This page gives an overview of mailbox bare-metal driver support which is available as part of the Xilinx Vivado.
The source code for the driver is included with the Vitis Unified Software Platform installation, as well as being available in the Xilinx Github repository.
Driver Name | Path in Vitis | Path in Github |
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mutex | <Vitis Install Directory>/data/embedded/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/mutex | https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/master/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/mutex |
The driver source code is organized into different folders. The table below shows the ipipsu driver source organization.
Directory | Description |
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doc | Provides the API and data structure details |
data | Driver .tcl , .mdd and .yaml files |
examples | Example applications that show how to use the driver features |
src | Driver source files, make and cmakelists file |
Note: AMD Xilinx embeddedsw build flow is changed from 2023.2 release to adapt to the new system device tree based flow. For further information, refer to the wiki page Porting embeddedsw components to system device tree (SDT) based flow - Xilinx Wiki - Confluence (atlassian.net).
The .yaml(in data folder) and CMakeLists.txt(in src folder) files are needed for the System Device Tree based flow. The Driver .tcl and .mdd files are for the older build flow which will be deprecated in the future.
For a full list of features supported by this IP, please refer Chapter 73: Octal SPI Controller in Versal TRM
Refer to the driver examples directory for various example applications that exercise the different features of the driver. Each application is linked in the table below. The following sections describe the usage and expected output of the various applications. These example applications can be imported into the Vitis IDE from the Board Support Package settings tab.
Examples Path:
https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw/tree/master/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/mutex/examples
Test Name | Example Source | Description |
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Mutex example | This example attempts to lock the Mutex from the processor identified as 0 to prevent the other processor from getting the lock. |
Expected Output
Xilinx Zynq MP First Stage Boot Loader Release 2021.1 May 4 2021 - 08:06:56 PMU-FW is not running, certain applications may not be supported. PMU Firmware 2021.1 May 4 2021 08:06:56 PMU_ROM Version: xpbr-v8.1.0-0 MutexExample : Starts. MutexExample : Successfully ran Mutex tapp Example MutexExample : Ends. |