Host system setup

This subsection describes the required setup steps for the host system.

Docker

The development environment is based on a Docker image provided by this project. It includes all the required tools and components to:

• Generate Fletcher projects
  • fletchgen
  • vhdmmio
  • pyarrow
• Build Fletcher projects
  • C++11 compiler
  • Apache Arrow 1.0+
• Hardware/software co-simulation
  • Modelsim
  • OPAE ASE
• Generate bistreams
  • Quartus
  • Updated Platform Interface Manager
  • PACsign
• Update bitstream on FPPGA
  • fpgaconf
• Run on hardware
  • Fletcher runtime
  • Fletcher OPAE platform support
  • OPAE library

Install the latest stable version of Docker.

Driver

If you have access to a supported device and want to run on hardware start by installing the Intel FPGA driver.

sudo yum install -y https://github.com/OPAE/opae-sdk/releases/download/1.4.0-1/opae-intel-fpga-driver-2.0.4-2.x86_64.rpm

Validate that the driver installed successfully and is loaded.

$ lsmod | grep fpga
intel_fpga_pac_hssi    24389  0
intel_fpga_fme         87452  0
intel_fpga_afu         36165  0
ifpga_sec_mgr          13757  1 intel_fpga_fme
fpga_mgr_mod           14812  1 intel_fpga_fme
intel_fpga_pci         26500  2 intel_fpga_afu,intel_fpga_fme

Updating the FIM and BMC firmware

TODO