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16 years ago

Dev Kit and Dell "Training Error"

We recently acquired two Altera Stratix IV GX Development Kits. When I insert the Altera card into the X8 lane PCIe slot in a PowerEdge 6950, I receive an "PCIe Training Error Slot# " and the...
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16 years ago

Okay... thanks to the local FAE, I now have the proper directions on how to flash.

There are magic options in the sof2flash utility that make the flash image compatible with this board. The fix was found under a SR for "...issues with the sof2flash utility...".

The following options are needed for the sof2flash utility before, the flash image will be compatible with this board:

--pfl

--optionbit=0x18000

Yep. SR was over 1 month old... frustration and anger from the customer... all because of two option switches were left out.