get_cfgmem_parts - 2020.2 English

Get a list of cfgmem_parts available in the software

Syntax

get_cfgmem_parts [‑regexp] [‑nocase] [‑filter <arg>] [‑of_objects <args>]
    [‑quiet] [‑verbose] [<patterns>]

Returns

list of cfgmem_part objects

Usage

Name	Description
`[-regexp]`	Patterns are full regular expressions
`[-nocase]`	Perform case-insensitive matching. (valid only when -regexp specified)
`[-filter]`	Filter list with expression
`[-of_objects]`	Get 'cfgmem_part' objects of these types: 'part hw_device'.
`[-quiet]`	Ignore command errors
`[-verbose]`	Suspend message limits during command execution
`[<patterns>]`	Match the 'cfgmem_part' objects against patterns. Default: *

Description

Get a list of configuration flash memory devices supported by the Vivado Design Suite or Vivado Lab Edition.

Xilinx® FPGAs can be configured from an external nonvolatile memory device, or they can be configured by an external smart source, such as a microprocessor, DSP processor, microcontroller, PC, or board tester. The two configuration datapaths include a serial datapath that is used to minimize the device pin requirements for configuration, and a parallel 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit datapath used for higher performance or link to industry-standard interfaces ideal for external data sources like processors, or x8- or x16-parallel flash memory.

The process whereby the design specific data is loaded or programmed into the Xilinx FPGA is called configuration. The create_hw_cfgmem command defines a flash memory device used for configuring and booting the hardware device.

After the hw_cfgmem object is created, and associated with the hw_device, the configuration memory can be programmed with the bitstream and other data from a memory configuration file created with the write_cfgmem command. The hw_cfgmem object is programmed using the program_hw_cfgmem command.

The configuration memory part can be used to define the hardware configuration memory in the Hardware Manager of the Vivado Design Suite, to enable programming and debugging the design in the FPGA hardware. Use the create_hw_cfgmem command to define the configuration memory for use with the current hardware device.

This command returns a list of cfgmem_part objects that match the specified search criteria, or returns an error if it fails.

Arguments

-regexp - (Optional) Specifies that the search <patterns> are written as regular expressions. Both search <patterns> and -filter expressions must be written as regular expressions when this argument is used. Xilinx regular expression Tcl commands are always anchored to the start of the search string. You can add ".*" to the beginning or end of a search string to widen the search to include a substring. See http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html for help with regular expression syntax.

Note: The Tcl built-in command regexp is not anchored, and works as a standard Tcl command. For more information refer to http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/regexp.htm.

-nocase - (Optional) Perform case-insensitive matching when a pattern has been specified. This argument applies to the use of -regexp only.

-filter <args> - (Optional) Filter the results list with the specified expression. The -filter argument filters the list of objects returned by get_cfgmem_parts based on property values on the cfgmem_parts objects. You can find the properties on an object with the report_property or list_property commands. In the case of the "cfgmem_part" object, "COMPATIBLE_PARTS", "DATA_WIDTH", and "MEM_DENSITY" are some of the properties that can be used to filter results.

The filter search pattern should be quoted to avoid having to escape special characters that may be found in net, pin, or cell names, or other properties. String matching is case-sensitive and is always anchored to the start and to the end of the search string. The wildcard “*” character can be used at the beginning or at the end of a search string to widen the search to include a substring of the property value.

Note: The filter returns an object if a specified property exists on the object, and the specified pattern matches the property value on the object. In the case of the "*" wildcard character, this will match a property with a defined value of "".

For string comparison, the specific operators that can be used in filter expressions are "equal" (==), "not-equal" (!=), "match" (=~), and "not-match" (!~). Numeric comparison operators <, >, <=, and >= can also be used. Multiple filter expressions can be joined by AND and OR (&& and ||). The following gets input pins that do NOT contain the “RESET” substring within their name:

get_pins * -filter {DIRECTION == IN && NAME !~ "*RESET*"}

Boolean (bool) type properties can be directly evaluated in filter expressions as true or not true:

-filter {IS_PRIMITIVE && !IS_LOC_FIXED}

-of_objects <arg> - (Optional) Get the cfgmem_parts of the specified part or hw_device objects.

Important: The Vivado Lab Edition does not support part objects, and only supports hw_device objects. The part or hw_device objects must be specified as objects returned by get_parts, get_hw_devices, or current_hw_device commands, rather than specified by name.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.

Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.

-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.

Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<patterns> - (Optional) Match cfgmem_parts against the specified patterns. The default pattern is the wildcard '*' which gets a list of all cfgmem_parts currently available in the Vivado Design Suite.

Example

The following example gets the cfgmem parts compatible with the current hw_device:

get_cfgmem_parts -of_objects [current_hw_device]

The following example gets the cfgmem_part compatible with the target part, filtered to return only the cfgmem_parts with more than a specified amount of memory:

get_cfgmem_parts -of [get_parts [get_property PART [current_hw_device]]] \  
-filter {MEM_DENSITY > 128}