Altera SoC Embedded Design Suite - Manual (Page 10)

Hardware – Software Development Flow
The Altera hardware-to-software handoff utilities allow hardware and software teams to work independ‐
ently and follow their respective familiar design flows.
Figure 1-1: Altera Hardware-to-Software Handoff
The following handoff files are created when the hardware project is compiled:
• Handoff folder – contains information about how the HPS component is configured, including things
like which peripherals are enabled, the pin MUXing and IOCSR settings, and memory parameters
• .svd file – contains descriptions of the HPS registers and of the soft IP registers on FPGA side
• .sopcinfo file – contains a description of the entire system
The handoff folder is used by the preloader generator to create the Preloader. For more information about
the handoff folder, refer to the HPS Preloader User Guide.
The .svd file contains the description of the registers of the HPS peripheral registers and registers for soft
IP components in the FPGA portion of the SoC. This file is used by the ARM DS-5 Debugger to allow
these registers to be inspected and modified by the user.
SOPC Information (.sopcinfo) file, containing a description of the entire system, is used by the Device
Tree Generator to create the Device Tree used by the Linux kernel. For more information, refer to the
Device Tree Generator chapter.
Note: The soft IP register descriptions are not generated for all soft IP cores.
Related Information
• HPS Preloader User Guide on page 7-1
• Device Tree Generator
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