Digests

Digests are used for protecting data integrity. In the factory and user security segment, each logical page contains an automatically generated digest calculated dynamically at the time of programming the data to be written. For the FPGA fabric, the digest includes an overall value covering the data to be programmed. In addition, digests are calculated and stored for the sNVM and eNVM (for PolarFire SoC FPGA only) pages marked as ROM. The digests can be verified on-demand by the user, either internally using a system service, or externally using a programming instruction. In addition, the user can automatically run digest checks on each power-up. The following section describes the various options to run the digest check. For more information about Digest Check System Services, see PolarFire FPGA and PolarFire SoC FPGA System Services User Guide.