Problem with Zip file

Dear Daixiwen,

Thanks for your fast feedback. We already debug the program. However, this error appear " .gdbinit: No such file or directory "(refer my attachment).

How do we can know and check the file?

I'm not sure, I don't use the IDE myself... Can't you step in the software anyway? It looks like the options are active and the breakpoint is reached.

In the BSP settings when you enabled the zip filesystem, did you put the correct mointpoint? Did you check that you disabled compression when creating the zip file? The zip filesystem doesn't support compression.

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I'm not sure, I don't use the IDE myself... Can't you step in the software anyway? It looks like the options are active and the breakpoint is reached.

In the BSP settings when you enabled the zip filesystem, did you put the correct mointpoint? Did you check that you disabled compression when creating the zip file? The zip filesystem doesn't support compression.

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Dear Daixiwen,

In Nios BSP Editor setting, I set the exeption_stack_memory_region_name to epcs_flash_controller and interrupt_stack_memory_region_name to onchip_mem. Whilst, in SOPC Builder, I set the reset vector to epcs_flash_controller and exception vector to onchip_mem. I'm not sure whether I put the correct mointpoint for the altera_ro_zipfs setting (as in the figure attached). Did I make any mistake?:confused: Hope for your advise. Thanks in advance.

The mount point looks ok. Is your flash mapped at address 0x1400000, as you configured in the rozipfs?

How do you write the zip to the flash? Are you sure 0x17fffff is the correct offset?

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The mount point looks ok. Is your flash mapped at address 0x1400000, as you configured in the rozipfs?

How do you write the zip to the flash? Are you sure 0x17fffff is the correct offset?

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Hi Daixiwen,

The zip file is write into cfi_flash using flash programmer. Actually the mount point is the default setting after I enable the zipfile system (in BSP setting). How to know the right flash mapped address and offset value? Thanks for your cooperation and concern

You can get the address of the flash memory from SOPC builder, and the offset is something you can fix in the flash programmer when you add the zip file.

But I just saw you mentioned epcs_flash_controller. I wasn't sure serial flash memories were supported in rozipfs (the documentation doesn't say which type of flash is supported) so I had a quick look at the source code. From what I see only parallel flash chips are supported, as this filesystem requires a direct memory map access to the contents. If you want to use it with an EPCS you will need to modify it, especially the read_word, read_word_inc, read_half_word, and read_half_word_inc functions. I think someone else on the forum did this but I don't remember if the modified source code was ever published.

Hi Daixiwen,

Thanks for your fast response. In Flash Programmer, I write .sof file in epcs_flash_controller and .zip file in cfi_flash. What mean of "If you want to use it with an EPCS you will need to modify it, especially the read_word, read_word_inc, read_half_word, and read_half_word_inc functions."?. Is it I need to modify the source file (.c) in Nios? I have try to search similar problem but don't get it until now, already a week I debug the code :(. Any other advises?

Thanks in advance

Okay I didn't know you had both a CFI and an EPCS. If you put the zip file into the CFI flash then the rozipfs should work without modification.

The ro_zipfs_base parameter should be the CFI component base address, as seen in SOPC builder, and the ro_zipfs_offset should be the offset of the zip file as seen in the flash programmer. If you only have the zip file in the CFI I guess the offset should be 0.

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Okay I didn't know you had both a CFI and an EPCS. If you put the zip file into the CFI flash then the rozipfs should work without modification.

The ro_zipfs_base parameter should be the CFI component base address, as seen in SOPC builder, and the ro_zipfs_offset should be the offset of the zip file as seen in the flash programmer. If you only have the zip file in the CFI I guess the offset should be 0.

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Hi Daixiwen,

I have set back all the parameter for CFI and EPCS as your suggestion. But, I have another confusion for the Nios BSP editor (Linker Script tab). I'm not sure if I set the Linker Region Name (under Linker Section Mappings) in the right way. What exactly means for .bss,.heap,.rodata,.rwdata,.stack, and .text? Thanks in advance