= TODO Installing via Portage =
= Installing Manually =
== Prerequisites ==
{{RootCmd|emerge -a sys-apps/lsb-release}}
=== Download Libero ===
Download the latest version from [https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/fpgas-and-plds/fpga-and-soc-design-tools/fpga/libero-software-later-versions here].
{{Cmd|mkdir -p ~/Documents/MicrochipInstallers}}
{{Cmd|cd ~/Documents/MicrochipInstallers}}
{{Cmd|mv ~/Downloads/libero_soc_*.*_web_lin.zip .}}
{{Cmd|unzip libero_soc_*.*_web_lin.zip}}
=== Download SoftConsole ===
Download the latest version from [https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/fpgas-and-plds/fpga-and-soc-design-tools/soc-fpga/softconsole here].
{{Cmd|mkdir -p ~/Documents/MicrochipInstallers}}
{{Cmd|cd ~/Documents/MicrochipInstallers}}
{{Cmd|mv ~/Downloads/Microchip-SoftConsole-*.*-RISC-V-*-linux-x64-installer.run .}}
== Install ==
=== Setup ===
{{Cmd|export INSTALL_DIR{{=}}/opt/microchip}}
{{RootCmd|mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR}}
{{RootCmd|chown $USER:$USER $INSTALL_DIR}}
=== Install Libero ===
Installer Directions:
*Install Directory: $INSTALL\_DIR/Libero\_SoC\_<version\_major>.<version\_minor>
*Common Directory: $INSTALL\_DIR/common
*Install Set: Everything
{{Cmd|cd ~/Documents/MicrochipInstallers}}
{{Cmd|./Libero_SoC_*.*_Web.bin}}
==== Gentoo Specific Libero Fixes ====
When attempting to run <tt>/opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/bin64/libero</tt>, you will most likely be met with the following error:
{{Cmd|/opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/bin64/libero|output=<pre>
Warning: You are running a version of Suse Linux that is not supported.
Please refer to Libero SoC Release Note for the detail of supported operating systems.
/opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/bin64/libero_bin: /opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/lib64/rhel/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.30' not found (required by /usr/lib64/libicuuc.so.74) </pre>}}
The way I chose to combat this was to delete all of the <tt>libstdc++.so.6</tt> files that came with the tools and then supplying the system’s provides files via $LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH. I’ve also chosen to do this with git commits so you don’t have to start all over if you mess up. The git parts are optional but recommended. (Thanks to sam for helping me figure this out)
{{Cmd|cd /opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_*.*}}
{{Cmd|git init}}
{{Cmd|git add .}}
{{Cmd|git commit -m "init"}}
{{Cmd|find . -name "libstdc++.so.6" -type f -or -type l -delete}}
{{Cmd|git add .}}
{{Cmd|git commit -m "removed tool specific libstdc++.so.6 files"}}
{{Cmd|# test it to make sure it launches
LD_LIBRARY_PATH{{=}}"/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13" ./Libero/bin64/libero}}
This should launch and then give you an error saying license not found. This is normal and will be fixed later in the guide.
=== Install SoftConsole ===
{{Cmd|cd ~/Documents/MicrochipInstallers}}
{{Cmd|./Microchip-SoftConsole-*.*-RISC-V-*-linux-x64-installer.run}}
== Post-Install ==
{{RootCmd|$INSTALL_DIR/Libero_SoC_*.*/Logs/req_to_install.sh}}
=== Installing FlashPro Drivers ===
You need to have the FlashPro device to install these, so ignore this if you don’t have a FlashPro device.
==== FlashPro 5 ====
{{RootCmd|$INSTALL_DIR/Libero_SoC_v2023.1/Libero/bin/udev_install}}
==== FlashPro 6 ====
{{RootCmd|$INSTALL_DIR/Libero_SoC_v2023.1/Libero/bin/fp6_env_install}}
=== Installing Your License ===
You can register for a microchip and request a year-long evaluation license here: https://www.microchipdirect.com/login?redirectTo=%2Ffpga-software-products
You’ll want to get the '''LIB-PL-MACID-F-EVAL''' license, which is a floating linux license.
{{Cmd|mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR/Libero_SoC_v2023.1/license}}
{{Cmd|cp /path/to/license /opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2023/license}}
=== Installing the Licensing Daemon ===
{{RootCmd|cp scripts/libero-license.service /etc/systemd/user}}
= Install Yocto Ecosystem =
== Prerequisites ==
{{RootCmd|emerge -av gawk wget dev-vcs/git diffstat unzip sys-apps/texinfo chrpath socat libsdl xterm bmap-tools repo}}
== Create the Yocto Workspace ==
{{Cmd|mkdir yocto-dev && cd yocto-dev}}
{{Cmd|repo init -u https://github.com/polarfire-soc/polarfire-soc-yocto-manifests.git -b main -m default.xml}}
== Update the repo workspace ==
{{Cmd|repo sync}}
{{Cmd|repo rebase}}
== Setup the Bitbake environment ==
{{Cmd|. ./meta-polarfire-soc-yocto-bsp/polarfire-soc_yocto_setup.sh}}
== Optimize your build environment ==
Yocto builds take a very long time. We can optimize this.
{{Cmd|mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/yocto/downloads"}}
{{Cmd|mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/yocto/sstate-cache"}}
{{Cmd|mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/yocto/persistent"}}
{{Cmd|cd <project_root>/build/conf/}}
Append the following to =<project_root>/build/conf/local.conf= to disable static dependencies and set up non-temporary directories for your yocto build artifacts to live.
{{FileBox|filename=local.conf|lang=bash|1=BB_NUMBER_THREADS ?{{=}} "${@oe.utils.cpu_count()}"
PARALLEL_MAKE ?{{=}} "-j ${@oe.utils.cpu_count() - 1}"
DL_DIR {{=}} "${HOME}/.local/share/yocto/downloads"
SSTATE_DIR {{=}} ${HOME}/.local/share/yocto/sstate-cache"
PERSISTENT_DIR{{=}}"${HOME}/.local/share/yocto/persistent"
SOURCE_MIRROR_URL ?{{=}} "file://${HOME}/.local/share/yocto/downloads"
INHERIT +{{=}} "own-mirrors"
BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS {{=}} "1"
# uncomment to test sources
# BB_NO_NETWORK {{=}} "1"
# remove static deps
STATICLIBCONF {{=}} "--disable-static"
DISABLE_STATIC:pn-openssl {{=}} ""
DISABLE_STATIC:pn-openssl-native {{=}} ""
DISABLE_STATIC:pn-nativesdk-openssl {{=}} ""
DISABLE_STATIC:pn-libtalloc {{=}} ""
EXTRA_OECONF +{{=}} "${STATICLIBCONF}"
}}
== Build the Disk Image ==
{{Cmd|cd $PROOT}}
{{Cmd|bitbake mpfs-dev-cli}}
= Creating a Bootable Yocto Linux Image =
We have two options: Create a new workspace, or we can use this repo as a workspace because this repo is my working workspace.
== Create a workspace (OPTIONAL) ==
{{Cmd|mkdir yocto-dev && cd yocto-dev}}
{{Cmd|repo init -u https://github.com/polarfire-soc/polarfire-soc-yocto-manifests.git -b main -m default.xml}}
== Update the repo workspace ==
{{Cmd|repo sync}}
{{Cmd|repo rebase}}
== Set up the Bitbake environment ==
{{Cmd|. ./meta-polarfire-soc-yocto-bsp/polarfire-soc_yocto_setup.sh}}
== Building Board Disk Image ==
=== Building a Linux Image with a root file system (RootFS) ===
{{Cmd|MACHINE{{=}}icicle-kit-es bitbake mpfs-dev-cli}}
=== Building a RAM-based Root Filestystem ===
{{Cmd|MACHINE{{=}}icicle-kit-es bitbake -R conf/initramfs.conf mpfs-initramfs-image}}
=== Building a Linux Image for an external QSPI flash memory ===
=== Flashing an SD Card ===
{{Cmd|zcat build/tmp-glibc/deploy/images/icicle-kit-es/mpfs-dev-cli-icicle-kit-es.wic.gz {{!}} sudo dd of{{=}}/dev/sdX bs{{=}}4096 iflag{{=}}fullblock oflag{{=}}direct conv{{=}}fsync status{{=}}progress}}
= References =
==== [https://github.com/polarfire-soc/meta-polarfire-soc-yocto-bsp PolarFire Yocto Github] ====
