MDD Format Examples - 2021.2 English

Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Embedded Software Development (UG1400)

Document ID
UG1400
Release Date
2021-12-15
Version
2021.2 English

This section explains the MDD format through an example of an MDD file and its corresponding Tcl file.

Example: MDD File

The following is an example of an MDD file for the uartlite driver.

option psf_version = 2.1;

option is a keyword identified by the tool. The option name following the option keyword is a directive to the tool to do a specific action. Here the psf_version of the MDD file is defined as 2.1. This is the only option that can occur before a BEGIN DRIVER construct.

BEGIN DRIVER uartlite

The BEGIN DRIVER construct defines the start of a driver named uartlite.

option supported_peripherals = (mdm axi_uartlite);
option driver_state = ACTIVE;
option copyfiles = all;
option VERSION = 3.0;
option NAME = uartlite;

The NAME option indicates the name of the driver. The VERSION option indicates the version of the driver. The COPYFILES option indicates the files to be copied for a “level” 0 uartlite driver.

BEGIN INTERFACE stdin

BEGIN INTERFACE defines an interface the driver supports. The interface name is stdin.

PROPERTY header = xuartlite_l.h;
FUNCTION name = inbyte, value = XUartLite_RecvByte;
END INTERFACE

An Interface contains a list of standard functions. A driver defining an interface should have values for the list of standard functions. It must also specify a header file in which all the function prototypes are defined.

PROPERTY defines the properties associated with the construct defined in the BEGIN construct. The header is a property with the value xuartlite_l.h, defined by the stdin interface. FUNCTION defines a function supported by the interface. The inbyte function of the stdin interface has the value XUartLite_RecvByte. This function is defined in the header file xuartlite_l.h.

BEGIN INTERFACE stdout
PROPERTY header = xuartlite_l.h;
FUNCTION name = outbyte, value = XUartLite_SendByte;
END INTERFACE
BEGIN INTERFACE stdio
PROPERTY header = xuartlite_l.h;
FUNCTION name = inbyte, value = XUartLite_RecvByte;
FUNCTION name = outbyte, value = XUartLite_SendByte;
END INTERFACE

END is used with the construct name that was used in the BEGIN statement. Here END is used with BLOCK and DRIVER constructs to indicate the end of each BLOCK and DRIVER construct.

Example: Tcl File

The following is the uartlite.tcl file corresponding to the uartlite.mdd file described in the previous section. The “uartlite_drc” procedure would be invoked for the uartlite driver while running DRCs for drivers. The generate routine generates constants in a header file and a c file for uartlite driver, based on the driver definition segment in the MSS file.

proc generate {drv_handle} {
::hsi::utils::define_include_file $drv_handle "xparameters.h"
"XUartLite" "NUM_INSTANCES" "C_BASEADDR"
"C_HIGHADDR" "DEVICE_ID" "C_BAUDRATE" "C_USE_PARITY" "C_ODD_PARITY"
"C_DATA_BITS"
::hsi::utils::define_config_file $drv_handle "xuartlite_g.c"
"XUartLite" "DEVICE_ID" "C_BASEADDR"
"C_BAUDRATE" "C_USE_PARITY" "C_ODD_PARITY" "C_DATA_BITS"
::hsi::utils::define_canonical_xpars $drv_handle "xparameters.h"
"UartLite" "DEVICE_ID" "C_BASEADDR"
"C_HIGHADDR" "C_BAUDRATE" "C_USE_PARITY" "C_ODD_PARITY" "C_DATA_BITS"
}