c++ API not reacting to changes in VHDL components under loopy workflow

[AndrewSftD]

loopy seems to be ignoring changes in VHDL components when creating the host-side API. More extensive testing required. And perhaps bug fix or complete change to generic API generation process.

[AndrewSftD]

Update: Have done more extensive testing, this issue in now confirmed.

[cdeschryver]

this should be fixed for the next milestone with the stable ML-605 release...

[cdeschryver]

Idea: checksum with warning / error if bitstream does not match current API

[mweberUKL]

I added the checksum over the config file (bdf-file) to the generation process. The checksum is saved in both the board-side and the host-side driver. I also added a function to perform the check that the checksum on the board matches the checksum in the host-driver (called check_checksum() ).

The feedback of the function is not perfect. It simply exits the complete host-program and prints an error message to the console. Maybe we can think about a better feedback and a possibility to react to the error.

I tried the checksum check on the AxiFIFO example. It seams to work reliably. Maybe somebody else can check to implementation before we merge into the may repository.

https://github.com/mweberUKL/msdlib.loopy/tree/development

[mweberUKL]

Checksum works as a safety procedure (kills the program if checksum does not match). See issue #20 for further improvements.