Including software in the FPGA configuration bitstream

Hi Spaugh,

Thanks for the reply.

I didn't think it was possible to just let Quartus pick up an elf. I don't think elfs can be put in the FPGA directly.

I later looked in the Nios II Software Developer Handbook at http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2sw_nii5v2.pdf p.51, Creating an Internal Boot Memory Initialization File. This calls for running the mem_init_install Make Target in Eclipse to produce all memory init files, including Intel .hex files for the software.

When I went to do this, there did not appear to be a Make Target listed for mem_init_install. I created one with the name and make target of mem_init_install and ran that one. It built all the memory initialization files. I then rebuilt my Quartus FPGA project and booted up my board--success, software ran by itself with no debug connection.

So you haven't had to do this, eh?

Come to think of it, I'm not sure I even tried it before I followed this procedure, I assumed there was something extra you had to do.

-Brad