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Hi @joshgoldsmith,

Done

We can talk about in the future if you need help to create (and maintain :stuck_out_tongue: ) a meta-pynq layer.

Feel free to ask anything if something is not clear, maybe wrong, I will be happy to reply.

Why doesn’t an official meta-pynq layer exist?

For FPGA folks (at lest in my company) , PYNQ is an absolute game-changer. It’s the life-saver that lets us test complex hardware and accelerators directly from Python, without having to write and maintain complex bare-metal C/C++ applications just to send some data.

Now that AMD/Xilinx is pushing everyone from the (soon-to-be-deprecated) PetaLinux BSPs to a pure Yocto workflow, a meta-pynq layer seems like the most logical, most-needed piece of the puzzle. It would be the definitive bridge to make Yocto the default, easy-to-use platform for the entire PYNQ community.

Is there a technical reason one doesn’t exist? Is it on a secret roadmap somewhere? :wink: Or is this a gap the community needs to fill? We’d love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks for everything you do with PYNQ.

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