BELK-AN-001: Asymmetric Multiprocessing (AMP) on Bora – Linux FreeRTOS

Info Box Applies to Bora Applies to BORA Xpress

Introduction

This application note describes how to build the software components required to set up asymmetric multi-processing (AMP for short) configuration required to run Linux OS on first Cortex-A9 core and FreeRTOS on second Cortex-A9 core of the Zynq SOC. Two different examples are provided. The first one – HelloWorld – shows basic functionalities while the second – RPMsg-based application – exploits more sophisticated techniques to handle inter-processors communication and synchronization.

Documentation

Please download the application note in PDF format.

Additional resources

• http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Multi-OS+Support+%28AMP+%26+Hypervisor%29
• http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/petalinux2013_04/ug978-petalinux-zynq-amp.pdf