# jetson-customize-uphy

Picks a UPHY lane allocation for custom Jetson Orin and Thor carriers and writes the tokens into ODMDATA. Useful when a controller fails to enumerate after flashing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: Jetson Team
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jetson-customize-uphy

## What it does

The skill selects a UPHY lane allocation and applies it to `ODMDATA="..."` in the carrier flash-conf fork. Tokens `uphy0-config-N` (plus `uphy1-config-N` on Thor) are parsed at flash time and land in `/uphy/uphy{0,1}-config` of the BPMP DTB. Selecting `uphy0-config-6` also adds the `UPHY_CONFIG=""` clear.

Eight steps run inside: resolve the target and docs, find the UPHY lane section in the Adaptation Guide, cross-check the carrier schematic by net names, enumerate the documented options, then ask you which config to use as a hard gate. After that comes one atomic ODMDATA commit carrying every controller token — `pcie@N_status`, `mgbeN-speed-*`, USB SS per-port entries. Kernel-DT overlays belong to `/jetson-customize-pcie`, `/jetson-customize-mgbe` and `/jetson-customize-usb`; those sub-skills never touch ODMDATA.

With a `custom_carrier:` block in the profile, both the schematic and `documents.custom_carrier_pinmux_xls` are required — the skill refuses to run without either, because it will not guess carrier routing. You also need an active target-platform profile with `reference_devkit:` and `custom_carrier:`, an initialized git tree at `<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/.git`, and a forked carrier conf. On MGBE, disabling a controller demands the `mgbeN-speed-del` token: skip it and FMON raises an SError that puts the board into a reboot loop. That is the most common post-flash failure on Thor.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-uphy -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-uphy -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-uphy -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills jetson-customize-uphy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-uphy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/jetson-customize-uphy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill jetson-customize-uphy -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/jetson-customize-uphy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a UPHY lane allocation for a custom carrier board
- write uphy0-config-N and uphy1-config-N tokens into ODMDATA
- debug a PCIe or MGBE controller that never enumerates after flashing
- stop a BL31 SError reboot loop caused by a missing mgbeN-speed-del
- compare the chosen allocation against the reference kernel DTB per controller

## Example prompts
- configure UPHY for my custom Orin carrier, schematic and pinmux are in the profile
- MGBE does not come up after flashing — check the UPHY lane allocation
- set uphy0-config-6 and clear UPHY_CONFIG

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: jetson-customize-uphy
description: Configure Jetson UPHY lane allocation (uphy0/uphy1-config) on Orin/Thor custom carriers. Do NOT use for pinmux or PCIe-only edits.
version: 0.0.2
license: "Apache-2.0"
metadata:
  data-classification: public
  author: "Jetson Team"
  tags:
    - bsp
    - phase-2
    - io
    - uphy
  domain: meta
---

# Customize UPHY lane allocation

## Purpose

Select a UPHY lane allocation on a Jetson custom carrier and edit the
carrier flash-conf fork's `ODMDATA="..."` to apply the chosen
`uphyX-config-N` token(s) (plus the `UPHY_CONFIG=""` clear required for
`uphy0-config-6`). Kernel-DT alignment per controller is **not** done
here — after the ODMDATA commit lands, this skill dispatches to the
per-controller skills (`/jetson-customize-pcie`,
`/jetson-customize-mgbe`, `/jetson-customize-usb`), each of which must
compare the chosen allocation against the **reference kernel DTB**
node-by-node and emit an overlay fragment only when the K-stock value
disagrees with the chosen allocation. Discovery is agentic: options,
lanes, and controllers come from the Adaptation Guide, carrier
schematic, and Module / SoC TRM at run time — never hard-coded. Every
user-visible step renders its data as a markdown table, and the final
summary includes a changes-summary table.

## Prerequisites

- Active target-platform profile with `reference_devkit:` and
  `custom_carrier:`.
- `<source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/.git` initialized
  (`/jetson-init-source`).
- Forked carrier conf present (`/jetson-derive-carrier`).
- Reachable Adaptation Guide via `documents.adaptation_guide` ->
  `documents.bsp_developer_guide` -> web fetch -> Step-1 prompt
  fallback.
- **When `custom_carrier:` is present, both
  `documents.custom_carrier_schematic` AND
  `documents.custom_carrier_pinmux_xls` are REQUIRED.** The skill
  refuses to run if either is missing — routing decisions for the
  custom carrier cannot be guessed. Reference-devkit-only profiles
  (no `custom_carrier:` block) do not require these.

## Overview

UPHY (unified PHY) is the shared high-speed PHY pool on Tegra264 (Thor)
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