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11 years ago

Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development board not recognised by PC when in PCIe slot

Just received a Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development kit and downloaded the demo c4gx_PCIe_gen1_x1.sof to it but when the PC boots up id does not recognise the board. I am unable to install a driver for it...
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11 years ago

Hi Hugh,

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Has to be Windows 7 and nothing else.

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C'mon, that's a terrible attitude :)

Seriously though, as a developer, you need to have a wide range of "development" tools. Just think of Linux as a tool. You can use it to isolate a problem, and then move onto the next problem.

Have you written device drivers before? Altera has example Windows drivers provided by Jungo (I've not used them, so I'm not sure if they include source). You can write your own Windows driver using the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). I've not used the latest versions, but the older development tools were clunky. I'd recommend reading the "NT Insider" from OSR http://www.osronline.com/, they have excellent discussions on drivers (and if you can subcontract driver development, would be someone to check out).

There are several Linux drivers available for development kits, eg.,

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/linux_pcie_driver

Cheers,

Dave