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14 years ago

O/S handling PCIe reconfiguration (i.e., hot-swap)

I'm going to use the PCIe interface in a new design, most likely in a CompactPCI Serial form-factor (this is the PCI Express update to the CompactPCI form-factor). I've designed 32-bit/64-bit p...
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14 years ago

Dave,

I am facing a similar problem with keeping the PCIe alive or re-enumerating after the FPGA is reconfigured/programmed. I am using a SIV on a Linux host. Did you figure out how this is accomplished? Currently, we reboot after programming to force re-enumeration. We need to make it possible to reconfigure the FPGA without reboot. Thanks,

Jay