NOTE: This Answer Record is specifically for the MGT.
In the Virtex-4 FPGAConfiguration User Guide v1.1 (Xilinx UG071), Chapter 6, Reconfiguration Techniques, Figures 6-4 and 6-5 on page 81 show an undetermined number of wait cycles from when DEN is asserted to when DRDY is asserted.
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