Following the PVA SDK Tutorials with ASIP Programmer

The step-by-step tutorials use the standard EMU, NVVPU, and LLDB workflow. After installing the optional ASIP Programmer addition, the same tutorial sources can be built for a target platform with ASIP Programmer. The build system selects it automatically when it is available; pass PVA_USE_NVVPU=OFF to make that selection explicit.

For example, configure the tutorial project for Linux or QNX with:

cmake -S samples/public/tutorial -B build-l4t \
  -DPVA_BUILD_MODE=L4T -DPVA_USE_NVVPU=OFF
cmake --build build-l4t

cmake -S samples/public/tutorial -B build-qnx \
  -DPVA_BUILD_MODE=QNX -DPVA_USE_NVVPU=OFF
cmake --build build-qnx

The VPU programming and optimization material applies to both compilers. In particular, both accept hints such as chess_unroll_loop and emit comparable disassembly and map output for inspecting instruction packing, code layout, and linked routines.

Native Model

To build and run tutorial applications with the optional native model, configure with PVA_BUILD_MODE=NATIVE. See Native Model for package requirements, runtime generation selection, debugging, and model limitations.

ChessDE debugging

The LLDB tutorial applies to NVVPU binaries. For an ASIP Programmer build, use the ChessDE workflows in On-chip Debugging or Debug over IP with ChessDE instead. The ChessDE Debugging Tutorial walks through a debugging session with the debugging tutorial application.