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UG029 (v14.3) October 16, 2012
Chapter 5: ChipScope Engine Tcl Interface
::chipscope::csejtag_db parse_bsdl
This subcommand is used to extract device information from a Boundary Scan Description
Language (BSDL) buffer.
Syntax
::chipscope::csejtag_db parse_bsdl handle filename buf bufLen
Arguments
Returns
A list in the format:
{deviceName irlen idcode cmd_bypass}
Where:
deviceName
String containing the name of the device
irlen
Number of bits in the IR of the device
idcode
IDCODE of the device
cmd_bypass
String containing the BYPASS instruction for the device (usually all ones)
An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails.
Example
Extract device information from the file device.bsd that was placed in the buffer
bsdl_buf of size bsdl_bufLen.
%::chipscope::csejtag_db parse_bsdl $handle “device.bsd” $bsdl_buf
$bsdl_bufLen
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Table 5-44: Arguments for Subcommand ::chipscope::csejtag_db parse_bsdl
Argument Type Description
handle
Required
Handle to the session that is returned by
::chipscope::csejtag_session create.
filename Filename of local BSDL file (for debugging only)
buf Buffer containing the contents of the entire BSDL file
bufLen Size of the buffer buf (in bytes or characters)