Package Naming Convention

Currently, AMD Alveo™ Data Center accelerator card platforms are delivered through three types of Linux installation packages outlined in the following table.

Table 1. Platform Installation Package Types
Package	Description
Partition	Contains a device bitstream that implements part of the deployment platform in the Alveo Data Center accelerator card.
Validate	Contains code to validate a platform installation and Alveo Data Center accelerator card setup.
Firmware	Contains compiled SC and CMC firmware binary files.

The following section describes the package naming convention for partition and validate types. They differ slightly from firmware.

Partition and Validate Package Naming

The partition and validate installation package names are formed by concatenating the following elements:

<name>_<version>-<release>-<architecture>[-<OS version>].<extension>

Each element consists of one or more sub-elements described in the following table.

Table 2. Partition and Validate Package Element Fields
Element	Sub-element	Description	Examples
Name	Company	Vendor name	Xilinx
	Card	Card name	u50 u250
	Chassis	Connectivity to the server	gen3x16-xdma gen3x4-xdma
	Partition	Partition name distinguishes the partition type and can be one of base, shell or validate.	base shell validate
Version	Iteration(s)	Version of chassis. Dot separated list of one or more integers. Increments when the corresponding chassis interface changes.	2 1.1
Release	Release	Integer release number.	2200000
Architecture	Architecture	Indicates the architecture the package is built for. noarch – No Architecture all	noarch all
OS Version	OS Version	Only present for Ubuntu packages (as the opener to this block). Indicates supported Ubuntu version for some packages. New packages will support all Ubuntu releases and are denoted as all.	18.04 all
Extension	Extension	Package file extension	RPM DEB

The following is an example of a deployment installation package file name.

xilinx-u50-gen3x4-xdma-base_2-2902115_all.deb

Once a deployment partition package is installed, you can use XRT commands xbmgmt and xbutil to display the partition installed on the card.

The following is the partition name displayed for the above deployment partition package. Because the version number indicates compatibility with other partitions, the release number is not displayed.

xilinx_u50_gen3x4_xdma_base_2

Firmware Package Naming

Firmware (SC and CMC) installation package names are generated by concatenating the following elements:

<name>-<version>-<release>-<architecture>[-<OS version>].<extension>

Each element consists of one or more sub-elements described in the following table.

Table 3. Firmware Package Element Fields
Element	Sub-element	Description	Examples
Name	Company	Vendor name	Xilinx
	Product	Firmware product name	`cmc` `sc-fw`
	Card	Card name	u250 u50
Version	Version	Firmware version number. Three integers joined by dots.	1.0.13 4.3.9
Release	Release	CMC firmware uses an integer. SC firmware uses an alpha-numeric number separated with a dot.	2500000 1.a9fc625
Architecture	Architecture	Indicates the architecture the package is built for. noarch – No Architecture all	noarch all
OS Version	OS Version	Only present for Ubuntu packages. Indicates the supported Ubuntu version for some packages. New packages will support all Ubuntu releases and are denoted as all.	18.04 all
Extension	Extension	Package file extension	RPM DEB

The following are examples of cmc and sc-fw installation package names:

xilinx-cmc-u50_1.0.40-3398385_all.deb

xilinx-sc-fw-u50_5.2.18-1.bf9ba46_all.deb