios 10.2. Tool Options 10.3. SD Card Boot Utility Revision History
11. Linux* Device Tree Generator x
11.1. Linux* Device Tree Generator Revision History
12. Support and Feedback x
12.1. Support and Feedback Revision History
1. Introduction to the Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS)
2. Installing the Tools
3. Running the Tools
4. SoC EDS Licensing
5. Arm* Development Studio* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition
6. Boot Tools User Guide
7. Hardware Library
8. Using the HPS Flash Programmer
9. Bare Metal Compilers
10. SD Card Boot Utility
11. Linux* Device Tree Generator
12. Support and Feedback

1.5. Hardware and Software Development Roles

Depending on your role in hardware or software development, you need a different subset of the SoC EDS toolkit. The following table lists some typical engineering development roles and indicates the tools that each role typically requires.

For more information about each of these tools, refer to the Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite page.

Table 2.   Hardware and Software Development Roles This table lists typical tool usage, but your actual requirements depend on your specific project and organization.

Tool

Hardware Engineer

Bare Metal Developer

RTOS Developer

Linux* Kernel and Driver Developer

Linux* Application Developer

Arm* DS* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition Debugging

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Arm* DS* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition Tracing

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Arm* DS* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition Cross Triggering

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Hardware Libraries

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Second Stage Bootloader Generator

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Flash Programmer

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Bare Metal Compiler

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Linux* Device Tree Generator

Note: This tool is obsolete. For more information, refer to section Linux Device Tree Generator.
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Hardware Engineer
Bare Metal and RTOS Developer
Linux Kernel and Driver Developer
Linux Application Developer

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