Re: [partial-reconfig] HWICAP control

[John Williams <jwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Javier,

jcastillo wrote:

>   I have some questions about the use of the HWICAP module. Suppose that I
> have a partial bitstream I generate using the partial reconfiguration flow.
> I store it in a block ram and I want to configure the FPGA with it through
> the ICAP module. 
> To program the FPGA though the ICAP what should I do? I mean, I just have to
> read the partial configuration file and write it through the ICAP module? or
> I have to read the configuration until the ICAP points to the beginning of
> the frames I am going to reconf? 

A partial bitastream is basically just a collection of frames, and each 
frame header describes "where" in the FPGA it belongs.  So, there's no 
need to "seek" in ICAP - you can just blast the partial bitstreams directly.

Regards,

John
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