XRT Device fails with newer XRT versions

[quetric]

• PYNQ version: 2.7.0 (pip installed)

• Board name: Alveo (any)

• Description: XRT version identification fails with newer XRT versions. This is because xrt_device.py at line 88 tries to do xbutil dump to get the version, but that command no longer exists.

• Suggested fix: The function should run xbutil --version instead (or as a backup if xbutil dump fails), and parse the first line of output e.g. output.stdout.splitlines()[0].split(": ")[1].split(".")

[mariodruiz]

Hi @quetric, we are working on a solution. There is a PR already opened for this here https://github.com/Xilinx/PYNQ/pull/1343

Another workaround for now is to use the --legacy switch https://discuss.pynq.io/t/pynq-on-alveo-and-xrt-2021-2/3568/2?u=marioruiz

[quetric]

Thank you @mariodruiz, work-around noted.

[mariodruiz]

Fixed in v3.0