Generating Partial Bitstreams Only - 2024.2 English - UG909

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Dynamic Function eXchange (UG909)

Document ID
UG909
Release Date
2024-12-13
Version
2024.2 English

If the full design configuration file is not required, then a single partial bitstream can be created on its own. With a full design configuration checkpoint loaded in memory, use the -cell option to identify the instance for which a partial bitstream is needed. The name of this partial bitstream can be given, as it is not automatically derived from the Pblock name.

write_bitstream -cell rp1 RM_count_down_partial.bit

This creates only a partial bitstream for the RP identified.

CAUTION:
Do not run write_bitstream directly on RM checkpoints; only use full design checkpoints. RM checkpoints, while they are placed and routed submodules, have no information regarding the top level design implementation, and therefore would create unsuitable partial bit files.