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8 years ago

Autorun kernels and local memory

Let's say I have an autorun kernel that uses a local memory. Are the values stored in the local memory persistent (i.e accessible and valid when the autorun kernel restarts automatically)? So ...
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8 years ago

I don't think local memory persistency is guaranteed for autorun kernels after automatic restart. I wouldn't rely on emulator's behavior in this case since the emulator has so far been quite buggy when it comes to emulating the behavior of autorun kernels. I recommend asking Altera directly via a support request, or writing a test kernel and testing it yourself.