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JetsonAGXXavierasJetsonXavierNX

EmulationPackageUserGuide

JetsonAGXXavierasJetsonXavierNX

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TableofContents

AboutthisGuide 4

Introduction 4

GettingStarted 4

Prerequisites 4

PerformRequiredDownloads 4

ApplytheEmulationPackage 4

EmulatingJetsonXavierNX 5

PreparetheJetsonAGXDeveloperKit 5

FlashtheJetsonAGXDeveloperKit 6

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AboutthisGuide

ThisguidedescribeshowtoemulateNVIDIA?JetsonXavier?NXusingaJetsonAGXXavier?DeveloperKit.

Introduction

NVIDIAJetsonXavierNXbringssupercomputerperformancetotheedgeinacompactsystemonmodulesmallerthanthesizeofacreditcard.DevelopmentforJetsonXavierNXcanbedoneonaJetsonAGXXavierDeveloperKitbyapplyingthisemulationpackage.Forthepurposeofemulation,thepackagelimitsthenumberofCPUcoresandGPUTPCs,DDRbandwidth/size,andallmaximumclockfrequenciesfortheJetsonAGXXaviermoduletomatchthoseofJetsonXavierNX.

GettingStarted

Prerequisites

JetsonAGXXavierDeveloperKit

LinuxhostcomputerrunningUbuntu18.04or16.04

PerformRequiredDownloads

ToapplyJetsonXavierNXEmulationPackageyoumustfirstdownloadfromtheJetsondevelopersiteat

/embedded/downloads

:

ThelatestJetson?LinuxDriverPackage(L4T)andsamplerootfilesystemforJetsonAGXXavier

JetsonAGXXavierasJetsonXavierNXEmulationPackage

ApplytheEmulationPackage

FollowtheseinstructionstoapplytheemulationpackageontopoftheJetsonAGXXavierBSP:

ExtracttheL4TDriverPackage:

$sudotarxpfTegra186_Linux_R32.2.1_aarch64.tbz2

EmulatingJetsonXavierNX

Extractthesamplerootfilesystem:

$cdLinux_for_Tegra/rootfs/

$sudotarxpf../../Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R32.2.1_aarch64.tbz2

Runapply_binaries.sh:

$cd..

$sudo./apply_binaries.sh

Copyandextracttheemulationpackagesothatitoverlaysthesamplerootfilesystem:

$sudocp../Jetson_Xavier_NX_overlay.tbz2.

$sudotarxpfJetson_Xavier_NX_overlay.tbz2

Note:Makesuretheexecutionofapply_binaries.shiscompletebeforeyouextracttheoverlaypackage.

EmulatingJetsonXavierNX

PreparetheJetsonAGXDeveloperKit

PowerofftheJetsonAGXXavierDeveloperKitandconnectittoyourLinuxhostcomputerasfollows:

ConnectaUSBcablefromthehostcomputertotheUSB-Cportnexttothedeveloperkit’spowerbutton.

Connectkeyboard,mouse,anddisplaytothedeveloperkitforinitialconfigurationafterflashing.(Youmayskipthisstepifyouplantouseaserialconsoleconnectionforinitialconfiguration.)

PuttheJetsonAGXXavierDeveloperKitinto“ForceRecoveryMode.”

Ensurethatthedeveloperkitispoweredoff.

PressandholddowntheForceRecoverybutton.

Press,thenreleasethePowerbutton.

ReleasetheRecoverybutton.

FlashtheJetsonAGXDeveloperKit

EmulatingJetsonXavierNX

Oncetheemulationpackageisextractedasdescribedabove,youcanfindthe“jetson-xavier-as-xavier-nx.conf”flashconfigurationfileunderthe“Linux_for_Tegra”directory.

RunthefollowingcommandfromtheLinux_for_TegradirectorytoflashJetsonAGXXaviertoemulateJetsonXavierNX:

$sudo./flash.shjetson-xavier-as-xavier-nxmmcblk0p1

Whenflashingiscomplete,thedeveloperkitautomaticallyrestarts.

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