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Embedded Linux
Hands-on Tutorial -- ZedBoard

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Revision: Mar. 12, 2013
This Embedded Linux Hands-on Tutorial for the ZedBoard will provide step-by-step instructions for
customizing your hardware, compiling the Linux Kernel and writing driver and user applications. This
documentation intends to integrate knowledge and skills in FPGA logic circuit design, standalone
software programming, and Linux operating system and software development, and apply them to the
ZedBoard.
In this tutorial, we will start from the ZedBoard Linux Hardware Design (available on the ZedBoard
product page of the Digilent website). The system architecture for the ZedBoard Linux Hardware
Design is shown in Figure 1.
In the ZedBoard Linux Hardware Design, we connect UART1 to USB-UART, SD0 to the SD Card
Slot, USB0 to the USB-OTG port, Enet0 to the Giga-bit Ethernet Port, and Quad SPI to the on-board
QSPI Flash. These cores are hard IPs inside the Processing System (PS) and connect to on-board
peripherals via Multiplexed I/O (MIO) pins. The use of PS GPIO is a little bit more complicated. We
connect the lower bits of PS GPIO via MIOs to Button 8, 9, LED 9, and Pmod JE, while the higher bits
of PS-GPIO are connected via Extended MIOs (EMIO) to 5 push buttons, 8 LEDs, 8 slide switches,
Pmods JA to JD, and the on-board OLED module. In the Programmable Logic (PL), we have an HDMI
Tx Controller, VDMA, SPDIF, and IIC IP cores to talk to the ADV7511 HDMI Transmitter Chip and I2S
and IIC IP Cores for ADAU1761 Audio Codec. More details of the hardware design can be found in
the documentation inside the ZedBoard Linux Hardware Design package.
USB-UART
SD Card
USB-OTG
Gb Ethernet
UART1
SD0
USB0
Enet0
Quad SPI
QSPI Flash
Processing System (PS)
NEON/FPU Engine
Pmod JE1
PS - GPIO - MIO
Btn 8, 9;
LED 9;
32KB I Cache
MMU
32KB D Cache
GIC
Cortex-A9
MPCore
CPU
32KB I Cache
32KB D Cache
Snoop Control Unit

512KB L2 Cache & Controller
OCM
Interconnect
256KB OCM
PS - GPIO - EMIO
Cortex-A9
MPCore
CPU
MMU
Push
Buttons
NEON/FPU Engine
Leds
Pmods
Switches
OLED
BootROM
Programmable Logic (PL)

HDMI
TX
VDMA
AXI_IIC
HDMI
SPDIF
AXI_I2S
AXI_IIC
Audio
Figure 1. Reference Basic Hardware System Architecture for ZedBoard
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In this tutorial, we are going to detach the LEDs from the PS GPIO core and implement our own
myled core for it in PL, as shown in Figure 2. We will then add our own LED controller into the device
tree, write a driver for it, and develop user applications to control the status of the LEDs.
USB-UART
SD Card
USB-OTG
Gb Ethernet
UART1
SD0
USB0
Enet0
Quad SPI
QSPI Flash
Processing System (PS)
NEON/FPU Engine
Cortex-A9
MPCore
CPU
Cortex-A9
MPCore
CPU
MMU
Pmod JE1
PS - GPIO - MIO
Btn 8, 9;
LED 9;
32KB I Cache
MMU
32KB D Cache
GIC
32KB I Cache
32KB D Cache
Snoop Control Unit

512KB L2 Cache & Controller
OCM
Interconnect
Push
Buttons
PS - GPIO - EMIO
NEON/FPU Engine
Pmods
Switches
OLED
256KB OCM
BootROM
Programmable Logic (PL)

HDMI
TX
VDMA
SPDIF
HDMI
AXI_IIC
AXI_I2S
AXI_IIC
Audio
My_Led
Leds
Figure 2. Hardware System Architecture of the system

we are going to implement in this Tutorial
Before going through this tutorial, we recommend that you read Getting Started with Embedded Linux
-- ZedBoard first. You can follow this tutorial with the Embedded Linux Development Guide (available
on the Digilent Website Embedded Linux Page). The guide will provide you with the knowledge you
may need in each step of the development.
In this tutorial, we are going to use Xilinx ISE DS 14.4 in a Linux environment. All the screen shots
and codes are done using Xilinx ISE DS 14.4 x64 Edition in CentOS 6.2 x86_64.
Thats it for the background information on this tutorial, now its time to get our hands dirty with some
real design!
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Section I: Hardware Customization

Prerequisites
Xilinx ISE DS 14.4 (WebPack)
available at Xilinx Website Download Page
ZedBoard Linux Hardware Design
available at Digilent Website ZedBoard Page
Instructions
I-1 Download the ZedBoard Linux Hardware Design from the website and unzip it into our working
directory (our working directory is named tutorial throughout this tutorial). See Example 1. For
more information on the hardware design, please refer to Project Guide under doc folder.
Example 1.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ unzip ~/Downloads/ZedBoard_Linux_Design.zip
Archive: /home/tinghui.wang/Downloads/ZedBoard_Linux_Design.zip
inflating: ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sw/hw_platform/ps7_init.html
inflating: ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sw/hw_platform/ps7_init.tcl
inflating: ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sw/hw_platform/system.xml
creating: ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sw/zynq_fsbl/
creating: ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sw/zynq_fsbl/src/
inflating: ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sw/zynq_fsbl/src/main.c
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$
I-2 Source Xilinx ISE 14.4 settings and open the design with Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS). See
Example 2. You will see the XPS window pop up as shown in Figure 3.
Note: There are four settings files available in the Xilinx toolset: settings64.sh for use on 64-bit
machines with bash; settings32.sh for use on 32-bit machines with bash; settings32.csh
for use on 32-bit machines with C Shell; and settings64.csh for use on 64-bit machines with C
Shell.
Example 2.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ source /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/settings64.sh
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common/.settings64.sh /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/EDK/.settings64.sh /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/EDK
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common/CodeSourcery/.settings64.sh
/opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/common/CodeSourcery
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/.settings64.sh /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/PlanAhead
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/../../Vivado/2012.4/.settings64.sh
/opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/../../Vivado/2012.4
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/ISE/.settings64.sh /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/ISE
. /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/../../Vivado_HLS/2012.4/.settings64.sh
/opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/../../Vivado_HLS/2012.4
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ xps ZedBoard_Linux_Design/hw/xps_proj/system.xmp &
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I-3 We are going to detach LEDs from the GPIO core in the PS first. So, we need to click on the I/O
Peripherals (red circle in Figure 3), and a Zynq PS MIO Configuration window will pop up as
shown in Figure 4. We are going to change the width of GPIO on EMIO interface from 60 to 52 to
remove 8 LED pins, as shown in the red circle in Figure 4. However, we also need to refresh the
change in the External Ports section of the Ports tab. So, click Ports tab, expand
processing_system7_0, expand (IO_IF) GPIO_0, disconnect it from External Ports, and connect
it to External Ports again, and remove the _pin from the name (as shown in Figure 5). We will
handle the modification of external pin location configuration (ucf file) in later steps.
Figure 3. Xilinx Platform Studio GUI
Figure 4. Zynq PS MIO Configurations

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b. Expand GPIO
a. Expand processing_system7_0
c. Disconnect GPIO from External Ports
d. Make GPIO External again
Figure 5. Reconnect GPIO to External ports

I-4 Now we can start implementing our myled IP Core. Click Hardware -> Create or Import
Peripheral from the menu (as shown in Figure 6). The Create and Import Peripheral Wizard
window will pop up (as shown in Figure 7). Click Next.
Figure 6. Start Create or Import Peripheral Wizard
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Figure 7. The Create and Import Peripheral Wizard Window
I-5 In the Peripheral Flow, we select Create Templates for a New Peripheral (as shown in Figure 8).
Click Next.
Figure 8. Select Peripheral Flow
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I-6 We chose to store the IP core into this project folder (as shown in Figure 9). As a result, you will
find myled-1.00.a within the pcores folder. Click Next.
Figure 9. Store New IP Core in current XPS project

I-7 Fill in the name of the IP, and add your description of this IP core (as shown in Figure 10). Click
Next.
Figure 10. Fill in the name and description for the new IP Core
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I-8 In Bus Interface, we will use AXI4-Lite. So, select AXI4-Lite and Click Next (As shown in Figure
11).
Figure 11. Select AXI4-Lite for Bus Interface

I-9 In IP Interface Service, the only thing we need is one software register. So, select User Logic
Software Register, and deselect User Logic master Support, Software Reset and Include
Data Phase Timer (as shown in Figure 12). Click Next.
Figure 12. IP Interface Service Configuration
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I-10 In our design, we only need 8 bits to control 8 LEDs. So, we only need One 32-bit register, and
we will use the lower 8-bits in our design. In User S/W Register Configuration, type 1 in the box
besides Number of software accessible registers (as shown in Figure 13). Click Next.
Figure 13. User S/W Register Configuration

I-11 Keep default options selected for IP Interconnect Configuration and Peripheral Simulation
Support. If you want to use Verilog instead of VHDL (default), check the box beside Generate
stub user_logic template in Verilog instead of VHDL in Peripheral Implementation
Support (as shown in Figure 14). Click Next, and then click Finish.
Figure 14. (OPTIONAL) Peripheral Implementation Support Configuration for Verilog Users
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I-12 We are going to add our IP to our design. You will find the IP core in the IP Catalog Panel under
Project Local PCores -> USER -> MYLED 1.00.a. Right click on it and Click Add IP (as shown
in Figure 15.
Figure 15. Add MYLED to your design

I-13 In the pop-up XPS Core Configuration window, keep everything as default (as shown in Figure
16), and Click OK.
Figure 16. XPS Core Configuration for myled
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I-14 The AXI4-Lite bus of myled IP Core needs to be connected to the processing system. So in
Instantiate and Connect IP window, check Select Processor Instance to Connect To, and
select processing_system7_0 in the drop down box (as shown in Figure 17). Click OK.
Figure 17. Instantiate and Connect MYLED IP

I-15 You will see an IP named myled_0 is added to your system with S_AXI connected to
axi_interconnect_1 as shown in Figure 18.
Figure 18. MYLED IP shows up in the design
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I-16 Now we are going to implement the circuit using HDL. The myled IP Core Template will generate
two HDL files corresponding to two modules: myled, and user_logic (as shown in Figure 19).
Module myled will always be in VHDL, and user_logic module will be in the language you
select in step I-13. This tutorial will present you with solutions in both VHDL and Verilog.
myled
User_logic
LEDs
LED[1]
slv_reg0[7:0]
AXI Interface Logic
LED[0]
LED[2]
LED[3]
LED[4]
LED[5]
LED[6]
LED[7]
Figure 20. Open HDL Source File of myled

Figure 19. myled IP Block
Diagram
I-17 (For VHDL Users) Right click on myled_0 and click Browse HDL Sources (as shown in Figure
20). In the pop-up window locate source file user_logic.vhd under
xps_proj/pcores/myled_v1_00_a/hdl/vhdl/. In the declaration of the user_logic
entity, add a user port named LED and define it as output, std_logic_vector(7 downto
0). In the logic implementation, connect the lower 8 bits of slv_reg0 to LED, as shown in
Example 3 - VHDL.
I-17 (For Verilog Users) Right click on myled_0 and click Browse HDL Sources (as shown in Figure
20). In the pop-up window locate source file user_logic.v under
xps_proj/pcores/myled_v1_00_a/hdl/verilog/. In the declaration of the user_logic
module, add a user port named LED and define it as output [7:0]. In the logic
implementation, connect the lower 8 bits of slv_reg0 to LED, as shown in Example 3 - Verilog.
Example 3 VHDL.
84 entity user_logic is
85
generic
86
(
...
96
);
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port
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(
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-- ADD USER PORTS BELOW THIS LINE -----------------100
--USER ports added here
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LED
: out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
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-- ADD USER PORTS ABOVE THIS LINE -----------------...
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);
...
147
--USER signal declarations added here, as needed for user logic
148
LED <= slv_reg0(7 downto 0);
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Example 3 Verilog.
54 module user_logic
55 (
56
// -- ADD USER PORTS BELOW THIS LINE -----------------57
// --USER ports added here
58
LED,
59
// -- ADD USER PORTS ABOVE THIS LINE -----------------...
74 );
...
86 // -- ADD USER PORTS BELOW THIS LINE ----------------87 // --USER ports added here
88 output
[7 : 0]
LED;
89 // -- ADD USER PORTS ABOVE THIS LINE ----------------...
120
// USER logic implementation added here
121
LED = slv_reg0[7:0];
122
I-18 (Both Verilog & VHDL) Right click on myled_0 and click Browse HDL Sources (as shown in
Figure 20). In the pop-up window locate source file myled.vhd under
xps_proj/pcores/myled_v1_00_a/hdl/vhdl/. In the declaration of the myled entity, add a
user port named LED and define it as output, std_logic_vector(7 downto 0). Connect
LED of user_logic to LED of myled, as shown in Example 4.
Example 4.
114 entity myled is
115
generic
116
(
...
136
);
137
port
138
(
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-- ADD USER PORTS BELOW THIS LINE -----------------140
--USER ports added here
141
LED
: out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
142
-- ADD USER PORTS ABOVE THIS LINE -----------------...
166
);
...
292
USER_LOGIC_I : entity myled_v1_00_a.user_logic
293
generic map
294
(
...
301
)
302
port map
303
(
304
-- MAP USER PORTS BELOW THIS LINE -----------------305
--USER ports mapped here
306
LED
=> LED,
307
-- MAP USER PORTS ABOVE THIS LINE -----------------...
319
);
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I-19 Right click on myled_0 and click View MPD, as shown in Figure 21. In the MPD (Microprocessor
Peripheral Definition), add a port declaration for LED (as shown in Example 5).
Figure 21. Open MPD of myled

Example 5.
...
38 ## Ports
39 PORT LED = "", DIR = O, VEC = [7:0]
40 PORT S_AXI_ACLK = "", DIR = I, SIGIS = CLK, BUS = S_AXI
...
I-20 Click Project->Rescan User Repositories to make port LED show up in the Ports tab (as
shown in Figure 22). Switch to the Ports tab, expand myled_0, and connect LED to External
Ports (as shown in Figure 23). Its default name is myled_0_LED_pin.
Figure 22. Rescan User Repositories
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Figure 23. Connect LED to external ports

I-20 The final step is to specify the pin numbers for myled_0_LED_pin to physically connect our
customized IP core to the on-board LEDs. Double click UCF File: data/system.ucf as shown
in Figure 24. Change the pin mapping according to Example 6.
Figure 24. Open System UCF File

Example 6.
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#
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# On-board LED's
#
#
#
############################
net myled_0_LED_pin<0> LOC =
T22
T21
U22
U21
V22
W22
U19
U14
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IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
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LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
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#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
LD0
LD1
LD2
LD3
LD4
LD5
LD6
LD7
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Example 6 (Cont.)
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############################
#
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# On-board Slide Switches #
#
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############################
net processing_system7_0_GPIO<7>
LOC
LOC
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LOC
LOC
LOC
LOC
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LVCMOS33;
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LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
#
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SW0
SW1
SW2
SW3
SW4
SW5
SW6
SW7
############################
#
#
# On-board Left, Right,
#
# Up, Down, and Select
#
# Pushbuttons
#
#
#
############################
LOC
LOC
LOC
LOC
LOC
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R18
T18
R16
P16
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IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
IOSTANDARD
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LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
#
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BTNL
BTNR
BTNU
BTND
BTNS
############################
#
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# Pmod JA
#
#
#
############################
LOC
LOC
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Y11
AA11
Y10
AA9
AB11
AB10
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JA1
JA2
JA3
JA4
JA7
JA8
JA9
JA10
############################
#
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# Pmod JB
#
#
#
############################
LOC
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LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
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LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
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JC1_P
JC1_N
JC2_P
JC2_N
JC3_P
JC3_N
JC4_P
JC4_N
(JC1)
(JC2)
(JC3)
(JC4)
(JC7)
(JC8)
(JC9)
(JC10)
############################
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# Pmod JD
#
#
#
############################
LOC
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LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
LVCMOS33;
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(JD3)
(JD4)
(JD7)
(JD8)
(JD9)
(JD10)
I-21 Regenerate the bit stream for the hardware design by clicking on Hardware -> Generate
Bitstream, as shown in Figure 25.
Figure 25. Generate Bitstream
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Section II: Compile U-Boot (Optional)

Prerequisites
Instructions
II-1 Get the source code for U-Boot from the Digilent git repository. There are two ways to retrieve the
source code:
a. Using git command: If you have git installed in your distribution, you can clone the repository
to your computer by command git clone https://github.com/Digilent/u-bootdigilent. The whole Git Repository is around 55MB, as shown in Example 7.
Example 7.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ git clone https://github.com/Digilent/u-boot-digilent
Initialized empty Git repository in
/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/u-boot-digilent/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 190139, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (36339/36339), done.
remote: Total 190139 (delta 153023), reused 188409 (delta 151293)
Receiving objects: 100% (190139/190139), 54.94 MiB | 158 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (153023/153023), done.
b. Download a compressed package: If you only want to use u-boot once and do not want to
track the updates, you can also download a compressed package from github.com:
https://github.com/Digilent/u-boot-digilent. Click Tags on the top right corner of the page, and
the most recent tag is v2012.04-digilent-13.01.
Figure 26. Download Source code from github website

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If you downloaded the tar.gz, you can decompress it using command

tar zxvf u-boot-digilent-2012.04-digilent-13.01.tar.gz
If you downloaded the zip file, you can decompress it using command
unzip u-boot-digilent-2012.04-digilent-13.01.zip
II-2 In this part, we are going to set a different MAC address and static IP address so that the board
can work in local networks. All the settings for ZedBoard are in the file located at
include/configs/zynq_zed.h. We will edit it using vim (as shown in Example 8), and
change the MAC address to 00:0a:35:00:01:45, IP address to 192.168.10.250, and
gateway IP to 192.168.10.1, (as shown in Example 9). Save the file using command :wq.
Example 8.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cd u-boot-digilent/
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX u-boot-digilent]$ vim include/configs/zynq_zed.h
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#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
"ethaddr=00:0a:35:00:01:45\0"
"kernel_size=0x140000\0"
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II-3 To compile U-Boot, we need cross-compile tools which are provided by Xilinx ISE 14.4. Those
tools have a prefix arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi- to the standard names for the GCC tool
chain. In order to use the cross-platform compilers, please make sure Xilinx ISE 14.4 settings
have been sourced. If not, please refer to step I-2. To configure and build U-Boot for ZedBoard,
follow Example 10.
Example 10.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX u-boot-digilent]$ make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabizynq_zed_config
Configuring for zynq_zed board...
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX u-boot-digilent]$ make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabiGenerating include/autoconf.mk
Generating include/autoconf.mk.dep
arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc -DDO_DEPS_ONLY \
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make -C examples/api all
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/uboot-digilent/examples/api'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for àll'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/uboot-digilent/examples/api'
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX u-boot-digilent]$
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II-4 After the compilation, the ELF (Executable and Linkable File) generated is named u-boot. We
need to add a .elf extension to the file name so that Xilinx SDK can read the file layout and
generate BOOT.BIN. In this tutorial, we are going to move the u-boot.elf to boot_image
folder and substitute the u-boot.elf that comes along with ZedBoard Embedded Linux Design
Package, as shown in Example 11.
Example 11.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX u-boot-digilent]$ cp u-boot
../ZedBoard_Linux_Design/boot_image/u-boot.elf
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX u-boot-digilent]$
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Section III: Generate BOOT.BIN

Prerequisites
Finished Hardware Design from Section I & u-boot.elf from Section II (Section II optional)
Instructions
III-1 Export the hardware design (after step I-21) to Xilinx SDK by clicking on Project -> Export
Hardware Design to SDK, as shown in Figure 27. In the pop-up window, click Export and
Launch SDK, as shown in Figure 28.
Figure 27. Export Hardware Design to SDK
Figure 28. Export and Launch SDK
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III-2 Set Workspace to ZedBoard_Linux_Design/hw/xps_proj/SDK/SDK_Export and click

OK, as shown in Figure 29.
Figure 29. Set SDK Workspace Path

III-3 After SDK launches, the hardware platform project is already present in Project Explorer on the
left of the SDK main window, as shown in Figure 30. We now need to create a First Stage
Bootloader (FSBL). Click File->New->Project, as shown in Figure 31.
Figure 30. Xilinx SDK Window
Figure 31. Create New Project in SDK

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III-4 In the New Project window, select Xilinx->Application Project, and then Click Next (Figure 32).
Figure 32. Select Application Project Wizard

III-5 We will name the project FSBL. Select xps_proj_hw_platform for Target Hardware because it
is the hardware project we just exported. Select standalone for OS Platform. Click Next. (as
shown in Figure 33).
Figure 33. New Application Project
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III-6 Select Zynq FSBL as template, and click Finish (as shown in Figure 34).
Figure 34. Select Zynq FSBL as Template

III-7 For the ZedBoard, we need to reset the USB PHY chip by toggling the USB-Reset pin in the
FSBL. You can swap the main.c file in the FSBL project with the main.c under
sw/zynq_fsbl/src in the ZedBoard Linux Design Package. Alternatively, you can add the
following code in Example 12 to main.c of the FSBL project.
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#ifdef ZED_REV_A
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Xil_DCacheFlush();
#endif
}
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III-8 After you have saved the changes to main.c, the project will rebuild itself automatically. If it does
not rebuild, Click Project->Clean to clean the project files, and Project->Build All to rebuild all
the projects. The compiled ELF file is located in
ZedBoard_Linux_Design/hw/xps_proj/SDK/SDK_Export/FSBL/Debug/FSBL.elf
III-9 Now, we have all the files ready to create BOOT.BIN. Click Xilinx Tools -> Create Zynq Boot
Image, as shown in Figure 35.
Figure 35. Create Zynq Boot Image

III-10 In the Create Zynq Boot Image window (as shown in Figure 36), Click Browse to set the path
for FSBL elf. Click Add to add the system.bit file found at
ZedBoard_Linux_Design/hw/xps_proj/SDK/SDK_Export/xps_proj_hw_platform/.C
lick Add to add the u-boot.elf file found at ZedBoard_Linux_Design/boot_image/. It is
very important that the 3 files are added in this order, or else the FSBL will not work properly (the
proper order can be seen in Figure 36). In this tutorial, the boot_image folder is set as output
folder for the BIN file. Click Create Image.
Figure 36. Create Zynq Boot Image Configuration

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III-11 The created BIN file was named u-boot.bin. We need to rename it to BOOT.BIN (all in capital
letters) so that ZedBoard can find and load it after power up.
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Section IV: Compile Linux Kernel

Prerequisites
Instructions
IV-1 Get the Linux kernel source code from Digilent git repository. There are two ways to retrieve the
source code:
a. Using git command: If you have git installed in your distribution, you can clone the repository
to your computer by command git clone https://github.com/Digilent/linuxdigilent. The whole Git Repository is around 550MB, as shown in Example 13.
Example 13.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ git clone https://github.com/Digilent/linux-digilent
Initialized empty Git repository in
/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/linux-digilent/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 2640848, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (425292/425292), done.
remote: Total 2640848 (delta 2210020), reused 2620443 (delta 2189623)
Receiving objects: 100% (2640848/2640848), 565.52 MiB | 641 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2210020/2210020), done.
Checking out files: 100% (40001/40001), done.
b. Download a compressed package: If you only want to use u-boot once and do not want to
track the updates, you can also download a compressed package from github.com:
https://github.com/Digilent/linux-digilent. Click Tags on the top right corner of the page.The
most recent tag is v3.6-digilent-13.01.
Figure 37. Download Source code from github website
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If you downloaded the tar.gz, you can decompress it using command

tar zxvf linux-digilent-v3.6-digilent-13.01.tar.gz
If you downloaded the zip file, you can decompress it using command
unzip linux-digilent-v3.6-digilent-13.01.zip
IV-2 We will start to configure the kernel with the default configuration for ZedBoard. The
configuration is located at arch/arm/configs/digilent_zed_defconfig. To use the
default configuration, you can follow Example 14.
Example 14.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cd linux-digilent/
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX linux-digilent]$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linuxgnueabi- digilent_zed_defconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
#
# configuration written to .config
#
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX linux-digilent]$
IV-3 We will change the configuration for the PmodOLED driver changing it from a built-in driver to a
loadable kernel module. To do this, we will start the configuration menu for the Linux kernel by
following Example 15. The configuration screen will show up in your terminal as Figure 37.
Example 15.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX linux-digilent]$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linuxgnueabi- menuconfig
Figure 37. Linux Kernel Configuration Menu

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IV-4 Browse to Device Driver-> PMOD Support -> PmodOLED1, press M to modularize the feature,
as shown in Figure 38, 39, and 40.
Figure 38. Browse to Device Drivers
Figure 39. Browse to Pmod Support
Figure 40. Modularize PmodOLED1 Feature
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IV-5 Move the cursor to Exit to exit the Linux Kernel Configuration menu, as shown in Figure 41.
Choose YES to save the new configuration, as shown in Figure 42.
Figure 41. Exit Linux Kernel Configuration Menu
Figure 42. Chose Yes to save the new Linux Kernel Configuration
IV-6 Follow Example 16 to compile the Linux Kernel.
Example 16.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX linux-digilent]$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linuxgnueabiscripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
WRAP
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WRAP
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...
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CC
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LD
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KSYM
.tmp_kallsyms1.o
KSYM
.tmp_kallsyms2.o
LD
vmlinux
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Example 16 (Cont.).
SYSMAP System.map
OBJCOPY arch/arm/boot/Image
Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
AS
arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.o
GZIP
arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip
AS
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CC
arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.o
CC
arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.o
CC
arch/arm/boot/compressed/string.o
SHIPPED arch/arm/boot/compressed/lib1funcs.S
AS
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SHIPPED arch/arm/boot/compressed/ashldi3.S
AS
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LD
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OBJCOPY arch/arm/boot/zImage
Kernel: arch/arm/boot/zImage is ready
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 23 modules
...
CC
drivers/pmods/pmodoled-gpio.mod.o
LD [M] drivers/pmods/pmodoled-gpio.ko
...
IV-7 After the compilation, the kernel image is located at arch/arm/boot/zImage.
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Section V: Test Kernel Image with Pre-built File System

Prerequisites
Linux Kernel Source Code
available at Digilent github repository: https://github.com/Digilent/linux-digilent
Pre-built File System Image
ramdisk Image is available in ZedBoard Linux Reference Design
linaro File System can be obtained from http://release.linaro.org
BOOT.BIN from Section III, zImage from Section IV.
Instructions
V-1 To boot the Linux Operating System on the ZedBoard, you need BOOT.BIN, a Linux kernel
image (zImage), a device tree blob (DTB file), and a file system. BOOT.BIN has been created in
Section III and zImage has been compiled in Section IV. We will now compile the DTB file. The
default device tree source file is located in the Linux Kernel source at arch/arm/boot/dts/digilentzed.dts.
RAMDISK: modify the device tree source file according to Example 17.
LINARO FS: use the default device tree source as it is.
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/* bootargs = "console=ttyPS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw earlyprintk
rootfstype=ext4 rootwait devtmpfs.mount=1"; */
bootargs = "console=ttyPS0,115200 root=/dev/ram rw initrd=0x800000,8M
init=/init earlyprintk rootwait devtmpfs.mount=1";
linux,stdout-path = "/axi@0/serial@e0001000";
};
V-2 Generate DTB file, as shown in Example 18.

Example 18.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX linux-digilent]$ ./scripts/dtc/dtc -I dts -O dtb
o ../devicetree.dtb arch/arm/boot/dts/digilent-zed.dts
DTC: dts->dtb on file "arch/arm/boot/dts/digilent-zed.dts"
V-3 (RAMDISK) Copy BOOT.BIN, devicetree.dtb, zImage and ramdisk8M.tar.gz to the first partition
of an SD card, as shown in Example 19 RamDisk.
(LINARO FS) Follow Formatting the SD Card in Getting Started with Embedded Linux
ZedBoard to create the Linaro File System on the second partition of an SD Card. Copy
BOOT.BIN, devicetree.dtb, and zImage to the first partition of the SD card, as shown in Example
19 Linaro.
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NOTE: In Example 19, the first partition of the SD card is mounted to /media/ZED_BOOT
Example 19 RamDisk.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ ls
devicetree.dtb linux-digilent u-boot-digilent ZedBoard_Linux_Design
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp ZedBoard_Linux_Design/boot_image/BOOT.BIN
/media/ZED_BOOT/
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp ZedBoard_Linux_Design/sd_image/ramdisk8M.image.gz
/BOOT.BIN /media/ZED_BOOT/
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp ./devicetree.dtb /media/ZED_BOOT/
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp linux-digilent/arch/arm/boot/zImage
/media/ZED_BOOT/
Example 19 Linaro.
devicetree.dtb linux-digilent u-boot-digilent ZedBoard_Linux_Design
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp ZedBoard_Linux_Design/boot_image/BOOT.BIN
/media/ZED_BOOT
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp ./devicetree.dtb /media/ZED_BOOT
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cp linux-digilent/arch/arm/boot/zImage
/media/ZED_BOOT
V-4 Plug the SD Card into the ZedBoard. To boot from SD card, jumpers for MIO2, MIO3, MIO6 are
connected to GND, and jumpers for MIO4 and MIO5 are connected to 3V3. Jumper for JP6
needs to be connected. Connect UART port to PC with micro USB cable and set the UART
terminal on PC to 115200 baud rate, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, and no flow control. After
powering on the board, the console (shown in Figure 43 RamDisk) should be seen at the
UART terminal if you use RamDisk, or you will see the graphic desktop on a monitor that is
connected to HDMI port if you use Linaro File system (shown in Figure 43 Linaro).
Figure 43 Ramdisk, UART Console after Boot up

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Figure 43 Linaro Graphical Desktop
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Section VI: Modify Device Tree and Compose Kernel Driver

Prerequisites
Linux Kernel Source Code
available at Digilent github repository: https://github.com/Digilent/linux-digilent
Instructions
VI-1 Create a directory named drivers in the Tutorial folder, as shown in Example 20. Inside the
drivers directory, we will compose the driver for the myled controller.
Example 20.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ mkdir drivers
devicetree.dtb drivers
inux-digilent u-boot-digilent
ZedBoard_Linux_Design
VI-2 We need a Makefile so that we can compile the driver. The Makefile is created in Example 21.
Example 21 Command Line.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ cd drivers
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ vim Makefile
Example 21 Makefile.
1 obj-m := myled.o
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VI-3 We will start with a simple driver that creates a file named myled under the Linux /proc file
system. The status of the on-board LEDs can be changed by writing a number to the file. The
driver is coded in Example 22.
Example 22 Command Line
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ vim myled.c
Example 22 myled.c
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/*
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IO Read/Write Functions */
Proc File System Functions */
Sequence File Operations */
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/* Needed for Platform Driver Functions */
/* Define Driver Name */

#define DRIVER_NAME "myled"
unsigned long *base_addr;
struct resource *res;
unsigned long remap_size;
/* Vitual Base Address */

/* Device Resource Structure */
/* Device Memory Size */
/* Write operation for /proc/myled

* ----------------------------------* When user cat a string to /proc/myled file, the string will be stored in
* const char __user *buf. This function will copy the string from user
* space into kernel space, and change it to an unsigned long value.
* It will then write the value to the register of myled controller,
* and turn on the corresponding LEDs eventually.
*/
static ssize_t proc_myled_write(struct file *file, const char __user * buf,
size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
{
char myled_phrase[16];
u32 myled_value;
if (count < 11) {
if (copy_from_user(myled_phrase, buf, count))
return -EFAULT;
myled_phrase[count] = '\0';
}
myled_value = simple_strtoul(myled_phrase, NULL, 0);
wmb();
iowrite32(myled_value, base_addr);
return count;
}
/* Callback function when opening file /proc/myled
* -----------------------------------------------------* Read the register value of myled controller, print the value to
* the sequence file struct seq_file *p. In file open operation for /proc/myled
* this callback function will be called first to fill up the seq_file,
* and seq_read function will print whatever in seq_file to the terminal.
*/
static int proc_myled_show(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
{
u32 myled_value;
myled_value = ioread32(base_addr);
seq_printf(p, "0x%x", myled_value);
return 0;
}
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/* Open function for /proc/myled

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* will be called first. In the open function, a seq_file will be prepared and the
* status of myled will be filled into the seq_file by proc_myled_show function.
*/
static int proc_myled_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
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char *buf;
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/* File Operations for /proc/myled */
static const struct file_operations proc_myled_operations = {
.open = proc_myled_open,
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.write = proc_myled_write,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = single_release
};
/* Shutdown function for myled
* ----------------------------------* Before myled shutdown, turn-off all the leds
*/
static void myled_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
iowrite32(0, base_addr);
}
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/* Remove function for myled

* ---------------------------------* When myled module is removed, turn off all the leds first,
* release virtual address and the memory region requested.
*/
static int myled_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
myled_shutdown(pdev);
/* Remove /proc/myled entry */
remove_proc_entry(DRIVER_NAME, NULL);
/* Release mapped virtual address */
iounmap(base_addr);
/* Release the region */
release_mem_region(res->start, remap_size);
return 0;
}
/* Device Probe function for myled
* -----------------------------------* Get the resource structure from the information in device tree.
* request the memory regioon needed for the controller, and map it into
* kernel virtual memory space. Create an entry under /proc file system
* and register file operations for that entry.
*/
static int __devinit myled_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *myled_proc_entry;
int ret = 0;
res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
if (!res) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No memory resource\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
remap_size = res->end - res->start + 1;
if (!request_mem_region(res->start, remap_size, pdev->name)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot request IO\n");
return -ENXIO;
}
base_addr = ioremap(res->start, remap_size);
if (base_addr == NULL) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Couldn't ioremap memory at 0x%08lx\n",
(unsigned long)res->start);
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err_release_region;
}
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&proc_myled_operations);
if (myled_proc_entry == NULL) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Couldn't create proc entry\n");
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err_create_proc_entry;
}
printk(KERN_INFO DRIVER_NAME " probed at VA 0x%08lx\n",
(unsigned long) base_addr);
return 0;
err_create_proc_entry:
iounmap(base_addr);
err_release_region:
release_mem_region(res->start, remap_size);
return ret;
}
/* device match table to match with device node in device tree */
static const struct of_device_id myled_of_match[] __devinitconst = {
{.compatible = "dglnt,myled-1.00.a"},
{},
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, myled_of_match);
/* platform driver structure for myled driver */
static struct platform_driver myled_driver = {
.driver = {
.name = DRIVER_NAME,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.of_match_table = myled_of_match},
.probe = myled_probe,
.remove = __devexit_p(myled_remove),
.shutdown = __devexit_p(myled_shutdown)
};
/* Register myled platform driver */
module_platform_driver(myled_driver);
/* Module Infomations */
MODULE_AUTHOR("Digilent, Inc.");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_NAME ": MYLED driver (Simple Version)");
MODULE_ALIAS(DRIVER_NAME);
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VI-4 Compile and generate the driver module using make (as shown in Example 23).
Example 23
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabimake -C ../linux-digilent/
M=/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/drivers modules
make[1]: Entering directory
`/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/linux-digilent'
CC [M] /home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/drivers/myled.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC
/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/drivers/myled.mod.o
LD [M] /home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/drivers/myled.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/tinghui.wang/Workspace/ZedBoard/Project/14_4/Tutorial/linux-digilent'
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$
VI-5 We need to add the myled device node into the device tree. Make a copy of the default device
tree source in the drivers folder, and modify it according to Example 24. The compatibility
string of the node is the same as we define in the driver source code (myled.c: line 182). The reg
property defines the physical address space of the node. The address here should match with
the address of the myled IP core in the address tab of the EDK design, as shown in Figure 44.
Figure 44. Physical Address for myled IP Core

Example 24 Command Line
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ cp ../linux-digilent/arch/arm/boot/dts/digilentzed.dts ./
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ vim digilent-zed.dts
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Example 24 digilent-zed.dts
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spi-speed-hz = <4000000>;
spi-sclk-gpio = <&ps7_gpio_0 59 0>;
spi-sdin-gpio = <&ps7_gpio_0 60 0>;
};
myled {
compatible = "dglnt,myled-1.00.a";
reg = <0x7e400000 0x10000>;
};
};
VI-6 Recompile the device tree blob as shown in Example 25.

Example 25
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ ../linux-digilent/scripts/dtc/dtc -I dts -O dtb -o
devicetree.dtb digilent-zed.dts
DTC: dts->dtb on file "digilent-zed.dts"
VI-7 Copy these two files to the first partition of the SD card, as shown in Example 26. We are ready
to test our driver on-board now.
Example 26.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ ls
devicetree.dtb
Makefile
Module.symvers myled.ko
myled.mod.o
digilent-zed.dts modules.order myled.c
myled.mod.c myled.o
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ cp myled.ko /media/ZED_BOOT/d
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX drivers]$ cp devicetree.dtb /media/ZED_BOOT/
VI-8 Plug the SD card into the ZedBoard, and we can start testing our driver. Use the insmod
command to install the driver module into the kernel. After the driver is installed, an entry named
myled will be created under the /proc file system. Writing 0x0F to /proc/myled will light up
LED 0~3, while writing 0xF0 will light up LED 4~7. You can either remove the driver with
command rmmod or power off the system by command poweroff. In both case, all the LEDs
will be turned off, as shown in Example 27. For instructions on using the terminal with the
ZedBoard, please refer to Step V-4 or Section Boot from SD in Getting Started with
Embedded Linux ZedBoard.
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Example 27 RAMDISK
U-Boot 2012.04.01-dirty (Feb 01 2013 - 12:52:36)
DRAM: 512 MiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled
MMC:
SDHCI: 0
Using default environment
...
reading zImage
2457328 bytes read
reading devicetree.dtb
9728 bytes read
reading ramdisk8M.image.gz
3694108 bytes read
## Starting application at 0x00008000 ...
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
[
0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0
[
0.000000] Linux version 3.6.0-digilent-13.01-00002-g06b3889
(tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Sourcery CodeBench Lite 2012.03-79) ) #1
SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 10 23:54:12 PST 2013
...
rcS Complete
zynq> mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/
zynq> cd /mnt/
zynq> ls
BOOT.BIN
myled.ko
devicetree.dtb
zImage
ramdisk8M.image.gz
zynq> insmod myled.ko

[ 122.160000] myled probed at va 0xe0d20000
zynq> ls /proc
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interrupts
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iomem
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ioports
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cmdline
irq
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config.gz
kallsyms
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consoles
kmsg
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cpu
kpagecount
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cpuinfo
kpageflags
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crypto
loadavg
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locks
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meminfo
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misc
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modules
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mounts
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mtd
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myled
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zynq> echo 0x0F > /proc/myled
zynq> cat /proc/myled
0x0f
zynq> echo 0xF0 > /proc/myled
zynq> cat /proc/myled
0xf0
zynq> mkdir p /lib/modules/ùname r`
zynq> cp myled.ko /lib/modules/ùname r`
zynq> rmmod myled
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scsi
self
slabinfo
softirqs
stat
swaps
sys
sysvipc
timer_list
tty
uptime
version
vmallocinfo
vmstat
zoneinfo
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Example 27 Linaro FS
U-Boot 2012.04.01-dirty (Feb 01 2013 - 12:52:36)
DRAM: 512 MiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled
MMC:
SDHCI: 0
...
reading zImage
2457328 bytes read
reading devicetree.dtb
9728 bytes read
reading ramdisk8M.image.gz
3694108 bytes read
## Starting application at 0x00008000 ...
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
[
0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0
[
0.000000] Linux version 3.6.0-digilent-13.01-00002-g06b3889
(tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Sourcery CodeBench Lite 2012.03-79) ) #1
SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 10 23:54:12 PST 2013
...
Last login: Thu Jan 1 00:00:10 UTC 1970 on tty1
cat: /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot: No such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/98-fsck-at-reboot exited with return code 1
Welcome to Linaro 12.11 (GNU/Linux 3.6.0-digilent-13.01-00002-g06b3889 armv7l)
* Documentation:
https://wiki.linaro.org/
0 packages can be updated.

0 updates are security updates.
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:~# mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:~# cd /mnt/
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# insmod myled.ko
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# ls /proc
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fs
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interrupts
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iomem
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ioports
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irq
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kallsyms
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kmsg
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2017 2125 2228 2562 594 cpuinfo
kpagecount
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kpageflags
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locks
1228 1625 2072 2149 2268 317
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meminfo
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misc
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676 dri
modules
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mounts
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myled
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root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# echo 0x0F > /proc/myled
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# echo 0xF0 > /proc/myled
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# rmmod myled
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt#
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partitions
scsi
self
slabinfo
softirqs
stat
swaps
sys
sysvipc
timer_list
tty
uptime
version
vmallocinfo
vmstat
zoneinfo
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Section VII: User Application

Prerequisites
Instructions
VII-1 In this section, we will write a user application that makes the LEDs blink by writing to
/proc/myled. Create a directory named user_app in the Tutorial folder, as shown in Example 28.
Inside the user_app directory, we will compose the led_blink.c, as shown in Example 29.
Example 28.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX Tutorial]$ mkdir user_app
devicetree.dtb drivers
inux-digilent u-boot-digilent
user_app
ZedBoard_Linux_Design

[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX user_app]$ vim led_blink.c
Example 29 led_blink.c.
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
FILE* fp;
while(1) {
fp = fopen("/proc/myled", "w");
if(fp == NULL) {
printf("Cannot open /proc/myled for write\n");
return -1;
}
fputs("0x0F\n", fp);
fclose(fp);
sleep(1);
fp = fopen("/proc/myled", "w");
if(fp == NULL) {
printf("Cannot open /proc/myled for write\n");
return -1;
}
fputs("0x00\n", fp);
fclose(fp);
sleep(1);
}
return 0;
}
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VII-2 Compose a Makefile and compile led_blink.c into led_blink.elf, as shown in Example 30.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX user_app]$ vim Makefile
Example 30 Makefile.
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CFLAGS = -g
all : led_blink
led_blink : led_blink.o
${CC} ${CFLAGS} o $^ $@
clean :
rm rfv *.o
rm rfv led_blink
.PHONY : clean
Example 30 Compile led_blink.

[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX user_app]$ make
arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc -g
-c -o led_blink.o led_blink.c
arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc -g -o led_blink led_blink.o
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX user_app]$ ls
led_blink led_blink.c led_blink.o Makefile
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX user_app]$
VII-3 Insert the SD card into the computer, and copy the binary file led_blink onto the first partition of
SD card, as shown in Example 31.
Example 31.
[tinghui.wang@DIGILENT_LINUX user_app]$ cp led_blink /media/ZED_BOOT/
VII-4 Plug the SD card into the ZedBoard. Use the insmod command to install the driver module into
the kernel. Run led_blink and the LED will start blinking.
Example 32 RAMDISK
...
rcS Complete
zynq> mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/
zynq> cd /mnt/
zynq> ls
BOOT.BIN
myled.ko
devicetree.dtb
ramdisk8M.image.gz
led_blink
zImage
zynq> insmod myled.ko

[ 122.160000] myled probed at va 0xe0d20000
zynq> ./led_blink
^C
zynq> mkdir p /lib/modules/ùname r`
zynq> cp myled.ko /lib/modules/ùname r`
zynq> rmmod myled
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Example 32 Linaro FS
...
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:~# mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:~# cd /mnt/
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# insmod myled.ko
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# ./led_blink
^C
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt# rmmod myled
root@linaro-ubuntu-desktop:/mnt#
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Processing System (PS)

Snoop Control Unit

Programmable Logic (PL)

Figure 1. Reference Basic Hardware System Architecture for ZedBoard

Processing System (PS)

Snoop Control Unit

Programmable Logic (PL)

Figure 2. Hardware System Architecture of the system

Section I: Hardware Customization

Figure 3. Xilinx Platform Studio GUI

Figure 4. Zynq PS MIO Configurations

c. Disconnect GPIO from External Ports

d. Make GPIO External again

Figure 5. Reconnect GPIO to External ports

Figure 6. Start Create or Import Peripheral Wizard

Figure 7. The Create and Import Peripheral Wizard Window

Figure 8. Select Peripheral Flow

Figure 9. Store New IP Core in current XPS project

Figure 11. Select AXI4-Lite for Bus Interface

Figure 12. IP Interface Service Configuration

Figure 13. User S/W Register Configuration

Figure 15. Add MYLED to your design

Figure 16. XPS Core Configuration for myled

Figure 17. Instantiate and Connect MYLED IP

Figure 18. MYLED IP shows up in the design

AXI Interface Logic

Figure 20. Open HDL Source File of myled

Figure 21. Open MPD of myled

Figure 22. Rescan User Repositories

Figure 23. Connect LED to external ports

Figure 24. Open System UCF File

Figure 25. Generate Bitstream

Section II: Compile U-Boot (Optional)

Figure 26. Download Source code from github website

If you downloaded the tar.gz, you can decompress it using command

Section III: Generate BOOT.BIN

Figure 27. Export Hardware Design to SDK

Figure 28. Export and Launch SDK

III-2 Set Workspace to ZedBoard_Linux_Design/hw/xps_proj/SDK/SDK_Export and click

Figure 29. Set SDK Workspace Path

Figure 30. Xilinx SDK Window

Figure 31. Create New Project in SDK

Figure 32. Select Application Project Wizard

Figure 33. New Application Project

Figure 34. Select Zynq FSBL as Template

Figure 35. Create Zynq Boot Image

Figure 36. Create Zynq Boot Image Configuration

Section IV: Compile Linux Kernel

Figure 37. Download Source code from github website

If you downloaded the tar.gz, you can decompress it using command

Figure 37. Linux Kernel Configuration Menu

Figure 38. Browse to Device Drivers

Figure 39. Browse to Pmod Support

Figure 40. Modularize PmodOLED1 Feature

Figure 41. Exit Linux Kernel Configuration Menu

IV-7 After the compilation, the kernel image is located at arch/arm/boot/zImage.

Section V: Test Kernel Image with Pre-built File System

V-2 Generate DTB file, as shown in Example 18.

Figure 43 Ramdisk, UART Console after Boot up

Figure 43 Linaro Graphical Desktop

Section VI: Modify Device Tree and Compose Kernel Driver

Example 22 myled.c (Cont.)

/* Needed for Platform Driver Functions */

/* Define Driver Name */

/* Vitual Base Address */

/* Write operation for /proc/myled

Example 22 myled.c (Cont.)

/* Open function for /proc/myled

Example 22 myled.c (Cont.)

/* Remove function for myled

Example 22 myled.c (Cont.)

myled_proc_entry = proc_create(DRIVER_NAME, 0, NULL,

Figure 44. Physical Address for myled IP Core