FPGA Drive Reference Designs

This is the documentation for the reference designs for the FPGA Drive FMC Gen4 and the M.2 M-key Stack FMC.

User Guide

• Description
  • Hardware Platforms
  • PCIe IP
  • Active M.2 Slots
  • Software
• Requirements
  • List of supported boards
• Supported carrier boards
  • List of supported boards
  • Unlisted boards
  • Board specific notes
• Supported SSDs
  • Selecting SSDs
  • List of tested SSDs
• Build instructions
  • Source code
  • License requirements
  • Target designs
  • Windows users
  • Linux users
• Stand-alone Application
  • Building the Vitis workspace
  • Hardware setup
  • Run the application
  • Changing Target Slot
  • Advanced Design Details
• PetaLinux
  • Requirements
  • How to build
  • Boot from SD card
  • Boot via JTAG
  • UART terminal
  • Setup the NVMe SSD in PetaLinux
  • Patches and Known Issues
• Yocto
  • Requirements
  • How to build
  • Boot from SD card
  • Setup the NVMe SSD
  • Patches and known issues
• Advanced: project structure and customization
  • Repository layout
  • Target naming
  • config/data.json and config/update.py
  • Make-driven build flow
  • Vivado side
  • Vitis side
  • PetaLinux side
  • Yocto side
  • Modifications layered on the stock BSPs
  • Where build outputs land
• Troubleshooting
  • SSD failures
  • Build failures
• Revision History
  • 2025.2 Changes
  • 2024.1 Changes
  • 2022.1 Changes