readback_hw_device - 2020.2 English

Readback hardware devices

Syntax

readback_hw_device [‑force] [‑capture] [‑readback_file <arg>]
    [‑bin_file <arg>] [‑quiet] [‑verbose] [<hw_device>...]

Returns

hardware devices

Usage

Name	Description
`[-force]`	force write of file
`[-capture]`	capture configuration readback data (ultrascale only)
`[-readback_file]`	readback file for rbd file output
`[-bin_file]`	bin file for bin file output
`[-quiet]`	Ignore command errors
`[-verbose]`	Suspend message limits during command execution
`[<hw_device>]`	list of hardware devices Default: current hardware device

Description

Read bitstream data from the current hardware device and write it to the specified readback or binary file.

The Vivado device programmer will readback bitstream data from the Xilinx device through the open target.

Important: If the bitstream on the hw_device is encrypted, readback is not permitted.

This command returns the name of the readback file created, or returns an error if it fails.

Arguments

-force - (Optional) Force the overwriting of the specified file if one of the same name already exists.

-capture - (Optional) Enable readback capture of configuration data on UltraScale devices only. Readback capture can be used to determine the content of user state elements, such as CLB registers, block RAM, distributed RAM, and SRL contents.

-readback_file <arg> - (Optional) Write a readback file (RDB) which is an ASCII output of the bitstream read from the specified hw_device. This file is similar to the ASCII file that is produced by the write_bitstream -raw_bitfile command, except that it has no header.

Important: Although both -readback_file and -bin_file are optional, one or both of these options must be specified or the command has no output file to write the results to.

-bin_file <arg> - (Optional) Write a binary file (BIN) containing the programming data read back from the specified hw_device. This file is similar to the binary file that is produced by the write_bitstream -bin_file command.

Note: If the path is not specified as part of the file name, the file will be written into the current working directory, or the directory from which the tool was launched.

-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.

<hw_device> - (Optional) The hw_device object to read the programming data from. The hw_device must be specified as an object as returned by the get_hw_devices or current_hw_device commands. If the hardware device is not specified, the current_hw_device will be used.

Example

The following example writes an ASCII file of the bitstream data read back from the current hardware device:

readback_hw_device -readback_file C:/Data/readback_1.rbd [current_hw_device]