Hard Processor System Booting User Guide: Agilex™ 5 SoCs

ID 813762
Date 12/20/2024
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4.1. Overview

The configuration files are created by the Quartus® Prime Programming File Generator, using the following inputs:

  • SOF file resulted from compilation of the hardware project in Quartus® Prime Software
  • HPS First Stage Bootloader (FSBL) hex file resulted from compiling an HPS bootloader
  • Quartus® Prime Firmware, which ends up running on the SDM
Figure 11. Overview of Configuration File Generation

The resulted configuration files contain the following components which are required for configuring the hardware design:

Table 9.  Configuration File Descriptions
Source Component Description

SOF File

HPS IO Configuration Data

Used for configuring HPS IOs including HPS DDR

FPGA IO Configuration Data

Used for configuring FPGA IOs

FPGA Fabric Configuration Data

Used for configuring the FPGA fabric

Handoff Data for SDM Firmware

Used to pass parameters to SDM firmware

Handoff Data for HPS FSBL

Used to pass parameter to HPS FSBL

Quartus® Prime

SDM Firmware

Located at the beginning of configuration bitstream and can be executed as part of the configuration.

Your HPS Software

HPS FSBL

First software ran on HPS after SDM takes it out of reset