[sdiy] self-modifying code was: Re: My latest project

[cheater cheater]

Oh, gotcha.
So you can do 'SMC'.
Assumedly the FPGA could come up with the bitstream and feed it into itself?

D.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 17:04, Rainer Buchty <rainer at buchty.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, cheater cheater wrote:
>
>> How does this 'prefabricated bitstreams' stuff work?
>
> Using the development tools, you create partial bitstreams which you then
> upload to the desired position within the FPGA.
>
> This requires some careful design as you're essentially building a slot-like
> system in the FPGA, i.e. you require a static "interface connector"  and, of
> course, replacing individual "cards" to be put into those slots must not
> lead to crashing the remaining system.
>
> E.g. reconfiguring the area around a currently running PPC processor (which
> the Virtex FPGA feature) is a particularly bad idea.
>
> Rainer
>
>