On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:10:19AM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 18:31 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Because that's how the hardware works. If you are making a widget and > > you need a fpga or hybrid chip of any sort, then you generate a binary > > blob using the chip manufacturers tools. > Are these "chip manufacturer tools" physical tools/machines or software > programs? (i.e. something I need to pick up in my hands or something I > need to execute?) Is there any way that someone else can use the same or Software. > similar tools to modify the blob (even if it is only useful to do so on > a different board / with a different chipset)? Ish. Someone else should be able to use the same tools (barring development environment issues) but modern FPGAs provide encryption mechanisms which mean that only someone posessing a security key blown into the hardware during the manufacturing process can generate an image that will be accepted. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
