Out-of-Context Synthesis - 2022.1 English

Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (UG1393)

Document ID
UG1393
Release Date
2022-05-25
Version
2022.1 English

The Vivado kernel project is configured to run synthesis and implementation in out-of-context (OOC) mode. A Xilinx Design Constraints (XDC) file is populated in the design to provide default clock frequencies for this purpose.

You should always synthesize the RTL kernel before packaging it with the package_xo command. Running synthesis is useful to determine whether the kernel synthesizes without errors. It also provides estimates of resource utilization and operating frequency. Without pre-synthesizing the RTL kernel you could encounter errors during the v++ linking process, and it could be much harder to debug the cause.

To run OOC synthesis, click Run Synthesis from the Vivado Flow Navigator > Synthesis menu.

The synthesized outputs can also be used to package the RTL kernel with a netlist source, instead of RTL source.

Important: A block design type kernel must be packaged as a netlist using the package_xo command.