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gyuunyuu
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6 years ago

How does one determine the address space of Nios II program in MAX 10 UFM when using .pof file for internal configuration?

In the current system, the Nios II reset vector is set to On-Chip Flash. After power up the Nios II program is loaded into an external DDR2 RAM from the flash and executes from there. For Max 10 inte...
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6 years ago

It is not clear how you arrived at your conclusion. What assumption did you make for the program size to say that it will all fit into one sector?

Is there really no automatically generated file from the tool suite that can give this basic information about the program in UFM?

We want to know the precise address span of the program inside the UFM.

The Flash memory has much higher resolution than just sectors, it is further divided into blocks and pages. Therefore, it should be possible to specify a more precise address location for where the program ends in memory and we can use successive pages to store our own data.