Getting Started with Arm Corstone-1000 FVP

This document explains how to build and boot the Cassini distro on the Arm Corstone-1000 FVP (Fast Model Fixed Virtual Platform).

Note

Due to performance limitations, K3s is not currently supported on the Arm Corstone-1000 FVP.

Build

The provided kas configuration file kas/corstone1000-fvp.yml can be used to build images that are targeting the Corstone-1000 FVP.

Note

To build and run any image for the Corstone-1000 FVP the user has to accept its EULA, which can be done by executing the following command in the build environment:

export FVP_CORSTONE1000_EULA_ACCEPT=True

Building FVP images

To build Corstone-1000 FVP images with default options:

kas build --update kas/cassini.yml:kas/corstone1000-fvp.yml

Or if using kas-container:

kas-container --runtime-args "-e FVP_CORSTONE1000_EULA_ACCEPT=True" build \
kas/cassini.yml:kas/corstone1000-fvp.yml

This will produce a Corstone-1000 firmware image here:

build/tmp/deploy/images/corstone1000-fvp/corstone1000-flash-firmware-image-corstone1000-fvp.wic

And a Cassini distribution image here:

build/tmp/deploy/images/corstone1000-fvp/cassini-image-base-corstone1000-fvp.wic

For other build options, refer to Build System

Running the FVP

To start the FVP and get the console:

kas shell -c "../layers/meta-arm/scripts/runfvp --console" \
kas/cassini.yml:kas/corstone1000-fvp.yml

Note

Adding kas/tests.yml to a subsequent kas shell command does not rebuild the image to include the test packages. You must first build the image using kas build with the same configuration fragments.

Or if using kas-container:

kas-container --runtime-args "-e FVP_CORSTONE1000_EULA_ACCEPT=True" \
shell -c "/work/layers/meta-arm/scripts/runfvp --console" \
kas/cassini.yml:kas/corstone1000-fvp.yml

By default, the Corstone-1000 FVP is configured for user mode networking. For more information and instructions on how to configure networking with Fixed Virtual Platforms, refer to the Fast Models Reference Guide.

For validation steps, refer to Validation.