EDK & custom board definitions

Mar 12, 2007 2 Replies
A

Hi All,



In the process of creating a custom board definition file for a new board I've developed I've discovered a few things about the naming and location of the .kbd files.



Here's the file location:



~/EDKLibs/MyProcessorIP/boards/RISATest_Rev1/data/RISATest_Rev1_v2_2_0.xbd



Firstly, it seems the kbd filename must end in _v2_2_0. Any ideas what that's all about?



Secondly, the board directory (RISATest_Rev1), must match the kbd filename minus the _v2_2_0 part.



I couldn't find anything in the docs explaining these requirements. Has anyone else?



Cheers Andy


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J

I am assuming that you meant .xbd files, not .kbd files. Am I correct, or are .kbd files something new?

The documentation you want to read for creating .xbd files as well as the rest of the data files that go with cores is $EDK/doc/psm_rm.pdf, or the "Platform Specification Format Reference Manual".

The information on how to create the .xbd files was a bit sparse when I created them for our cards a few versions of EDK back. It helps that the files are plain text so that you can look at all of the examples of other .xbd files in $EDK/board/Xilinx/boards/*.

The psm_rm.pdf does mention the naming conventions for the directory and the .xbd file. It is on page 128 of v3.1.

Regards,

John McCaskill

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Hi John, Thanks for the info. Yes I did mean .xbd. The psm_rm.pdf file helps a lot Cheers Andy

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