18:44 <soundfox1> Hello, I was wondering if could get help again on my project? I am trying to flash a Xilinx Zynq-7000 chip using a raspberry pi. I am using the command 'sudo openocd -f interface/raspberrypi-native.cfg -f target/zynq_7000.cfg -c "program binFiles/file_name.bin verify reset exit 0x0"', where 0x0 is the memory location I want to flash the binary file to. According to the output the gbd server for zynq.cpu0 started on port 3333 so I believe the jtag

18:44 <soundfox1> connection is correct. The issue is that I get the error "Error: zynq.cpu0: how to reset? **Unable to reset target** shutdown command invoked" and had trouble find resources to resolve that issue

18:44 <PaulFertser> soundfox1: hi again

18:45 <soundfox1> hello, nice to see you again

18:45 <PaulFertser> soundfox1: that program command is only appropriate for flashing target flash memory of an MCU or similar.

18:45 <soundfox1> I got more information about the chip I was using like you suggested thank you

18:45 <PaulFertser> soundfox1: what are you trying to do exactly, what is that binary for?

18:46 <PaulFertser> Is there some flash memory for CPU codes connected to Zynq ?

18:46 <soundfox1> Oh I see my mistake. I am trying to load a .bin file for a FPGA using openocd and a raspberry pi

18:46 <soundfox1> I am not sure, do you know how I would check that?

18:46 <PaulFertser> What's bin file?

18:47 <soundfox1> oh the file ends in .bin so I figured it was a binary file

18:47 <PaulFertser> Is it supposed to configure the logic?

18:47 <PaulFertser> What is it supposed to do?

18:47 <soundfox1> Yeah that is correct

18:48 <PaulFertser> Hm, how was it generated? It looks unusual to have FPGA configuration named with .bin at the end.

18:49 <soundfox1> Honestly I am not sure, I am working with some other people and they just asked me to put the .bin file on the fpga using openocd. My bad on the lack of info kinda figuring this out as I go along

18:50 <PaulFertser> Does this FPGA use external memory? Is it a dump bit-for-bit for that memory?

18:52 <soundfox1> I actually don't know the memory aspects of the FPGA. I can ask but I probably won't know for a bit on the hardware configuration of it.

18:53 <PaulFertser> soundfox1: why is it a bin file anyway? Usually people do not use raw FPGA configuration flash dumps.

18:53 <PaulFertser> soundfox1: why don't you get people who understand what they're asking for come here?

19:02 <soundfox1> I am not sure why it is a bin file that is just what was given to me. Also the other people are busy doing other things and I had some free time so they asked me to look into this for them.

19:03 <PaulFertser> WTF

19:05 <soundfox1> Thanks for the help anyways, I was able to gain more areas to look into hopefully I'll be able to figure something out, honestly I probably just missed something simple

19:07 <PaulFertser> Zynq-7000 is a damn complex beast, with hard CPU cores and plenty of logic fabric. And one just doesn't give a "bin" file for it without any clarifications whatsoever.

19:09 <soundfox1> Oh yeah honestly it's kinda overwhelming since I don't really work on hardware either. Yet, I am learning alot about openocd and FPGAs so that is a positive.

19:11 <PaulFertser> So far you connected with RPi to a hard CPU core and can probably halt it, manipulate its registers, access its memory bus etc.

19:11 <PaulFertser> Regular on chip debug stuff.

19:12 <soundfox1> Oh I see so I didn't actually set it up to be flashed?

19:15 <PaulFertser> soundfox1: I have no idea, people usually do not "flash FPGAs" with "bin" files.

19:16 <soundfox1> Oh I see I must be lacking some context around this. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I will try reaching out to the other people in the project since it seems like an issue beyond not know how to use openocd.

19:17 <PaulFertser> Yep

19:17 <PaulFertser> I know plenty things about OpenOCD but can't understand the task.