Bring-Up Tests; Use With The Sdaccel Environment - Xilinx Kintex UltraScale KCU1500 User Manual

The xbsak utility also offers more options and is very useful in bringing up and debugging
a platform.
For more details on the installation and bring-up process of an accelerator device that has
been programmed using the SDx Environments, including more documentation on the
xbsak utility, see the SDx Environments Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing Guide
(UG1238) [Ref 1].

Bring-Up Tests

With the Kintex UltraScale KCU1500 Acceleration development board installed, DSA
programmed, and the xbsak utility indicating compatibility and readiness of the device, it
can be useful to compile and execute bring-up tests that use the SDAccel System Compiler
flow. This process provides the next level of confidence that the platform is compatible and
operational with partial reconfiguration, the SDAccel System Compiler flow and its
implemented kernels, and the software stack.
Provided as source code with build scripts, the set of bring-up tests exercise low-level
functionality of the accelerator device through their implementation as kernels in the
SDAccel System Compiler flow, download as partial bitstreams to the operating platform,
and communication with the host computer.
When compiled and run on the host computer containing the operational Kintex UltraScale
KCU1500 Acceleration development board with programmed DSA, each test will run host
executable code, communicate with the implemented kernel on the accelerator device, and
report a pass/fail status.
See the bring-up test README.txt file, packaged with the reference design, for more
information on building and running the tests.

Use with the SDAccel Environment

When the Kintex UltraScale KCU1500 Acceleration development board with programmed
DSA is proven operational through successful installation and xbask utility outputs, and
when bring-up tests indicate compatibility with the SDAccel System Compiler, the DSA is
ready to be used in the SDAccel Environment with user source code. See the SDAccel
Environment User Guide (UG1023)
(UG1027) [Ref 5]
Kintex UltraScale KCU1500 Acceleration Development Board
UG1234 (v2017.1) June 20, 2017
[Ref 4]
for in-depth documentation on using the SDAccel Environment.
www.xilinx.com
Chapter 6: Install, Bring-Up, and Use
and the SDAccel Environment Optimization Guide
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