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Scotty2
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3 years ago
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Stratix 10 serial flash mailbox client IP clarification

Hello, I am quiet new to the Intel and Stratix 10 environment, so pardon me if this is a trivial post. If I need to post this somewhere else, do let me know! I am trying to wrap my head around ...
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    EBERLAZARE_I_Intel
    3 years ago

    Hi,


    Unfortunately we do not have a Linux driver for the FPGA mailbox. The alternative is using HWMON on the SDM mailbox calls.



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EBERLAZARE_I_Intel
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3 years ago

Hi,


Do you have any additional questions?


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    Scotty2
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    3 years ago

    Hi,

    thank you for getting back to me!

    well since the main purpose of the flash interaction is to update it remotely and after rereading the documentation about the RSU feature multiple times, it seems that is the way to go. The RSU client and the libraries seem to provide a application layer (user layer) method of rewriting the external memory. This way there seems to be no need to add any extra IPs to the hardware design and all is handled on the software side.

    So I will be looking more into this method, and will open a new question if something comes up later

    thank you!