Xilinx Kria KV260 User Manual

Chapter 4
Software Getting Started
To get started with the KV260 Starter Kit, prior to powering, boong the board, and running your
rst applicaon, you need to follow the instrucons on the Geng Started with Kria KV260 Vision
AI Starter Kit pages to download and write the Xilinx SOM Starter Linux image to a
microSD card. The webpage guides you to power on the KV260, boot Linux, and run a number of
pre-built accelerated applicaons to start evaluaon of the capabilies on the plaorm.
Platform Management Utility
The following secon outlines the plaorm management ulity called xmutil that is included in
the SOM Linux image to help you congure and work with the SOM. The table provides a list and
descripon of the funcons available from Xilinx. You should use the -h or help funcons with
each ulity to get detailed use instrucons. Using sudo is required with many of the xmutil
funcons.
Table 4: SOM Utility Functions
Utility Function Description
xmutil boardid Reads all board EEPROM contents. Prints information summary to command line interface.
xmutil bootfw_status Reads primary boot device information. Prints A/B status information, image IDs, and
checksums to command line interface.
xmutil bootfw_update Tool for updating the primary boot device with a new boot image in the inactive partition.
xmutil getpkgs Queries Xilinx package feeds and provides a summary to the debug interface of relevant
packages for the active platform based on board ID information.
xmutil listapps Queries on the target hardware resource manager daemon of pre-built applications that
are available on the platform and provides a summary to the debug interface.
xmutil loadapp Loads the integrated HW+SW application inclusive of the bitstream, and starts the
corresponding pre-built application software executable.
xmutil unloadapp Removes accelerated application inclusive of unloading its bitstream.
xmutil platformstats Reads and prints a summary of the following performance related information: CPU
frequency, RAM usage, temperature, and power information.
xmutil ddrqos Utility for changing configuration of PS DDR quality of service (QoS) settings. Initial
implementation focuses on PS DDR memory controller traffic class configuration.
xmutil axiqos Utility for changing configuration of PS/PL AXI interface quality of service (QoS) settings.
Initial implementation focuses on AXI port read/write priority configurations.
Chapter 4: Software Getting Started
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Brand	Xilinx
Model	Kria KV260
Category	Controller
Language	English