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

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Date 2/03/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction to the SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (EDS) 2. Installing the Tools 3. Running the Tools 4. SoC FPGA 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 SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (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 FPGA EDS 2.2.2. Installing Arm* DS* 2.2.3. Installing Linaro* Bare Metal Toolchain
2.3. Windows x
2.3.1. Installing SoC FPGA 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 FPGA 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. 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 Arria® 10 SoC Bootloader 6.5.3. Building the Stratix® 10 SoC and Agilex™ 7 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. Supported Devices 8.2. HPS Flash Programmer Command-Line Utility 8.3. How the HPS Flash Programmer Works 8.4. Using the Flash Programmer from the Command Line 8.5. Supported Memory Devices 8.6. HPS Flash Programmer User Guide Revision History
8.4. Using the Flash Programmer from the Command Line x
8.4.1. HPS Flash Programmer 8.4.2. 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 SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (EDS)
2. Installing the Tools
3. Running the Tools
4. SoC FPGA 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

1.6. Hardware – Software Development Flow

The Altera hardware-to-software handoff utilities allow hardware and software teams to work independently and follow their respective familiar design flows.

Figure 1.  Altera Hardware-to-Software Handoff

The following handoff files are created when the hardware project is compiled:

  • Handoff folder—Contains information about how the HPS component is configured, including things like which peripherals are enabled, the pin MUXing and IOCSR settings, and memory parameters. The handoff folder is used by the second stage bootloader generator to create the preloader.

    For more information about the handoff folder, refer to the BSP Generation Flow section.

  • .svd file—Contains descriptions of the HPS registers and of the soft IP registers on the FPGA side implemented in the FPGA portion of the device. The .svd file contains register descriptions for the HPS peripheral registers and soft IP components in the FPGA portion of the SoC. This file is used by the Arm* DS* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition Debugger to allow you to inspect and modify these registers.
  • .sopcinfo file—Contains a description of the entire system. The SOPC Information (.sopcinfo) file, containing a description of the entire system, is used by the Linux* device tree generator to create the device tree used by the Linux* kernel.
    For more information, refer to the Linux* Device Tree Generator section.
    Note: The soft IP register descriptions are not generated for all soft IP cores.
    Note: For Stratix® 10 SoC and Agilex™ 7 SoC, the handoff information is part of the configuration bitstream, and the bootloader has direct access to it. Because of that there is no need for a Bootloader Generator tool in this case.
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