RdV3-R1 FVP - OS Installation issue

Hi Team,

Any update on this?

Thanks,

Mehala P

Hi, the RD-V3 models are large, I recommend at least 64GB RAM while trying to run it. Based on where the debian installer stopped, it looks like it might be reaching out to network for updated packages? Not sure.

You should definitely prefer to use the pinned manifests though: https://git.gitlab.arm.com/infra-solutions/reference-design/infra-refdesign-manifests/-/blob/RD-INFRA-2024.09.30/rdv3r1.xml?ref_type=tags

Also make sure to pair the FVP version against the tag for the pinned manifest.

You already found the documentation at: https://neoverse-reference-design.docs.arm.com/en/latest/platforms/rdv3r1.html
It's pretty good, so I recommend reading the environment setup steps in detail.

Hi Tom Pilar 

Thank you for your suggestions. 

On 32GB RAM, we tried with updated Debian ISO debian-12.8.0(Previously debian-12.7.0), the installation and boot process for RdV3R1 was successful. However, our attempt to install the latest version of Ubuntu 24.10(Previously Ubuntu-24.04.1) is also failing even after increasing the RAM to 64GB.

I have also verified the FVP version.

Could you please provide any suggestions on how to successfully install Ubuntu 24?

Thanks,

Mehala P

I think the model and reference firmware stack is not tested with Ubuntu 24, only 22. Let me try and investigate briefly.

Hi Tom Pilar,

Thank you for your quick response, Tom. I encountered the same behavior while testing on RdV3R1Cfg1 FVP as well.

I'm eagerly waiting for your reply once your testing is complete.

Thanks,

Mehala P

Hi Tom Pilar,

Thank you for your quick response, Tom. I encountered the same behavior while testing on RdV3R1Cfg1 FVP as well.

I'm eagerly waiting for your reply once your testing is complete.

WinPE boot issue:

I'm having one more query regarding WinPE boot on both RdN2 & RdV3R1Cfg1.

• Rd-N2 FVP Version 11.27.25 with the latest firmware Tag RD-INFRA-2024.09.30.
• According to prerequisites, Host machine with Ubuntu 22.04 with total disk space 1TB and 32GB of RAM. Additionally, having 128GB swap space [virtual memory].

 2. For RdV2R1Cfg1:

Facing the below synchronous exception.

Kindly give suggestions regarding the Boot issues of Ubuntu 24 and WinPE.

Thanks,

Mehala P

I don't have very good news. Ubuntu 24 is currently not supported, it's a known issue in reference firmware stack and it's being worked on, but I cannot tell you when it's likely to be mended.

For RD-N2, I recommend applying this patch to the edk2-platforms checkout:

diff --git a/Platform/ARM/SgiPkg/SgiMemoryMap2.dsc.inc b/Platform/ARM/SgiPkg/SgiMemoryMap2.dsc.inc
index 4989625..02c7686 100644
--- a/Platform/ARM/SgiPkg/SgiMemoryMap2.dsc.inc
+++ b/Platform/ARM/SgiPkg/SgiMemoryMap2.dsc.inc
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
   gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdWdogWS0Gsiv|110
   gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdWdogWS1Gsiv|111
 
+  # Generic Timer
+  gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGtCtlBase|0x2A810000
+  gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGtFrame1CtlBase|0x2A820000
+  gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGtFrame0CtlBase|0x2A830000
+
   # SP804 dual timer
   gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdSp804DualTimerBaseAddress|0x0C110000
   gArmSgiTokenSpaceGuid.PcdSp804DualTimerSize|0x00010000

which adds generic timer and watchdog timer info.

I currently have no info on booting WinPE on RD-V3 R1.

Hi Tom Pilar 

Thank you for your support!

Could you please let us know where we can find the latest updates regarding the OS boot?

Thanks,

Mehala P