Release Belfast Release · Xilinx/PYNQ

This github tag is tied to the release of the following SDCard images on pynq.io/board:

Within those image files, PYNQ v3.0.0 is already installed. Updates to PYNQ since the last release include:

Official Ubuntu 22.04 support on the Kria-PYNQ repository:
- KV260
- (new) KR260
Upgraded Software
- All overlays built with Vivado 2022.1
- Linux kernel and build updated to Petalinux 2022.1
Productivity additions - software
- Updated to Python 3.10
- Updated to JupyterLab 3.4.4
- Updated to Ubuntu 22.04 based packages
- Separation of PYNQ-Utils repository for overlay packaging
Productivity additions - hardware
- Added XSA parsing support
- Added debug bridge IP for XVC server support
- Improved support for block design containers and partial reconfiguration
- Separation of PYNQ-Metadata repository for design exploration
SD Build updates
- API change to emphasize builds using prebuilt root filesystem
- API change to emphasize builds using PYNQ source distribution
- XRT library included in board-agnostic images
Deprecations
- PL server as a multi-user daemon is deprecated - pynq server CLI is also deprecated
- 3rd party board automatic building of overlays in SD Build is deprecated
- Wavedrom viewing in JupyterLabs is deprecated - Jupyter notebook viewing is still supported
- Use of pynq/utils.py will be deprecated in future releases - PYNQ-Utils will have same APIs
- Use of pynq/pl_server/.py will be deprecated in future releases - PYNQ-Metadata will have same APIs

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