+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Undo the interleaving of several FPGA config files. FPGA config files
+// are combined into one big file:
+// 288 bytes from FPGA file 1, followed by 288 bytes from FGPA file 2, etc.
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+static int get_from_fpga_stream(int bitstream_version, z_streamp compressed_fpga_stream, uint8_t *output_buffer)
+{
+       while((uncompressed_bytes_cnt / FPGA_INTERLEAVE_SIZE) % FPGA_BITSTREAM_MAX != (bitstream_version - 1)) {
+               // skip undesired data belonging to other bitstream_versions
+               get_from_fpga_combined_stream(compressed_fpga_stream, output_buffer);
+       }
+
+       return get_from_fpga_combined_stream(compressed_fpga_stream, output_buffer);
+       
+}
+
+
+static voidpf fpga_inflate_malloc(voidpf opaque, uInt items, uInt size)
+{
+       return BigBuf_malloc(items*size);
+}
+
+
+static void fpga_inflate_free(voidpf opaque, voidpf address)
+{
+       BigBuf_free(); BigBuf_Clear_ext(false);
+}
+
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Initialize decompression of the respective (HF or LF) FPGA stream 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+static bool reset_fpga_stream(int bitstream_version, z_streamp compressed_fpga_stream, uint8_t *output_buffer)
+{
+       uint8_t header[FPGA_BITSTREAM_FIXED_HEADER_SIZE];
+       
+       uncompressed_bytes_cnt = 0;
+       
+       // initialize z_stream structure for inflate:
+       compressed_fpga_stream->next_in = &_binary_obj_fpga_all_bit_z_start;
+       compressed_fpga_stream->avail_in = &_binary_obj_fpga_all_bit_z_start - &_binary_obj_fpga_all_bit_z_end;
+       compressed_fpga_stream->next_out = output_buffer;
+       compressed_fpga_stream->avail_out = OUTPUT_BUFFER_LEN;
+       compressed_fpga_stream->zalloc = &fpga_inflate_malloc;
+       compressed_fpga_stream->zfree = &fpga_inflate_free;
+
+       inflateInit2(compressed_fpga_stream, 0);
+
+       fpga_image_ptr = output_buffer;
+
+       for (uint16_t i = 0; i < FPGA_BITSTREAM_FIXED_HEADER_SIZE; i++) {
+               header[i] = get_from_fpga_stream(bitstream_version, compressed_fpga_stream, output_buffer);
+       }
+       
+       // Check for a valid .bit file (starts with _bitparse_fixed_header)
+       if(memcmp(_bitparse_fixed_header, header, FPGA_BITSTREAM_FIXED_HEADER_SIZE) == 0) {
+               return true;
+       } else {
+               return false;
+       }
+}
+
+