# GNU Radio support on MicroZed **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687 "2014-08-23T02:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **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:** [August 23, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/1 "2014-08-23T02:12:23Z")
I’m not the world’s foremost expert in OpenEmbedded (read: person with nearly no knowledge of how to use it). I’d like to get GNU Radio working on a MicroZed. Unfortunately that board is not among the boards supported as mentioned here: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq) [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Zynq) Also, I don’t necessarily need John Pendlum’s changes to add userspace support for interfacing with the FPGA. I just want to get the ARM running GNU Radio. The meta-xilinx-community repo claims to support a BSP and build for MicroZed: [http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-xilinx-community/about/](http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-xilinx-community/about/) [http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-xilinx-community/about/](http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-xilinx-community/about/) How do I go about merging these two things together? I’ve taken my best guess as to how to setup a configuration with Poky: Build Configuration: BB\_VERSION = “1.23.1” BUILD\_SYS = “x86\_64-linux” NATIVELSBSTRING = “Ubuntu-13.10” TARGET\_SYS = “arm-poky-linux-gnueabi” MACHINE = “microzed-zynq7” DISTRO = “poky” DISTRO\_VERSION = “1.6+snapshot-20140822” TUNE\_FEATURES = " arm armv7a vfp neon zynq" TARGET\_FPU = “vfp-neon” meta meta-yocto meta-yocto-bsp = “master:34436672f3ef4915e7526770a0fa8dcff328f93d” meta-xilinx = “master:83bf54daeaca21879290bf444876f9949b117454” meta-xilinx-community = “master:a093287b81d446435d44cf238a9240782a80e1b7” meta-oe meta-networking meta-filesystems = “master:8f637f9bbcdda1dc7a1998d243708c727aa6016f” meta-sdr = “master:21e2722a5e6671fd98268241f216e087f279566d” ?Am I on the right track here? It’s still fetching/building/etc. I’m not too confident it will actually work, since I don’t really know what I’m doing. Thanks, Sean ---
**Author:** ![NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NowlanS_Sean)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/2 "2014-08-24T03:57:27Z")
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Nowlan, Sean [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > MicroZed: > MACHINE = “microzed-zynq7” > meta-networking > meta-filesystems = “master:8f637f9bbcdda1dc7a1998d243708c727aa6016f” > meta-sdr = “master:21e2722a5e6671fd98268241f216e087f279566d” > > Am I on the right track here? It’s still fetching/building/etc. I’m not too > confident it will actually work, since I don’t really know what I’m doing. > > Thanks, > Sean Hi Sean, The embedded page might be more useful: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/embedded](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/embedded) Especially check out the link to SDKs. There’s a rootfs and modules built for a zedboard, all you’ll need are device specific boot files. Just create the right partitions on your card and the provided rootfs and modules should be sufficient. (extract the rootfs to the / mounted partition on the SD card). Hopefully that can get you booting Nathan ---
**Author:** ![NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NowlanS_Sean)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/3 "2014-08-24T08:43:32Z")
Hi Sean, Is the Linaro distribution possible on MicroZed? I spent a long time trying to get OpenEmbedded to happen with no success. The Linaro distribution was a snap and I got GNURadio running no problem on the ZedBoard. Stephen On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:55 PM, West, Nathan [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NowlanS_Sean)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/4 "2014-08-26T16:11:53Z")
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Stephen Harrison \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Is the Linaro distribution possible on MicroZed? I spent a long time > trying to get OpenEmbedded to happen with no success. The Linaro > distribution was a snap and I got GNURadio running no problem on the > ZedBoard. > > Stephen For reference on getting OE working, see our Embedded page: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Embedded](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Embedded) Though I can’t speak directly to the MicroZed. Tom ---
**Author:** ![NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NowlanS_Sean)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/5 "2014-08-26T22:57:28Z")
On 08/26/2014 02:31 PM, Nowlan, Sean wrote: > Is the Linaro distribution possible on MicroZed? I spent a long time trying to > get OpenEmbedded to happen with no success. The Linaro distribution was a snap and > I got GNURadio running no problem on the ZedBoard. > > Thanks, all, for the pointers. Ill see if I can get MicroZed boot files to > launch into the GNU Radio rootfs image. Be careful what branch of meta-xilinx-community you use. If it is useful, I can look at adding it to the repo manifest to try and keep things in sync. Philip ---
**Author:** ![NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NowlanS_Sean)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/6 "2014-08-26T20:33:23Z")
From: [discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [[mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+sean.nowlan=removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Tom R. Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:10 AM To: Stephen Harrison Cc: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNU Radio support on MicroZed On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Stephen Harrison \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: Hi Sean, Is the Linaro distribution possible on MicroZed? I spent a long time trying to get OpenEmbedded to happen with no success. The Linaro distribution was a snap and I got GNURadio running no problem on the ZedBoard. Stephen For reference on getting OE working, see our Embedded page: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Embedded](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Embedded) Though I can’t speak directly to the MicroZed. Tom Thanks, all, for the pointers. I’ll see if I can get MicroZed boot files to launch into the GNU Radio rootfs image. Thanks, Sean On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:55 PM, West, Nathan \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Nowlan, Sean \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: > MicroZed: > MACHINE = “microzed-zynq7” > meta-networking > meta-filesystems = “master:8f637f9bbcdda1dc7a1998d243708c727aa6016f” > meta-sdr = “master:21e2722a5e6671fd98268241f216e087f279566d” > > Am I on the right track here? It’s still fetching/building/etc. I’m not too > confident it will actually work, since I don’t really know what I’m doing. > > Thanks, > Sean Hi Sean, The embedded page might be more useful: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/embedded](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/embedded) Especially check out the link to SDKs. There’s a rootfs and modules built for a zedboard, all you’ll need are device specific boot files. Just create the right partitions on your card and the provided rootfs and modules should be sufficient. (extract the rootfs to the / mounted partition on the SD card). Hopefully that can get you booting Nathan ---
**Author:** ![NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NowlanS\_Sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/NowlanS_Sean)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnu-radio-support-on-microzed/231687/7 "2014-08-27T00:44:46Z")
> Be careful what branch of meta-xilinx-community you use. If it is useful, I can > look at adding it to the repo manifest to try and keep things in sync. I tried bitbaking again and ran into problems. I used the daisy branch on meta-xilinx-community. I also replaced [GitHub - Xilinx/meta-xilinx: Collection of Yocto Project layers to enable AMD Xilinx products · GitHub](http://github.com/Xilinx/meta-xilinx) with [git.yoctoproject.org/meta-xilinx](http://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-xilinx) in repo manifest.xml, also using daisy branch. I initially used the directions at [GitHub - balister/oe-gnuradio-manifest · GitHub](https://github.com/balister/oe-gnuradio-manifest) to set everything up and then made the aforementioned changes, and added meta-xilinx-community to bblayers.conf. No dice. Do you know if Yocto’s and Xilinx’s meta-xilinx layers are too different to be substituted? Is there a way to pull the microzed-zynq7 machine diffs into Xilinx/meta-xilinx? I’m kind of surprised Xilinx hasn’t already added MicroZed support there.