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ContributorReset Vector - NIOS
Hi MK,
Greetings and welcome to Intel's forum.
There is not specific reason why it is greyed out. It is according to the base address you set in Platform Designer. You have the flash address set to 0x10000000, and the offset to 0x08b00000. Therefore, flash will start access at 0x18b00000.
Hope this clarifies your doubts.
Thank you.
Regards,
Kelly
ContributorHello,
"This is the address where the Nios will start running code from. It doesn't do anything to the flash."
"This is the address where the NIOS will start running code from and the flash will not be affected."
-- When you say the Nios will start running the code from that specific address location, then doesn't it mean that there should be something written to that address location in flash?. What is the meaning of running the code from that address?. I would think a piece of code is copied to starting from that specific address location and then start running the code. Can you throw a bit more light on this?
sstrellSuper Contributor
Yes. That's the point of a reset vector, to specify where to start running code from. So if the flash is set to be at that address, there has to be code there on the flash at that address. Not sure I understand your confusion.
