Build Automation and Runtime Abstraction for Partial Reconfiguration on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+

Alex R. Bucknall; Shanker Shreejith; Suhaib A. Fahmy

doi:10.1109/ICFPT51103.2020.00037

Build Automation and Runtime Abstraction for Partial Reconfiguration on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+

Alex R. Bucknall, Shanker Shreejith, Suhaib A. Fahmy

Computer Science

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Abstract

Partial reconfiguration (PR) is fundamental to building adaptive systems on modern FPGA SoCs, where hardware can be adapted dynamically at runtime. Vendor supported reconfiguration is performance limited, drivers entail complex memory management, and software/hardware design requires detailed knowledge of the underlying hardware. This paper presents a collection of abstractions that provide high performance reconfiguration of hardware from within the Linux userspace, automating the process of building PR applications, and adding support for the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ architecture. We compare our abstractions against vendor tooling for PR management and open source tools supporting PR within Linux. Our tools provides automation and abstraction layers, from defining PR configurations through to compiling and packaging Linux with support for userspace PR control, targeted for non-experts.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	215-220
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780738105185
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICFPT51103.2020.00037
State	Published - Dec 2020
Event	2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020 - Maui, United States Duration: Dec 7 2020 → Dec 8 2020

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Name	Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020

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Conference	2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Maui
Period	12/7/20 → 12/8/20

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Keywords

Linux
Partial Reconfiguration
Zynq
Zynq UltraScale+

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture

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Bucknall, A. R., Shreejith, S., & Fahmy, S. A. (2020). Build Automation and Runtime Abstraction for Partial Reconfiguration on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+. In Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020 (pp. 215-220). Article 9415614 (Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICFPT51103.2020.00037

Bucknall, Alex R. ; Shreejith, Shanker ; Fahmy, Suhaib A. / Build Automation and Runtime Abstraction for Partial Reconfiguration on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+. Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 215-220 (Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, ICFPT 2020).

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Build Automation and Runtime Abstraction for Partial Reconfiguration on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+

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