SVF is a file format which can be used for programming FPGAs and other JTAG operations. XSVF is a binary version, which seems to now be deprecated by Xilinx.

Our initial port of lib(x)sfv to Raspberry Pi:

• ​http://gauss.bu.edu/svn/common-atca-blade.software/SVF-JTAG-programmer/

Documents and others' code

• ​http://www.clifford.at/libxsvf/
• ​https://github.com/xaxaxa-dev/svfplayer
• ​https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/application_notes/xapp058.pdf
• ​https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/application_notes/xapp503.pdf