gerstla/qemu-systemc repository overview

⁠qemu-systemc

Dockerfile: https://github.com/gerstl/qemu-systemc-docker⁠

After installation, launch a container with (including X forwarding):

docker run -ti -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -v $HOME/.Xauthority:/home/xilinx/.Xauthority qemu-systemc:2020.2

⁠Running a normal simulation

First, either bind mount a directory with the boot images generated by PetaLinux:

docker run -ti -v <petalinux_root>/images:/home/xilinx/images qemu-systemc:2020.2

or copy the image directory into the (existing) container:

docker cp <petalinux_root>/images <container>:/home/xilinx/images

Then, inside the container, setup permissions and launch QEMU:

  sudo chown -R xilinx.xilinx images
  ./qemu-boot

⁠Running a co-simulation

Copy or bind mount a boot image that contains a zynqmp-qemu-multiarch-arm.cosim.dtb co-simulation DTB. Then, launch the QEMU co-simulation instance insider the container with:

 ./qemu-boot --cosim [<quantum>]

The simulation quantum is optional and defaults to 1000000.

Then switch to another host terminal, and launch a second shell in your container:

docker exec -it <container> /bin/bash

and run the SystemC side of the co-simulation using the same <quantum> as given on the QEMU side:

cd systemctlm-cosim-demo
./zynqmp_demo unix:../tmp/qemu-rport-_amba@0_cosim@0 <quantum>