How to Boot Linux on AMD SoC Devices via JTAG

How to Boot Linux on AMD SoC Devices via JTAG

Author: AMD Engineer Longley Zhang On AMD SoC devices (AMD Zynq™ 7000 SoC, AMD Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC, AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoC), a common way to boot is by loading an image from external memory (QSPI Flash, eMMC, etc.) directly into Linux. However, during board debugging, it is often necessary to boot the SoC device into … Read more

How to Boot Linux on AMD SoC Devices via JTAG

How to Boot Linux on AMD SoC Devices via JTAG

This article is authored by AMD engineer Longley Zhang. In AMD SoC devices (AMD Zynq™ 7000 SoC, AMD Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC, AMD Versal™ Adaptive SoC), a common boot method is to load an image from external memory (QSPI Flash, eMMC, etc.) to boot directly into Linux. However, during board debugging, it is often necessary to … Read more

Three Reasons to Switch from Yocto to PetaLinux

Three Reasons to Switch from Yocto to PetaLinux

Introduction At DesignLinx Hardware Solutions, we use PetaLinux to build custom Linux images to support our clients’ tailored products. I must admit, I was skeptical when I first heard about PetaLinux. My professional background is in embedded Linux, having worked on numerous projects that included pure Yocto/Bitbake/OE and integrating Linux on various SoC platforms. Yocto … Read more