This page is intended to summarize key details related to Xilinx baremetal software for both hardened peripherals within Versal, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Zynq-7000 AP SoC, and embedded soft IP cores. Users who wish for higher overview of the Xilinx Baremetal solution can find it in our GIT on the Baremetal Documentation page.

Note: Linux-specific driver details can be found on our Linux Drivers page.

Baremetal Driver Information

Unless otherwise noted, all standalone drivers included within AMD Xilinx Vitis/SDK are found at: C:\Xilinx\Vitis\202x.y\data\embeddedsw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\drivers (when default installation paths are used on a Windows host).
These drivers can also be found on the Xilinx GIT at: https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw including the Doxygen generated documentation listed below.

Users of AMD Xilinx Baremetal Drivers must note the following:

AMD Xilinx Baremetal Drivers are independent of OS/RTOS and processors. They are intended to be highly portable. Users can have adapter layer(s) on top of the relevant driver(s) which will:
- Encapsulate OS and processor dependencies.
- Handle threads, semaphores/mutual exclusion.
- Handle dynamic memory management (if any), threads and/or mutual exclusion, cache policies/maintenance.
AMD Xilinx Baremetal Drivers do not initialize and setup interrupt controllers. For interrupt-based usage users must initialize the interrupt controller in the adapter layer.

AMD Xilinx Baremetal Drivers and libraries do not handle watchdog timers. For watchdog timer-based use cases users must refresh the same in the adapter layer.

Driver Information

IP Name	Class	Driver Name	Platform	Driver wiki page	Documentation (Doxygen Generated)	Comments
AXI central dma controller	DMA	axicdma	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI CDMA Standalone Driver	axicdma
AXI dma	DMA	axidma	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI DMA Standalone Driver	axidma
AXI MCDMA	DMA	mcdma	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	AXI MCDMA Standalone Driver	mcdma
AXI ethernet subsystem	Networking	axiethernet	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI Ethernet Standalone Driver	axiethernet
XXV Ethernet, USXGMII	Networking	xxvethernet	ZynqMP	XXV Ethernet Standalone Driver	xxvethernet
AXI PCIexpress core	PCIe	axipcie	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	To be updated	axipcie
AXI performance monitor	Monitor	axipmon	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI PMON standalone driver	axipmon
Versal Performance Monitor	Performance monitor	pmonpsv	Versal	Pmonpsv Performance Monitor standalone	pmonpsv
AXI video dma	DMA	axivdma	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI VDMA Standalone Driver	axivdma
AXI i2c	I2C	iic	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI-I2C standalone driver	axii2c
Block ram controller	Memory	bram	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	BRAM Standalone driver	axibram
Emaclite	Networking	emaclite	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	Emaclite Standalone Driver	emaclite
AXI gpio controller	I/O	gpio	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI gpio standalone driver	gpio
IO module	I/O	iomodule	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	Iomodule Standalone driver	iomodule
AXI streaming fifo	FIFO	llfifo	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	FIFO Standalone Driver	llfifo
Mutex	IPC	mutex	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	Mutex Standalone Driver	mutex
Mailbox	IPC	mbox	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	Mailbox Standalone Driver	mbox
AXI watchdog timer	Timer	wdttb	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI Watchdog Timer standalone driver	wdttb
AXI usb	Usb	usb	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	AXI USB Standalone Driver	usb
AXI uart lite	Serial	uartlite	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI UART Lite standalone driver	uartlite
AXI uart 16550	Serial	uartns	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	AXI UART 16550 standalone driver	uartns550
Axi traffic generator	Performance	trafgen	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	Axi traffic generator standalone driver	trafgen
Test pattern generator	Performance	tpg	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	To be updated	tpg
Axi timer and counter	Timer	tmrctr	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze, Versal	AXI TIMER Standalone Driver	tmrctr
AXI TFT controller	IO	axitft	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	TFT standalone driver	tft
Serial RapidIO	IO	srio	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	To be updated	srio
Zynq scu watchdog timer	Timer	scuwdt	Zynq	SCU Watchdog Standalone driver	scuwdt
Zynq scu timer	Timer	scutimer	Zynq	SCUTIMER Standalone Driver	scutimer
Memory Interface Generator	Memory	mig_7series	MicroBlaze	To be updated	mig_7series
Controller area network	Networking	can	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	CAN standalone driver	can
Zynq and Zynq MPSoC controller area network	Networking	canps	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC	CAN PS Standalone Driver	canps
CANFD	Networking	canfd	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC,, Versal	canfd standalone Driver	canfd
GPIO controller	I/O	gpiops	Zynq, UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	Gpio-PS standalone driver	gpiops
RTC	Clock	rtcpsu	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	RTC standalone driver	rtcpsu
Watchdog timer	Timer	wdtps	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC	Watchdog Timer standalone driver	wdtps
Arasan nand controller	Nand	nandpsu	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC	Nandpsu standalone driver	nandpsu
Pl353 nand controller	Nand	nandps	Zynq	Nandps standalone driver	nandps
Pl330 dma controller	DMA	dmaps	Zynq	PL330 standalone driver	dmaps
ZDMA controller	DMA	zdma	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	ZynqMP/Versal DMA Standalone driver	zdma
CSU dma	DMA	csudma	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	CSUDMA standalone driver	csudma
USB 2.0 Synopsys DRD controller	Usb	usbps	Zynq	Zynq standalone usb device driver	usbps
USB 3.0 Synopsys DRD controller	Usb	usbpsu	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	ZynqMp usb stadalone driver	usbpsu
Gigabit Ethernet MAC	Networking	emacps	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	Ethernet standalone driver	emacps
AXI Quad SPI	SPI	spi	Zynq,Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, MicroBlaze	Axi-QuadSPI	spi
GQSPI controller	SPI	qspipsu	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	Qspipsu standalone driver	qspipsu
Cadence spi controller	SPI	spips	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	Spips Standalone driver	spips
QSPI controller	QSPI	qspips	Zynq	Qspips standalone driver	qspi
Cadence uart controller	Serial	uartps	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC	UART standalone driver	uartps
Cadence iicps controller	I2C	iicps	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	I2CPS standalone driver	i2cps
Arasan SD 3.0 host controller	SD	sdps	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	SDPS standalone driver	sdps
Arasan SD 2.0 host controller	SD	sdps	Zynq	Zynq SD standalone driver	sdps
Triple-timer counter	Timer	ttcps	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	TTC standalone driver	ttcps
Interrupt controller	GIC	scugic	Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Versal	GIC standalone driver	gic
Sysmonpsu controller	Sysmon	sysmonpsu	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC	Sysmonpsu standalone driver	sysmonpsu
XADC controller	ADC	xadc	Zynq	XADC standalone driver	xadc
Zynq MPSoc DisplayPort Controller	DisplayPort Controller	dppsu	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC	ZynqMp DisplayPort Subsystem	dppsu
Zynq MPSoc Video Pipeline	Video	avbuf

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