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8. Flash the rmware to the Alveo card.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --update
9. To load the new rmware image on the FPGA, cold boot the machine.
10. Run the following command to conrm that the output under the Flashable partition
running on FPGA and Flashable partitions installed in system elds
match.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --scan
11. Validate the card as described in Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up and Validaon.
Downgrade from 2019.1 to 2018.x in Ubuntu
Note: For links to the available shell and XRT revisions, see Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Soware.
To downgrade from the 2019.1 to the 2018.3 or 2018.2 release, perform the following steps.
1. Restore the card to the original manufacturing state by running the following command from
XRT 2019.1.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbutil flash -r
2. Remove the current XRT and shell versions.
$ sudo apt remove xrt
3. Cold reboot the system.
4. Follow the installaon procedures outlined in Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Soware.
Downgrade from 2019.2 to 2018.x in Ubuntu
Note: For links to the available plaorm and XRT revisions, see Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment
Soware.
To downgrade from the 2019.2 to the 2018.3 or 2018.2 release, perform the following steps.
1. Restore the card to the original manufacturing state by running the following command from
XRT 2019.2.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --factory_reset
2. Remove the current XRT and plaorm versions.
$ sudo apt remove xrt
3. Cold reboot the system.
4. Follow the installaon procedures outlined in Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Soware.
Appendix A: Changing XRT and Target Platform Versions
UG1301 (v1.5) June 3, 2020 www.xilinx.com
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