AVH FVPs on macOS

This guide is intended to get you up and running with the Arm Virtual Hardware (AVH) Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVPs) on macOS. For a thorough review of all options, refer to the official documentation.

Prerequisites

Install Docker Desktop on Mac .

If this is for commercial use, you might require a paid subscription.

Clone the repo

Open a terminal and set the working directory to the location in which you would like to store the Fast Model. Then run:

    

        
        
            git clone https://github.com/Arm-Examples/FVPs-on-Mac.git
        
    

This creates the subdirectory FVPs-on-Mac in the current working directory.

Build the Docker wrapper

Run the build script to create the Docker image and populate the bin folder with model wrappers:

    

        
        
            ./build.sh
        
    

When this completes, inspect the created bin folder containing symlinks to fvp.sh. These wrappers can be used exactly like any native model executable:

    

        
        
            ./bin/FVP_MPS2_Cortex-M3 --version
        
    

Expose models to local environment

Add $(pwd)/FVPs-on-Mac/bin to PATH environment:

    

        
        
            export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/FVPs-on-Mac/bin
        
    

Put this to your ~/.zshrc to make it permanent.

For further information, refer to the repository’s README.md file .