promgen: An easier way to generate .bit.bin

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promgen: An easier way to generate .bit.bin

Postby yanidubin » Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:46 am

Some weeks ago I came across a simpler way to generate the binary bitstream file. I hadn't gotten around to trying it and testing it until tonight.

It is easier than the bootgen method in that no .bif file needs to be created, nor is a dummy.elf required. It goes straight from .bit to .bit.bin with no messing around.

I did a search on the forum and saw no references to promgen, so I thought I should share it.

promgen -b -w -p bin -data_width 32 -u 0 parallella_z7_top.bit -o parallella.bit.bin

Is anyone familiar with this tool and know of any issues with it?
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Re: promgen: A better way to generate .bit.bin?

Postby aolofsson » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:38 pm

We'll take a look...when it comes to binary blob tools, I tend to stay with the one that gets mentioned most by the vendor. "down the middle approach". There may be others here on the forum who have more insight.
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Re: promgen: A better way to generate .bit.bin?

Postby yanidubin » Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:51 pm

Yes, you make a very good point. I retract my recommendation to include it, and suggest it for consideration instead.

Meanwhile, I will continue to use it until it fails me - so if we ever do consider the switch, we have data points on how reliable it may be.
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