Exporting a EDK design to Project Navigator

[arkaitz]

Hi all,

I want to export my design in XPS to Project Navigator but when the
design is in XMDSTUB mode and not in Executable Mode.

I have exported and opened the design with Project Navigator but when
I download the bitstream to the FPGA I cannot connect with MicroBlaze
via XMD.

Does anybody know if is needed to add to the project any other file in
the Project Navigator?

I have tried adding "executable.elf" file with no success.

Thanks in advance,

Arkaitz.

 

[Ryan Laity]

Hi Arkaitz,

Either add xmdstub.elf (and the .bmm file) to the Project Navigator
project - associated with the top level HDL file in the project.
Alternatively, you have a few other options. One would be to use the
hardware debug module (MDM) if you're using the newest version of
MicroBlaze (2.00.a). The other would be to not add any .elf file to the
ISE project and import the uninitialized .bit file and the
<system>_bt.bmm file from ISE back into XPS. There you can update
bitstream with whichever .elf file you want (xmdstub or executable)
without regenerating the hardware from ISE.

I hope this information helps.

Best regards,
Ryan Laity
Xilinx Applications

arkaitz wrote:

Hi all,

I want to export my design in XPS to Project Navigator but when the
design is in XMDSTUB mode and not in Executable Mode.

I have exported and opened the design with Project Navigator but when
I download the bitstream to the FPGA I cannot connect with MicroBlaze
via XMD.

Does anybody know if is needed to add to the project any other file in
the Project Navigator?

I have tried adding "executable.elf" file with no success.

Thanks in advance,

Arkaitz.

 

[PO Laprise]

arkaitz wrote:

I have exported and opened the design with Project Navigator but when
I download the bitstream to the FPGA I cannot connect with MicroBlaze
via XMD.

Does anybody know if is needed to add to the project any other file in
the Project Navigator?

The usual modus operandi(us?) for going between XPS and PN is to export
your project to PN, create the bitstream, then reimport it into XPS, and
update the bitstream there. I've done this many times and never had a
problem, but I've never tried to integrate the executable in PN. Is
there a specific reason you want to bypass the standard flow?

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