[partial-reconfig] Bitstream in ICAP

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Subject: [partial-reconfig] Bitstream in ICAP

From: "luyi" <yilu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:50:30 +1000

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Hey, all

I have questions about the bitsream used in ICAP. According to the rule of SelectMap mode, the internal configuration logic is first initialized with several CCLK cycles represented by dummy words, and then synchronized to recognize the 32-bit word boundaries by the synchronization word. So, the process really begin with the synchronization word.

My question are:

1. is this same in ICAP mode?

2. If I put some words on the Input of ICAP before loading the bitstream, does the ICAP treat these words as dummy data?

Cheers,

loui