boards/arm/qemu_cortex_r5/doc/index.rst

.. _qemu_cortex_r5:

ARM Cortex-R5 Emulation (QEMU)
##############################

Overview
********

This board configuration will use QEMU to emulate the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+
(ZynqMP) platform.

.. figure:: qemu_cortex_r5.png
   :width: 600px
   :align: center
   :alt: Qemu

   Qemu (Credit: qemu.org)

This configuration provides support for an ARM Cortex-R5 CPU and these devices:

* ARM PL-390 Generic Interrupt Controller
* Xilinx Zynq TTC (Cadence TTC)
* Xilinx Zynq UART

.. note::
   This board configuration makes no claims about its suitability for use
   with an actual ZCU102 hardware system, or any other hardware system.

Hardware
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Supported Features
==================

The following hardware features are supported:

+--------------+------------+----------------------+
| Interface    | Controller | Driver/Component     |
+==============+============+======================+
| GIC          | on-chip    | generic interrupt    |
|              |            | controller           |
+--------------+------------+----------------------+
| TTC          | on-chip    | system timer         |
+--------------+------------+----------------------+
| UART         | on-chip    | serial port          |
+--------------+------------+----------------------+

The kernel currently does not support other hardware features on this platform.

Devices
========
System Timer
------------

This board configuration uses a system timer tick frequency of 1000 Hz.

Serial Port
-----------

This board configuration uses a single serial communication channel with the
on-chip UART0.

Known Problems or Limitations
==============================

The following platform features are unsupported:

* Dual-redundant Core Lock-step (DCLS) execution is not emulated.
* Xilinx Zynq TTC driver does not support tickless mode operation.

Programming and Debugging
*************************

Use this configuration to run basic Zephyr applications and kernel tests in the
QEMU emulated environment, for example, with the :ref:`synchronization_sample`:

.. zephyr-app-commands::
   :zephyr-app: samples/synchronization
   :host-os: unix
   :board: qemu_cortex_r5
   :goals: run

This will build an image with the synchronization sample app, boot it using
QEMU, and display the following console output:

.. code-block:: console

        *** Booting Zephyr OS build v2.2.0  ***
        threadA: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadB: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadA: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadB: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadA: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadB: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadA: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadB: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadA: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!
        threadB: Hello World from qemu_cortex_r5!

Exit QEMU by pressing :kbd:`CTRL+A` :kbd:`x`.

Debugging
=========

Refer to the detailed overview about :ref:`application_debugging`.

References
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1. ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R Architecture Reference Manual (ARM DDI 0406C ID051414)
2. Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R5F Technical Reference Manual (ARM DDI 0460C ID021511)
3. Zynq UltraScale+ Device Technical Reference Manual (UG1085)