Compatibility Issue with HSS Version When Booting Ubuntu Server Image on Simulated Icicle in Renode

[jmoreno10]

Description

When attempting to boot a simulated Icicle board on Renode using an Ubuntu server image from Ubuntu's official RISC-V download page, I encountered a compatibility issue. The script icicle-kit.resc employs an outdated HSS (version 2020.10) which fails to boot the image. This version is not compatible with the required HSS version 2022.10 for the Ubuntu server.

Expected behaviour

Attempting to use the newer HSS version results in an "assertion failed" error message during boot-up. Below are screenshots of the errors encountered:

Image 1: Error when using outdated HSS.

Image 2: Assertion failed error with HSS version 2024.02.

Image 3: HSS hangs in loading (DDR training) with HSS version 2022.10.

How to reproduce?

Attached is the resc script used along with the HSS files.
files.zip

Used unxz to decompress "ubuntu-22.04.4-preinstalled-server-riscv64+icicle.img.xz" file.

Environment

• OS: Windows 10
• Renode version: 1.15.0.10061 (2282a2567-202404180530)