Platform Studio

Generating the Software Libraries

The Xilinx® Embedded Development Kit (EDK) software libraries comprises the generated libraries and Board Support Package (BSP) files for a given project.

To Generate the EDK Software Libraries and BSPs

Select Software > Generate Libraries and BSPs.

What to Expect

This invokes Libgen, the tool for generating software libraries.

The software library for the project is created in the project area:

<Project Directory>\<Processor Instance>\lib\libxil.a

The address map of the system is created in the header file:

<Project Directory>\<Processor Instance>\include\xparameters.h

A status message appears in the Console Window at the bottom of the Xilinx® Platform Studio (XPS) main window. This window displays output, warning, and error messages from XPS and from tools invoked by XPS.

Software Generation

Select Software > Build All User Applications to invoke the compiler and its settings for the application program sources for each software application in XPS. The Build All User Applications command builds the executable files for all applications of each processor in the system and invokes Libgen if Libgen has not been executed.

What to Do Next

Create your software application projects. Begin with creating a new software application project.