Fabric Key
Fabric key is a secure key for users to generate bitstream for a specific FPGA fabric. With this key, OpenFPGA can generate correct bitstreams for the FPGA. Using a wrong key, OpenFPGA may error out or generate wrong bitstreams. The fabric key support allows users to build secured/classified FPGA chips even with an open-source tool.
Note
Users are the only owner of the key. OpenFPGA will not store or replicate the key.
Key Generation
A fabric key can be achieved in the following ways:
OpenFPGA can auto-generate a fabric key using random algorithms (see detail in build_fabric)
Users can craft a fabric key based on auto-generated file by following the file format description.
File Format
See details in Fabric Key (.xml)