Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
15 years ago

Parallel Flash Loader issues

Hi all, on a custom board we are using PFL (implemented in a MAX II device) to configure a single Stratix II GX device using FPP. The flash memory (S29GL064N) holds 2 firmware images, user and ...
Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
15 years ago

The 4 byte offset, you observed, is there, because the PFL image contains a 32 bit header with additional information, e.g. the PFL version and, if I remember right, also a compression mode flag. You can refer to the PFL sources to check for the details. Don't expect much explaining comments.