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diff --git a/fpga/xilinx/programmer/bit2svf/README.en b/fpga/xilinx/programmer/bit2svf/README.en new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f578451 --- /dev/null +++ b/fpga/xilinx/programmer/bit2svf/README.en @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Copyright (c) 2005 Juan Pablo D. Borgna <jpborgna en inti gov ar> +Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 by David Sullins [bitinfo code] +Copyright (c) 2006 Salvador E. Tropea <salvador en inti gov ar> +Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; version 2. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA + 02111-1307, USA + +dumpbit: +------- + Dumpbit its a simple program wich takes a .bit file generated by + Xilinx tools and dumps the binary stream in a file. + +bit2svf: +------- + This program is used for generate a SVF file with the needed + sequence for store the contents of a Xilinx .bit file inside some + PROM or FPGA. + +Working mode: + A template file with instructions for generate the svf file is + used. A different template is used for each different algorithm. + The format specification can be found in a README file inside + the "templates/" dir wich also has two samples. + +bitinfo: +------- + This program was written by Sullins [davesullins@earthlink.net] and is + used for read the header of the Xilinx bit files. + Its internally used by bit2svf and dumpbit. + The full distribution with its documentation can be found inside the + bitinfo-3.0 directory. + +jbit: +---- + This script, using bit2svf, generates a temporal SVF file for the + specified device with the specified bit file and then uses the program + JTAG for transfering it this file. When finish it erases the temp file. + It was created for simplify the process of programming a Xilinx device + with GPL tools. + |