Read binary file data in Verilog into 2D Array

Question

I have an array that I want to load up from a binary file:

parameter c_ROWS = 8;
parameter c_COLS = 16;
reg [15:0]  r_Image_Raw[0:c_ROWS-1][0:c_COLS-1];

My input file is binary data, 256 bytes long (same total space as r_Image_Raw). I tried using $fread to accomplish this, but it only works through the 4th column of the last row:

n_File_ID = $fopen(s_File_Name, "r");
n_Temp = $fread(r_Image_Raw, n_File_ID);

I also tried using $fscanf for this, but I get an error about packed types when opening the synthesis tool:

while (!$feof(n_File_ID))
  n_Temp = $fscanf(n_File_ID, "%h", r_Image_Raw);

I feel like this should be easy to do. Do I have create a 2D for loop and loop through the r_Image_Raw variable, reading in 16 bits at a time? I feel like it should not be that complicated.

Answer 1

I realized my mistake. It should be:

n_File_ID = $fopen(s_File_Name, "rb");
n_Temp = $fread(r_Image_Raw, n_File_ID);

I was using "r" and not "rb" to specify that it was a binary file. Interestingly enough, "r" does work for the majority of the data, but it is unable read in the last ~13 locations from the file.