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+\input{configpres}
+
+\section{Xilinx Zynq}
+
+\title{Xilinx Zynq}
+\maketitle
+
+\subsection{Zynq FPGA/ARM Design}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq FPGA/ARM Design}
+\begin{alertblock}{Processing System (PS)}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore
+\item each core has its own 32KB L1 cache
+\item all cores share a single 512KB L2 cache
+\item snoop control unit (SCU) to maintain L2 cache coherency between cores
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq FPGA/ARM Design}
+\begin{alertblock}{Asymmetric Multi Processing (AMP)}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item private peripheral interrupts (PPI)
+\item separate memory management units (MMU)
+\item private timers
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq FPGA/ARM Design}
+\begin{alertblock}{Programmable Logic (PL)}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item PL configured at boot or at a later time
+\item supports complete or partial reconfiguration
+\item PL configuration data called "bitstream"
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq FPGA/ARM Design}
+\begin{alertblock}{Power Domains}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item PS and PL have separate power domains
+\item PS and/or PL can be shutdown if not needed
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{PS Peripherals}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{PS Peripherals}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item 2x UART
+\item 2x USB (host/gadget/OTG)
+\item 2x I2C
+\item 2x SPI
+\item 2x CAN
+\item 2x ethernet
+\item Quad-SPI
+\item SDIO
+\item watchdog
+\item static memory controller (SMC) (NAND/SRAM/NOR)
+\item GPIO (54 via MIO, 64 inputs (PL->PS) via EMIO, 128 outputs (PS->PL) via EMIO)
+\item PCI Express (only on some devices)
+\item 256KB on-chip memory (OCM)
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{PS-PL Interfaces}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{PS-PL Interfaces}
+\begin{alertblock}{Accelerator Coherency Port (ACP)}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item 64-bit interface to allow PL (master) to access OCM or L2
+\item low-latency
+\item connected directly to SCU, as if it were the CPU
+\item cache coherent
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{PS-PL Interfaces}
+\begin{alertblock}{High Performance (HP)}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item 4x master ports for PL
+\item for DDR and OCM
+\item fifo buffering
+\item configurable to maximize performance/throughput
+\item must be non-cached or flush/invalidate cache
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{PS-PL Interfaces}
+\begin{alertblock}{General Purpose (GP)}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item 2x master ports
+\item 2x slave ports
+\item directly mapped
+\item low performance
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Zynq SoC}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq SoC}
+\begin{figure}[h]
+\centering
+\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{images/zynq_soc.png}
+\end{figure}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Data Movement Comparison}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Data Movement Comparison}
+\begin{figure}[h]
+\centering
+\includegraphics[width=10cm]{images/data_movement_comparison.png}
+\end{figure}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Zynq Boot Process}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+\begin{alertblock}{Boot Devices}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item SD
+\item NAND
+\item QSPI (with optional execute-in-place)
+\item NOR (with optional execute-in-place)
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+\begin{alertblock}{1. Boot ROM}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item determine boot source
+\item load and execute first stage boot loader (FSBL)
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+\begin{alertblock}{2. FSBL}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item setup pin configuration
+\item initialize clocks/RAM
+\item optionally perform any security/validation checks
+\item optionally program FPGA
+\item optionally load data
+\item load and execute boot loader
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+\begin{alertblock}{3. Bootloader}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item optionally program FPGA
+\item optionally load data
+\item load and execute kernel
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+\begin{alertblock}{4. Kernel}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item start up 2nd core
+\item setup memory/process management
+\item initialize hardware
+\item execute userspace environment
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+\begin{alertblock}{5. Userspace}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item optionally program FPGA
+\item optionally trigger more hardware initialization
+\item do something useful
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Boot Process}
+When should what be loaded?
+\begin{alertblock}{Considerations}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item boot time (delayed initialization)
+\item boot device (raw flash management)
+\item modularity (updates)
+\item flexibility (rescue/maintenance/test systems)
+\item complexity (KISS)
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Zynq Development Tools}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Development Tools/Source}
+\begin{alertblock}{Vivado / Vivado HLS / SDK}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item www.xilinx.com
+\item Support - Downloads - Vivado HLx 2016.1
+\item All OS Installer Single-File Download (11.16 GB)
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\begin{alertblock}{Source}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-xilinx
+\item https://github.com/Xilinx/u-boot-xlnx.git
+\item https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx.git
+\item git://github.com/Xilinx/device-tree-xlnx.git
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Development Tools - Vivado}
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item setup zedboard project
+\item setup AXI GPIO IP for PL
+\item export bitstream
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Zynq Development Tools - SDK}
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item program FPGA via JTAG
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{FPGA Programming}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{FPGA Programming}
+The FPGA can be (re)programmed from nearly all boot stages.
+\begin{itemize}
+\item FSBL
+\item U-Boot
+\item Linux Userspace
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Accessing FPGA from ARM}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Accessing FPGA from ARM}
+For bare metal applications, Xilinx provides a rich set of API's and examples for many IP blocks.
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item implement bare metal application that uses AXI GPIO IP in PL
+\item test the application via JTAG
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[containsverbatim]
+\frametitle{Accessing FPGA from ARM}
+Bare metal applications can be loaded and started directly from the FSBL.
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item build FSBL
+\item configure FSBL to program the FPGA and run the test application
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\begin{alertblock}{Boot Image File (BIF)}
+\begin{verbatim}
+the_ROM_image: {
+ [bootloader]fsbl.elf
+ design_gpio_wrapper.bit
+ bare.elf
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Accessing FPGA from ARM}
+For Linux applications, IP blocks are typically available through the appropriate Linux sub-system API's. (Assuming the IP block driver is implemented as a Linux driver.)
+\begin{itemize}
+\item PL modules mapped to memory space
+\item Linux is not even aware that it is programmable hardware
+\end{itemize}
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item configure FSBL to run U-Boot
+\item load/run Linux via U-Boot
+\item access AXI GPIO IP in PL via sysfs
+\item lightshow
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Asymmetric Multi Processing}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Asymmetric Multi Processing}
+The FSBL can be configured to load 2 bare metal applications, one on each core.
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item split bare metal test application into 2 applications
+\item application 1 on core 1, application 2 on core 2
+\item modify application 1 to start application 2
+\item configure FSBL to load both applications
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Asymmetric Multi Processing}
+The FSBL can be configured to load U-Boot on one core and a bare metal application on the other.
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item modify U-Boot/Linux to restrict memory
+\item modify bare metal test application to restrict memory
+\item configure FSBL to run U-Boot and load bare metal application
+\item activate the bare metal application in U-Boot
+\item start the bare metal application from Linux
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Asymmetric Multi Processing}
+Instead of relying on U-Boot to load the kernel, the FSBL can load all components into memory.
+\begin{alertblock}{Demo}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item configure FSBL to load device tree and kernel
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Bare Metal vs. Process Affinity}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Bare Metal vs. Process Affinity}
+\begin{alertblock}{bare metal advantages}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item hardware separation
+\item faster startup time
+\item less reliance on 3rd party software
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\begin{alertblock}{Linux application advantages}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item full operating system features available
+\item rich hardware API available
+\item simplified development/implementation
+\item synchronized shared hardware resources
+\end{itemize}
+\end{alertblock}
+\end{frame}
+
+\input{tailpres}