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Driver Installation

Install the host driver for your operating system, then verify that the host can discover the Modalix PCIe Card.

Run the following command on the Linux host to install the latest driver.

sima-user@sima-user-machine:~$ sima-cli install drivers/linux
... ... ...
=== Driver Installation Validation ===
  Component            | Status     | Details
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  GStreamer            | PASS       | ✅ GStreamer plugin 'pciehost' installed
  Kernel Module        | PASS       | ✅ Kernel module 'sima_mla_drv' installed
  PCI Devices          | PASS       | ✅ Detected SiMa PCIe device(s):
  - 0000:04:00.0 Modalix HHHL v2              driver=sima_mla_drv

✅ Installation complete.

To install a specific driver version, use the -v flag:

sima-user@sima-user-machine:~$ sima-cli install drivers/linux -v 2.1.2
note

After driver installation, power cycle the host machine before validation.

warning

PCIe driver support for legacy MLSoC PCIe cards ended with SDK 2.0.0. The driver installed by the command above supports Modalix. If you are using a legacy MLSoC PCIe card, install the 2.0.0 driver using sima-cli install drivers/linux -v 2.0.0.

Verify and Test​

Run the discovery command to confirm PCIe enumeration:

sima-cli device discover

If setup is correct, the command output lists connected SiMa PCIe device(s).