RD-V2 platform software user guide
Introduction
RD (Reference Design) is a collection of resources to provide a representative view of typical compute subsystems that can be designed and implemented using specific generations of Arm IP. RD-V2 in particular is based on the following hardware configuration.
32xMP1 Neoverse V2 CPUs
CMN-700 interconnect (mesh size 6x6)
Multiple AXI expansion ports for I/O Coherent PCIe, Ethernet, offload
Arm Cortex-M7 for System Control Processor (SCP) and Manageability Control Processor (MCP)
The Fixed Virtual Platform of RD-V2 config supports 16xMP1 Neoverse V2 CPUs.
This document is a user guide on how to setup, build and run the RD-V2 software stack on the Fixed Virtual Platform. The components integrated into this stack is described in the software stack introduction page.
Setting up the Host Machine and Syncing the software stack
Host Machine requirements and the necessary steps to be followed to sync the software stack are listed on ‘Setup Workspace’ page.
Obtaining the RD-V2 FVP
The latest version of the RD-V2 fixed virtual platform (FVP) can be downloaded from the Arm Ecosystem FVPs page. On this page,
Navigate to “Neoverse Infrastructure FVPs” section.
Click on “Neoverse V2 Reference Design FVP” link to obtain the list of available Neoverse RD-V2 Reference Design FVPs.
Select a FVP build based on the host machine architecture.
For AArch64 host machine, click “Download Linux - Arm Host (DEV)” link.
For x86-64 host machine, click “Download Linux” link.
The RD-V2 FVP executable is included in the downloaded installer and named as “FVP_RD_V2”. Follow the instructions of the installer and setup the FVP. The installer, by default, selects the home directory to install the FVP. To opt for different directory than the one selected by the installer, provide an absolute path to that directory when prompted for during the FVP installation process.
Supported Features by RD-V2 platform software stack
RD-V2 platform software stack supports the following features.
Virtualization [1]
Follow the links above for detailed information about the build and execute steps for each of the supported features.
[1] Build and boot not supported on AArch64 host machines.