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This privdes just enough firmware to load Linux. The loader is linked to run from the aliased BRAM address. This means you should configure your SoC with BRAM (ie, don't pass --no_bram). It can load a raw kernel (vmlinux.bin) or a wrapper that embeds the device tree (dtbImage.microwatt). The printf comes from https://github.com/mpredfearn/simple-printf 1. Build Linux for microwatt objcopy -O binary microwatt/vmlinux vmlinux.bin 2. Build a dtb 3. Set MW_DEBUG to point to a copy of mw_debug and type `make load` to load the loader into BRAM. 4. Press 'RESET' 5. Follow the instructions: Microwatt Loader (Jun 22 2020 16:44:59 Load binaries into SDRAM and select option to start: vmlinux.bin and dtb: mw_debug -b jtag stop load vmlinux.bin load microwatt.dtb 0x1000000 start press 'l' to start' dtbImage.microwatt: mw_debug -b jtag stop load dtbImage.microwatt 0x500000 start press 'w' to start' Flash: To boot a binary from flash, write it to 0000000000300000 press 'f' to start' If you want to test other software, such as MicroPython, you can also load it to the start of SDRAM and the loader will jump to it with 'l'. Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au> |
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README.md
Microwatt
A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008. It aims to be simple and easy to understand.
Simulation using ghdl
You can try out Microwatt/Micropython without hardware by using the ghdl simulator. If you want to build directly for a hardware target board, see below.
- Build micropython. If you aren't building on a ppc64le box you will need a cross compiler. If it isn't available on your distro grab the powerpc64le-power8 toolchain from https://toolchains.bootlin.com. You may need to set the CROSS_COMPILE environment variable to the prefix used for your cross compilers. The default is powerpc64le-linux-gnu-.
git clone https://github.com/micropython/micropython.git
cd micropython
cd ports/powerpc
make -j$(nproc)
cd ../../../
A prebuilt micropython image is also available in the micropython/ directory.
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Microwatt uses ghdl for simulation. Either install this from your distro or build it. Microwatt requires ghdl to be built with the LLVM or gcc backend, which not all distros do (Fedora does, Debian/Ubuntu appears not to). ghdl with the LLVM backend is likely easier to build.
If building ghdl from scratch is too much for you, the microwatt Makefile supports using Docker or Podman.
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Next build microwatt:
git clone https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt
cd microwatt
make
To build using Docker:
make DOCKER=1
and to build using Podman:
make PODMAN=1
- Link in the micropython image:
ln -s ../micropython/ports/powerpc/build/firmware.bin main_ram.bin
Or if you were using the pre-built image:
ln -s micropython/firmware.bin main_ram.bin
- Now run microwatt, sending debug output to /dev/null:
./core_tb > /dev/null
Synthesis on Xilinx FPGAs using Vivado
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Install Vivado (I'm using the free 2019.1 webpack edition).
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Setup Vivado paths:
source /opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2019.1/settings64.sh
- Install FuseSoC:
pip3 install --user -U fusesoc
Fedora users can get FuseSoC package via
sudo dnf copr enable sharkcz/danny
sudo dnf install fusesoc
- Create a working directory and point FuseSoC at microwatt:
mkdir microwatt-fusesoc
cd microwatt-fusesoc
fusesoc library add microwatt /path/to/microwatt/
- Build using FuseSoC. For hello world (Replace nexys_video with your FPGA board such as --target=arty_a7-100):
fusesoc run --target=nexys_video microwatt --memory_size=16384 --ram_init_file=/path/to/microwatt/fpga/hello_world.hex
You should then be able to see output via the serial port of the board (/dev/ttyUSB1, 115200 for example assuming standard clock speeds). There is a know bug where initial output may not be sent - try the reset (not programming button) on your board if you don't see anything.
- To build micropython (currently requires 1MB of BRAM eg an Artix-7 A200):
fusesoc run --target=nexys_video microwatt
Testing
- A simple test suite containing random execution test cases and a couple of micropython test cases can be run with:
make -j$(nproc) check
Issues
This is functional, but very simple. We still have quite a lot to do:
- There are a few instructions still to be implemented
- Need to add caches and bypassing (in progress)
- Need to add supervisor state (in progress)