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Upsilon docker development environment setup.
# Setup steps
## Rebinding Caps Lock to Escape
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['caps:swapescape']"
## Installing OpenFPGALoader
Then install [openFPGALoader][1]. This utility entered the Ubuntu repositories
in 23.04. Install and compile it if you do not have it. Install the udev rule
so that admin access is not required to load FPGA bitstreams.
[1]: https://trabucayre.github.io/openFPGALoader/index.html
## Setup Rootless Docker
Docker allows you to run programs in containers, which are isolated
environments. Upsilon development (at the Maglab) uses Docker for
reproducibility: the environment can be set up automatically, and re-setup
whenever needed.
If you have issues with docker, try adding to `~/.config/docker/daemon.json`
{
"storage-driver": "fuse-overlayfs"
}
## Download and Install Python3
Install `python3-venv` (or `python3-virtualenv`) and `python3-pip`.
## Clone External Repositories
Run `make clone`. You may need to download the upsilon repositories
and put them in the same folder as the Makefile.
## Setup Network
Plug in your router/switch to an ethernet port on your computer. If your
computer is usually wired to the network, you will need another ethernet
port (a PCI card is ideal, but a USB-Ethernet port works).
Set the ethernet port to static ip `192.168.1.100/24`, netmask 255.255.255.0,
gateway `192.168.1.1`. Make sure this is not the default route. Make sure
to adjust your firewall to allow traffic on the 192.168.1.0/24 range.
If your local network already uses the 192.168.1.0/24 range, then you must
modify `upsilon/firmware/soc.py` to use different IPs. You must rebuild the
SoC after doing this.
## Setup Images
Run `make images` to create all docker images.
## Setup and Run Containers
For `NAME` in `hardware`, `opensbi`, `buildroot`:
1. Run `make $NAME-container` to build the container.
2. Run `make $NAME-copy` to copy Upsilon's code into the container.
3. Run `make $NAME-execute` to build the data.
4. Run `make $NAME-get` to retrieve the build artefacts.
5. (Optionally) run `make $NAME-clean` to delete the container.
If you do not delete the container you can run
make $NAME-copy $NAME-execute $NAME-get
when you need to rebuild. If you need shell access, run `make $NAME-shell`.
## Flash FPGA
Plug in your FPGA into the USB slot. Then run
openFPGALoader -c digilent upsilon/boot/digilent_arty.bit
## Launch TFTP Server
Install py3tftp (`pip3 install --user py3tftp`). Then run `make tftp` to
launch the TFTP server. Keep this window open.
## Launch FPGA Shell
Run `litex_term /dev/ttyUSB1`. You should get messages in the window with
the TFTP server that the FPGA has connected to the server. Eventually you
will get a login prompt: you have sucessfully loaded Upsilon onto your FPGA.