01:12 <cr1901_modern> Somebody seriously coded buildbot to dance?

06:06 <cr1901_modern> rjo: You worked on the proxies, so maybe you have an idea. I learned the hard way tonight that some FPGA and/or FPGA boards will reject a Xilinx .bit file programmed to Flash, and require a .bin file instead. >>

06:07 <cr1901_modern> AFAIK, .bit and .bin differ in only in the presence/absence of a header; are the proxies created to expect .bin files only?

06:08 <cr1901_modern> I thought my dev board was broken because I kept feeding OpenOCD/the proxy a .bit file, and only when mithro told me to use a .bin file did booting from flash mem work.

06:53 <sb0> cr1901_modern, the fpga doesn't know anything about .bit headers

08:02 <sb0> whitequark, did you get any source for that fast/small riscv or is it just hype?

08:03 <whitequark> sb0: no reply

08:04 <whitequark> http://fpga.org/grvi-phalanx/ http://fpga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GRVI-Phalanx-3rd-RISC-V-Workshop.pdf

08:05 <whitequark> maybe write him?

08:05 <whitequark> ah, see this https://www.reddit.com/r/FPGA/comments/3zwcs9/jan_gray_packs_hundreds_of_riscv_cores_into/cypyvbt

08:05 <whitequark> "not yet sure on the licensing model"

14:07 <whitequark> https://twitter.com/bunniestudios/status/686548883564961793

15:40 <cr1901_modern> sb0: Then why would loading a .bit file on one FPGA from offset 0 in Flash work, whereas another FPGA requires a .bin file at offset 0? Hmmm...

15:49 <sb0> cr1901_modern, I don't think loading a .bit directly to flash ever works when the fpga reads it directly, or only by accident (due to e.g. sync word scanning)

15:50 <sb0> cr1901_modern, how is the scan widget?

16:22 <cr1901_modern> sb0: Didn't work on it (meaningfully) yesterday, was gone most of the day. I predict it'll be finished today or very close. Regardless, perhaps tonight/tomorrow morning you and rjo should test to see if it fits your needs so tomorrow I can make changes based on feedback.

16:23 <cr1901_modern> Besides fixing the axis drawing and zoom state, the remaining work is "connecting signals together without making a huge mess."