Answers Database JTAG BSDL - Using TI ASSET tester with Xilinx BSDL files (Instruction_Private) Record #191 Problem Title: JTAG BSDL - Using TI ASSET tester with Xilinx BSDL files (Instruction_Private) Problem Description: Urgency: standard General Description: The attribute "Instruction_Private" in the BSDL files for Xilinx XC4K/XC5K devices is not supported by TI's ASSET tester. TI will include support for this feature in the future releases of the software. This is a valid attribute according to the BSDL standard. Solution 1: To get these files to compile in the present ASSET tools, the following lines can be commented out, as follows (add the '--' characters at the begining of the line): -- attribute INSTRUCTION_PRIVATE of XC4005 : entity is -- "USER1, " & -- If function is programmed and not private, remove -- "USER2, " & -- If function is programmed and not private, remove -- "RESERVED"; -- Xilinx reserved As a result, the tester will have no knowledge of the private instructions, i.e., it will not know that the corresponding op-codes are for special purposes, etc. This should only be necessary for the TI ASSET boundary scan tools. TI tech support -- Dave Bonnet -- (214) 575-3357 End of Record #191 - Last Modified: 01/26/00 15:20

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