Remote configuration question

Question

Hello! I have several questions about configuration in my system that is shown on picture.
I need to have a possibility to program the second FPGA(Virtex-6) and its flash memory. I'm going to send mcs or bit file via ethernet to FPGA 1(Kintex-7) then programming in JTAG-mode FPGA 2 or its flash. First of all, i need to develop JTAG configuration logic at FPGA-1. Then, i have a questions:
1) Is it possible to detect in the jtag chain a flash memory of the  FPGA 2 and programm it via FPGA-1? Or its only possible to programm it only using Impact and jtag-programmer?
2) I would like to know if my jtag-configuration logic (at FPGA-1) will have mistakes, is it possible to damage fpga-2  by sending wrong sequences of bits during configuration it "on fly"?
 

Answer 1

XSVF is something like taking a straight-forward iMPACT programming process, and then recording the transitions of the JTAG signals.  Then what you do is to "play back" the recording to make the same thing happen within your target system.  Pretty much anything you do in iMPACT including indirect flash programming (SPI or BPI) can be converted into XSVF.
You could also roll your own JTAG conversion code, but I think that will take a lot more effort.  I would not be too worried about damaging the FPGA, however.  Typically errors in the configuration process are detected as CRC errors and prevent the part from running bad codes.