On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:49:59 -0800, Jeff Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Attila Kinali wrote: > > > The only thing i'm not sure about is, how the > > pins of an FPGA react while programming, ie > > whether they could lock up the PCI bus or something. > > Great question. That could be a problem. I suspect the power to the chip > if it's a PCI board will come from the dedicated 5V lines on the PCI > bus. Maybe it's best to have the Host PC in a stopped state (the GRUB > menu or something like that) so there is nothing on the PCI bus?
I think the I/O's are all tri-stated during programming, but I could be wrong. What to do about a device disappearing from the bus is a solved problem. It's called PCI hot-plug. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
