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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2 0/1] FPGA subsystem core
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I do it all the time.

JAM/STAPL seems to me to be more used for exotic connections to serial flash for persistent programming.

Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:00:28PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> Every FPGA toolchain I know of has a way to emit JAM/STAPL bytecode
>> files... and a fair number of programming scenarios need them.
>
>Yes, but now you are talking about JTAG.
>
>JTAG is a very different problem than configuring over the
>configuration bus, I don't think it makes much sense to try and
>combine those two things into a single subsystem.
>
>The majority use of JAM/STAPL output is for manufacturing
>automation. In system, In field programming of SRAM FPGAs via JTAG is
>uncommon.
>
>Jason

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