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AD9371 Linux image is not booting

akp2306

on Oct 12, 2022

Category: Hardware

Product Number: AD9371

Software Version: 2018_r2

I am using the zc706 evaluation board along with ad9371 rf transceiver. I used the git repository

 git clone git@github.com:analogdevicesinc/hdl.git to download the design related to ad9371 and zc706. after successfully building the project i created 
the BOOT.Bin using system.bit, zynq_fsbl.elf and u-boot.elf. Than the devicetree.dtb and finally the uimage. But when I try to boot the device using these
files the device does not boot. I have tried different combination using both files provided by analog devices and the ones created by me but none of them 
worked. I tried debugging using the terminal emulator putty and got the error as shown in the screenshot. Please advise me how to move forward.

0 srimoyi

on Oct 13, 2022 1:34 AM
Download the image file from the below link, and then try booting following the instructions given in the below links:

https://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/mykonos/quickstart/zynq

https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-software/zynq_images#preparing_the_image

https://wiki.analog.com/resources/eval/user-guides/mykonos
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0 akp2306
on Oct 13, 2022 1:56 AM in reply to srimoyi
As I said earlier I have already tried those images you are talking about. When i use the boot.bin file, devicetree.dtb file and uimage file given in the link my board boots perfectly but when i try to change any one file with my own customized file for the same architecture it doesn't boot
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0 RR4

on Oct 13, 2022 6:38 AM in reply to akp2306
Moving to the relevant forum
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0 akp2306
on Oct 14, 2022 2:38 AM in reply to RR4
which forum is relevant in this case
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0 mhennerich

on Oct 14, 2022 3:08 AM
akp2306 said:
2018_r2

Try using the latest releases, at this point this is 2021_R1. You need to build HDL and Linux from the same branch. So both need to use 2021_R1, for hdl you also need to use the corresponding Vivado version.

Please see here: https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/hdl/releases

On the 2021_R1 SD card image you can also find all components in the bootgen_sysfiles.tgz archive.

It looks like your u-boot is causing some issues here. Maybe try to build your BOOT.BIN using the u-boot.elf from that archive and see if that fixes the issue.

-Michael
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0 akp2306
on Oct 14, 2022 3:54 AM in reply to mhennerich
I have tried that already but I'm using the 2018_r2 because I have the vivado 2018.2 version. Will using the 2021_R1 version solve my problem? Also, I have been using the window environment to build the project should I try the same in the Linux environment? I'm really in a desperate situation here. The reason I want to generate all these files manually instead of the ones given by analog devices is that I'm using the architecture provided by analog devices for zc706 and ad9371 to develop my own architecture for an algorithm I've been developing for the last year. But at the last moment, I could not implement my design in the hardware because of issues I'm facing due to these three files i.e. BOOT.bin, Devicetree.dtb, and uimage. So I thought to first try manually generating these files for the original design provided by analog devices(zc706 and AD9371), but that too is not working and I'm not able to pinpoint the reason behind these problems. Can you please help me I am already 2 months behind schedule?
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