Binding Indication

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The binding indication is the second part of the configuration specification. It identifies the entity to bind with the component and also maps the two interfaces together. That is, a binding indication associates component instances with a particular design entity. A particular architecture of the entity can also be selected at this time. The binding indication may include a PORT MAP and GENERIC MAP to adapt the interfaces of the entity and the component.

An alternate method of binding components is to use a configuration declaration. This is a separate library that specifies the configuration data for an architecture. This method is mainly used for large scale design and will not be discussed in this presentation.