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inaccel bitstream parse

Description-

Parse FPGA binary build-metadata

Usage-

inaccel bitstream parse [command options]

Options-

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
`--input, -i`	`/dev/stdin`	The bitstream binary build-metadata source
`--output, -o`	`/dev/stdout`	The bistream specification target
`--format`	`json`	Choose the print format between JSON and XML
`--raw`		Skip field decoration process

Parent command-

Command	Description
`inaccel bitstream`	Manages bitstream repositories

Examples-

Extract the bitstream specification...-

...from an Intel binary file (.aocx)-

BITSTREAM="binary.aocx" ; (aocl binedit ${BITSTREAM} get .acl.fpga.bin /tmp/fpga.bin && \
aocl binedit /tmp/fpga.bin print .acl.gbs.gz | gunzip | packager gbs-info --gbs=<(cat) && \
rm /tmp/fpga.bin ; aocl binedit ${BITSTREAM} print .acl.kernel_arg_info.xml) | \
    inaccel parse -o bitstream.json

...from a Xilinx binary file (.xclbin)-

BITSTREAM="binary.xclbin" ; echo -n "BUILD_METADATA CONNECTIVITY IP_LAYOUT" | xargs --delimiter " " --replace \
xclbinutil --input ${BITSTREAM} --dump-section {}:JSON:>(cat) --force &> /dev/null | \
    inaccel parse -o bitstream.json

Last update: November 6, 2020