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WShep1
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6 years ago

How do I find out what the SBT for NIOS error "Downloading ELF Process Failed"?

I am working on a NIOS project that currently has a very simple NIOS program running on a Platform Designer Qsys system. I made a change to the Qsys system, generated the HDL for the Qsys system,...
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FawazJ_Altera
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6 years ago
Hello, This is a generic elf download failure message. Probably there should be a console message that clarifies where is the source of failure. It might be: 1- Nios II FAILED to response (In this case, there would be an issue with Nios II clock or reset). 2- Failure in address between xxxx to yyyy, (This means there is an IP (mostly external memory), that fails to respond) Thanks