Partial-Mask SRAM Object File (.pmsf) Definition
A Partial-Mask SRAM Object file (.pmsf) is an intermediate file format that represents a partial reconfiguration bitstream. The .pmsf contains aggregated Mask Settings File (.msf) and SRAM Object file (.sof) data required to generate apartial reconfiguration bitstream Raw Binary file (.rbf).
A .pmsf is generated
with the Convert Programming
Files dialog box, or from the command line by typing
quartus_cpf-p
.The
.pmsf is used to
generate a partial reconfiguration bitstream Raw Binary file
(.rbf) with the
Convert Programming Files
dialog box. Each PR region requires a .pmsf file for each of its
implementations.