CPC G06F 9/545 (2013.01) [G06F 8/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
10. A system, comprising:
a processor programmed to initiate operations including:
selecting a unified container file, wherein the unified container file includes a plurality of files embedded therein that are used to configure a programmable integrated circuit;
wherein the plurality of files includes a first partial configuration bitstream and a second partial configuration bitstream;
wherein the unified container file includes metadata specifying a defined relationship between the first partial configuration bitstream and the second partial configuration bitstream for programming the programmable integrated circuit;
determining the defined relationship by reading the metadata from the unified container file; and
configuring the programmable integrated circuit based on the defined relationship specified by the metadata using the first partial configuration bitstream and the second partial configuration bitstream;
wherein the defined relationship includes a dependency between the first partial configuration bitstream and the second partial configuration bitstream.
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