NVIDIA Tegra
NVIDIA DRIVE 5.0 Foundation SDK

Development Guide
5.0.10.3 Release


 
Software Components
The following table lists the major software components in NVIDIA DRIVE™ Foundation.
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Foundation Components
Component
Description
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Hypervisor
Privileged software component optimized to run on the ARM® based Cortex-A57 MPCore. Hypervisor separates system resources between multiple VM partitions. Each partition can run an operating system or a bare-metal application. The Hypervisor manages:
Guest OS partitions and the run-time isolation between them
• Partitions’ virtual views of the CPU and memory resources
• I/O resource allocation and sharing between partitions
Boot Loader
Responsible for loading Foundation images.
Based on NVIDIA Quickboot technology.
Early Boot Partition
Provides early display of video images.
Flashing tools
Allows flashing and updating Foundation components and Guest OS partitions.
Based on NVIDIA Bootburn technology.
I2C Server
A Bare metal partition that manages I/O device sharing between partitions.
OS Loader
Responsible for loading OS images. Implements OS specific boot protocol for NVIDIA DRIVE™ platforms.
Based on NVIDIA Quickboot technology.
Partition Configuration Tool
Allows configuring partition parameters and resource allocation
Partition Loader
Responsible for loading Guest OS boot image into partition container. Additionally:
• Plays a key role in restarting individual Guest partitions.
• Dynamically loads/unloads partitions and virtual memory allocations.
Based on NVIDIA Quickboot technology.
Monitor Partition
 
Monitors partitions, including:
• Starts/stops Guest OSs.
• Coordinates Guest OS restarts.
• Performs watchdog services for Guest OSs.
• Logs partition use.
RM Server
Manages isolated hardware services for:
• Graphics and computation (GPU)
• Codecs (MM)
• Display and video capture I/O
System Memory Management Unit (SMMU) Server
Bare metal partition responsible for Tegra SMMU management for I/O device memory access protection between partitions
Virtualization Storage Client Server (VSC)
Controls access to a single eMMC device and virtualizes this device so that VMs see the device as a set of individual disks. VSC also controls and secures access to partitions on the eMMC device from multiple guests
Delivery Method
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Foundation SDK is delivered as sets of self-extracting files. You can find detailed installation instructions in the Getting Started chapter in this document. You can find the list of files in the Manifest chapter in this document.