Xilinx EDK 9.2I warranty Getting Started with Xilinx EDK this document, User Guides, Documentation

Documentation

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•Processor Reference Guides

•Online help for XPS and SDK.

Note: The Processor IP Reference Guide (Xilinx Processor IP Library) and the Driver Reference Guide are available only from the $XILINX_EDK/doc/usenglish folder. The SDK Online Help is published only in the SDK GUI.

Getting Started with Xilinx EDK (this document)

Getting Started Guide with EDK (this document) provides the following:

•Description of all the required steps for installation on various platforms.

•Description of the third party tools that can be used along with Xilinx EDK to increase productivity.

•Information about the documentation available in EDK.

•Information with which you should be familiar before using EDK.

User Guides

EDK Profiling User Guide

The EDK Profiling User Guide provides information about profiling software running on embedded systems built with EDK. Profiling is software-intrusive and is based on the GNU gprof tool. This document details how profiling works, how to set up the hardware and software systems to perform profiling, and how to view the resulting profile data.

EDK Concepts, Tools, and Techniques

The EDK Concepts, Tools, and Techniques book gives you a hands-on tour of the product. Each section describes an aspect of embedded design creation and provides an opportunity for you to take a “Test Drive” using XPS tools.

Tools and IP References

EDK provides reference guides that cover the basic usage of the various tools it provides.

Tools Reference Manuals

•Embedded System Tools Reference Manual

This manual provides detailed information about all the tools available in the EDK suite, including XPS, Xilinx Microprocessor Debugger (XMD), Libgen, Simgen, Platgen, GNU compiler (GCC) and debuggers.

•IBM PowerPC ISS Reference Guide

EDK provides a third party tool for simulation of PowerPC™ systems. The documentation for this is included in a separate guide, the IBM PowerPC ISS Reference Guide.

Libraries and Drivers Reference Documents

•OS and Libraries Document Collection

This set of documents details all the information about the libraries shipped as a part of EDK. It details the API and is required for customers who intend to use the provided libraries. The document collection includes a Standalone Board Support Package (BSP) document and an introduction to driver documentation.

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