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12 years ago

.elf file explained?

Hello! I have just watched the ALTERA Embedded Design Flow video tutorial and at some point at the end it is explained how the user can program a flash memory with: - A boot loader - The...
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12 years ago

Thats a lot of information!

Where can I find some more information on the automatically created boot loader? Is there any dedicated tutorial on the flash or quartus programmer (whoever creates the boot loader)?

Also I would like to know what happens when the Nios first gets configured as part of the FPGA. Does it start automatically to run the first instruiction from the base address?Is there any other action done before that?