Single-Event Effects Test Report Linux Operating System Configurations on TUL PYNQ-Z2

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the single-event functional interrupt (SEFI) susceptibility on different Linux operating system configurations. The device-under-test (DUT) was the Xilinx Zynq-7020 SoC on the TUL PYNQ-Z2 board. The device was monitored for kernel panics or hangs, classified as SEFIs, to observe any differences in the SEFI cross sections between operating system configurations. The primary purpose of this experiment was to observe if the number of drivers installed in a Linux system affects its overall execution reliability.