Kasli-SOC Set Up

RyanEverly Hi, what the artiq_coremgmt log outputs?

Just to update, this problem was solved by using the correct device_db file. It looks like the device_db used was targeted for Kasli, not the Kasli-SoC, which caused compiler to build experiments for the RISCV (Kasli), not for the ARM (Kasli-SoC).

Where can one find that "correct device_db file"?

lf_10 I'll reanswer myself: here

lf_10 The channels in the device_db.py file need to correspond to the correct channels from your firmware build. Instead of using the device_db.py in the examples folder, use artiq_ddb_template -o device_db.py <variant>.json with the variant file used to build your core device gateware/firmware. See also this manual entry: https://m-labs.hk/artiq/manual/environment.html#the-device-database. Assuming that the crate was ordered from M-Labs, your lab would have already been provided the correct device_db.py and variant JSON file. If your lab has a subscription to the AFWS service, you should be able to get the variant JSON file from there (should it also be missing). Hope that helps!

And what if I purchased the Kasli-SOC from Creotech directly? So far I just used the boot.bin that I installed via SD card from hydra (from here). I also added a settings.txt to fix the IP.

lf_10

See the manual section on system descriptions.

I believe that particular boot.bin is generated from kasli-soc-master.json. But unless you're actually running a DRTIO system you probably shouldn't be using a master configuration anyway.

Thanx for the tip regarding the boot "master"! Now I changed it to "standalone".
Having followed the instructions, in windows, I managed to download all the requirements. However, I am facing now the following problem:
Vivado is downloaded and I am working on my directory where I cloned release-8 and (by using nix via wsl2) I ran:
nix build --print-build-logs --impure --expr 'let fl = builtins.getFlake "git+https://git.m-labs.hk/m-labs/artiq-zynq?ref=release-8"; in (fl.makeArtiqZynqPackage {target="kasli_soc"; variant="standalone"; json=./default.json;}).kasli_soc-standalone-sd'
It stops compiling in the end because it does not find Vivado:
File "/nix/store/1bsw1rvnmnffggadxx9xxx9yz3frl0vm-python3-3.11.9-env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/migen/build/xilinx/vivado.py", line 69, in _run_vivado
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> raise OSError("Subprocess failed")
Before downloading any Vivado version, I traced back what is used in the packages (as for Kasli-SOC at least it does not appear explicitly in the flake.nix file. If I am not wrong, it is Vivado 2022.2.
I could not find yet a file where I could add the location of the bin folder of my Vivado such that nix finds it when compiling.
Any tip?
Thx in advance.

Thanks for the reply. I tried to substitute the extra-sandbox-paths="/opt" to the location of my vivado with what you suggest, as well as with /mnt/c, but I still get the same error.

Hi again,
I decided to do it on Linux and installed everything as is suggested in the instructions. Given that all is the same, once I downloaded the artiq-zynq pachage (its release-8), I just executed nix develop and then nix build --print-build-logs --impure --expr 'let fl = builtins.getFlake "git+https://git.m-labs.hk/m-labs/artiq-zynq?ref=release-8"; in (fl.makeArtiqZynqPackage {target="kasli_soc"; variant="standalone"; json=./basic.json;}).kasli_soc-standalone-sd'

The error I get is the same:
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> Fastino (EEM0) starting at RTIO channel 0x000000
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> USER LED at RTIO channel 0x000001
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> USER LED at RTIO channel 0x000002
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> /etc/profile: line 37: /opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2022.2/settings64.sh: No such file or directory
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> Traceback (most recent call last):
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> File "/nix/store/a2iy41gccss952qhh8vnaivxjla29alq-gateware/kasli_soc.py", line 672, in <module>
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> main()
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> File "/nix/store/a2iy41gccss952qhh8vnaivxjla29alq-gateware/kasli_soc.py", line 668, in main
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> soc.build(build_dir=args.g)
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> File "/nix/store/vbv516vz6qi4m4wgavbdb1m1qwq7qnc4-python3-3.11.9-env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/migen_axi/integration/soc_core.py", line 169, in build
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> self.platform.build(self, *args, **kwargs)
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> File "/nix/store/vbv516vz6qi4m4wgavbdb1m1qwq7qnc4-python3-3.11.9-env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/migen/build/xilinx/platform.py", line 59, in build
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> return self.toolchain.build(self, *args, **kwargs)
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> File "/nix/store/vbv516vz6qi4m4wgavbdb1m1qwq7qnc4-python3-3.11.9-env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/migen/build/xilinx/vivado.py", line 224, in build
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> _run_vivado(build_name)
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> File "/nix/store/vbv516vz6qi4m4wgavbdb1m1qwq7qnc4-python3-3.11.9-env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/migen/build/xilinx/vivado.py", line 69, in _run_vivado
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> raise OSError("Subprocess failed")
kasli_soc-standalone-gateware> OSError: Subprocess failed

I checked that the file settings64.sh exists. I also looked int /etc/profile and it only has 27 lines of code.

My artiq-zynq package is NOT in /opt, but this should not be the problem.

Any idea?

I forgot to say that I am using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Hi @lf_10 , try this not-really-official guide https://git.m-labs.hk/sinara-hw/assembly/src/branch/master/src/sw_sup/setup_build_pc.md#installation

Step 5 solved the problem. Thank you very much!

@esavkin You could also set up an apparmor profile for Nix and possibly merge it upstream. But, of course, that takes more work.