# GNU Radio on Zedboard **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [March 13, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563 "2015-03-13T18:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/1 "2015-03-13T18:19:09Z")
Hello everyone, I’m going through the instructions from here: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq) to get a working image with gnu radio for my zedboard. Unfortunately I can’t get the board to boot with this image. I was wondering if someone can help me. what I tried so far ( all failed - can’t boot from the SDCard): - default settings in the instructions - renaming u-boot.bin to boot.bin - renaming u-boot.bin to BOOT.BIN - renaming uImage–zedboard-zynq7.dtb to devicetree.dtb - I tried command line as well as gparted gui. what I checked: - download a linux from XillyBus and boot the board with SDCard → works v/r Alireza ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/2 "2015-03-13T19:08:50Z")
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Alireza Khodamoradi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > - download a linux from XillyBus and boot the board with SDCard → works > > v/r > Alireza Can you provide details about how it’s not booting? Are you monitoring the boot sequence over the tty connection (/dev/ttyACM0, usually). I’ve noticed bugs on my system where the u-boot sequence doesn’t kick off properly, so I have to go in over the serial connection to actually call ‘boot’ to get it to run. (I’m sure this problem is something that I’ve done to myself.) Tom ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/3 "2015-03-13T19:40:48Z")
On 03/13/2015 01:17 PM, Alireza Khodamoradi wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m going through the instructions from here: > > [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq) I should go over those carefully, but in the mentime I have some images built for the zedbaord here: > **[Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yfbpj63pcenqatr/AAAt0s3xFXs47I7q5pNopheHa?dl=0)** Take the zedboard one, uncompress it and write it to an sd card. Be sure to unmount (not eject) the sd card and run: sudo dd if=sdimage-8G-zedboard.direct of=/dev/sdX where sdx is the device the sd card is on. Philip ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/4 "2015-03-14T00:54:33Z")
Hi Tom, I connected my UART to /dev/ttyACM0. Here are the result: -With the image from Xillybus: I see the boot sequence and it works fine. -With the image from [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq) I get nothing! Am I overlooking something very obvious? v/r Alireza ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/5 "2015-03-15T20:54:24Z")
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Alireza Khodamoradi \< [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: > I get nothing! > > Am I overlooking something very obvious? > > v/r > Alireza That Zynq page probably needs some updating. But otherwise, try Philip’s suggestion in his response to you. A few of us have tested it and can confirm it boots fine. Tom ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/6 "2015-03-19T05:46:41Z")
Philip, Thank you for letting me using your images. I tried both of them with the \*dd \*command, it took me around 2000 seconds (30 mins) each and after using them on the board I get the following message via the UART: _U-Boot SPL 2014.01 (Jan 09 2015 - 20:24:45)_ _mmc boot_ _reading fpga.bin_ _spl: error reding image fpga.bin, err - -1_ _reading system.dtb_ _spl: error reading image system.dtb, err - -1_ _reading u-boot.img_ _spl: error reading image u-boot.img, err - -1_ _### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###_ I got the above message for sdimage-8G-zc702.direct. I get no message for the other image. What am I doing wrong? On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Philip B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/7 "2015-03-19T14:43:14Z")
On 03/18/2015 10:44 PM, Alireza Khodamoradi wrote: > _reading system.dtb_ > _spl: error reading image system.dtb, err - -1_ > _reading u-boot.img_ > _spl: error reading image u-boot.img, err - -1_ > _### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###_ So the first stage boot loader is running, which is good. It looks for a couple of files which should be there, which is OK. (fpga.bin and system.dtb) Then it tries to load u-boot.img which it doesn’t find. This is bad. Can you put the card in a PC and send the list of file in the FAT partition? Philip ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/8 "2015-03-20T14:55:59Z")
On 03/19/2015 10:48 AM, Alireza Khodamoradi wrote: > Here are the files I have in the FAT partition (boot): > > 1- boot.bin > 2- u-boot.img > 3- uEnv.txt > 4- uImage > 5- zc702-zynq7.dtb > > - I used this image: _sdimage-8G-zc702.direct_ So this all looks correct. When you put the card in the PC both the FAT and roofs partitions are mounted OK? You did use an 8G card? I’m not sure what to say at this point. Everything looks OK. I am traveling and away from borads for a few weeks. Philip ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/9 "2015-03-19T17:50:30Z")
Here are the files I have in the FAT partition (boot): 1- boot.bin 2- u-boot.img 3- uEnv.txt 4- uImage 5- zc702-zynq7.dtb - I used this image: _sdimage-8G-zc702.direct_ On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Philip B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/10 "2015-04-02T01:52:39Z")
On 03/31/2015 11:39 AM, Alireza Khodamoradi wrote: > has _startx_ , is there any way for me to get the VGA working? > I’d ask on the meta-xilinx list. We use hte BSP from Xilinx, which I do > not think has support for the video display. For that you need a special > driver (and I believe you need some stuff in the fpga). The build we > have doesn’t depend on anything loaded in the fpga. Philip ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/11 "2015-03-31T20:41:59Z")
Philip, I got it working. For some reason if I use _Ubuntu’s Archive Manager_ on my laptop to uncompress the .xz file, it doesn’t work! I had to uncompress it by this command: _unxz -d sdimage-8G-zedboard.direct.xz_ in order to get it work. Now I have a linux running on the zedboard with the gnu-radio. But I can’t get the VGA to work - I have to use UART to connect to the linux - I saw it has _startx_ , is there any way for me to get the VGA working? Thank you, Alireza On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:54 AM, Philip B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/12 "2015-04-02T01:54:46Z")
Thank you Philip! I also don’t have the audio jack working. Should I ask it on the meta-xilinx list? ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/13 "2015-04-02T01:56:31Z")
On 04/01/2015 04:53 PM, Alireza Khodamoradi wrote: > Thank you Philip! > > I also don’t have the audio jack working. Should I ask it on the > meta-xilinx list? Bug them. It is also likely a driver issue. My understanding is there are a bunch of analog devices parts on the board that they wrote drivers for. I’m not sure if those drivers made it into upstream Linux, and then you have the issue of the best kernel for our purposes is about 3.14. Philip ---
**Author:** ![Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Alireza\_Khodamoradi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alireza_Khodamoradi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-on-zedboard/234563/14 "2015-04-03T01:09:44Z")
Philip B. wrote: > On 04/01/2015 04:53 PM, Alireza Khodamoradi wrote: > > > Thank you Philip! > > > > I also don’t have the audio jack working. Should I ask it on the > > meta-xilinx list? > > Bug them. It is also likely a driver issue. My understanding is there are a > bunch of > analog devices parts on the board that they wrote drivers for. There is a different kernel that we (Analog Device’s) maintains, which includes both ALSA drivers for the audio chip (ADAU1761) and the HDMI output (ADV7511). > **[GitHub - analogdevicesinc/linux: Upstream focused ADI Linux kernel tree (see...](https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/linux)** > > Upstream focused ADI Linux kernel tree (see README.md on ci branch) there are a few zynq branches in there. Normally Xilinx pulls drivers from there for their kernels, but anyone can do the same. Our build instructions (if that’s the sort of thing you want to do) is at: [http://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms2-ebz/software/linux/zynq\_2014r2](http://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/ad-fmcomms2-ebz/software/linux/zynq_2014r2) We provide binaries for Zed which includes a 3.17 kernel and Xbuntu/xfce for many of the FMC prototyping cards we make. > **[Analog Devices Kuiper Linux \[Analog Devices Wiki\]](https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-software/kuiper-linux?redirect=2)** This does include GNURadio (3.7.4) binary, which some people used/contributed. This doesn’t support the GNURadio FPGA accelerator work that was done. (if that is what you were really looking for). > I’m not sure if > those drivers made it into upstream Linux, and then you have the issue of the > best kernel for our purposes is about 3.14. Upstream - it’s hard to upstream the device side, when Xilinx hasn’t upstream the DMA side. Greg (and others) do not like half a driver. Things are getting better now, and we need to focus on that more. -Robin