Hi all! Anyone tried using the post-configuration scrubbing function in Spartan-6? I am a little at a loss reading the documentation, so any first-hand experience would be valuable. From the configuration user guide (UG380) I have deduced the following limitations:
- INIT_B can not be used as a dual-purpose I/O, even if you set POST_CRC_INIT_FLAG = Disable (UG 380 p 131: "Whether or not the INIT_B pin is used as the error signal, it cannot be used as user I/O when POST_CRC is enabled"). It seems rather silly to even have this option if it does not free up the INIT_B-pin, and from AR#39582
- What if you use the memory controller? UG380 p 130 says: "Use of the PLL DRP is not masked; therefore, any change to the PLL results in a CRC error". The memory controller is bound to fiddle with the PLL- settings and I assume that is done through the DRP, does that imply that that POST_CRC can not be used if you have an MCB in the system?
- The same question is valid for the I/O-block DRPs. UG380 p 130 says: "The I/O interface DRP at the top and bottom can be masked". From that one would guess that the left and right banks IO interface DRP can not be masked, so any tuning of the IOB delays in these would render the CRC invalid, right? It doesn't say how the masking is done either...
Any comments? /Lars
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