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18 years ago

Can not do TryOutuClinux!

Hi,

This days, I am trying to resolve the problem about running the uClinux in Altera Nios dev board, mentioned in my last post, so many methods I've tried, even followed the steps in TryOutuClinux in nioswiki, but there is only one result, failed. here is the information system gives me:

>>Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00

>>Pausing target processor: not responding.

>>Resetting and trying again: FAILED

>>Leaving target processor paused

I am so sad with this problem.

I am afraid the dev board is broken, that will be terrible.

Anyone got idea?

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    18 years ago

    Which Altera Dev board do you use?

    Did you config FPGA sof before download program , as Helmchen said?
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    18 years ago

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    Which Altera Dev board do you use?[/b]

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    The dev board is Nios Development Board, Stratix Edition, with A Stratix EP1S10F780C6 device, 8 Mbytes of flash memory, 1 Mbyte of static RAM, 16 Mbytes of SDRAM.

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    Did you config FPGA sof before download program , as Helmchen said?[/b]

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    Of course, first of all, I download the standard .sof file to config FPGA, and then do the procedure:

    nios2-download -g zImage_std_1s10

    this is OK!

    nios2-terminal

    the error comes!
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    18 years ago

    I updated the zImage_std_1s10. Please check again. And what is the error message of nios2-terminal ?

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    18 years ago

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    And what is the error message of nios2-terminal?[/b]

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    $ nios2-terminal.exe
nios2-termial: connected to hardware target using JTAG UART on cable
nios2-termial: "USB-Blaster ", device 1, instance 0
nios2-termial: (Use the IDE stop button or Ctrl-C to terminate

    And not responsing any more!

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    I updated the zImage_std_1s10[/b]

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    Got it! Thanks for your help, hippo!

    But still won&#39;t work. Is there any possibility that my dev board has some problems?Two weeks ago, I could download the image and the uClinux system run well.
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    18 years ago

    Did you add -g option to nios2-download?

    What is the message of nios2-download?
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    18 years ago

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div>

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    Did you add -g option to nios2-download[/b]

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    yes, I add the -g opting when I use nios2-download command

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    What is the message of nios2-download?[/b]

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    [SOPC Builder]$ nios2-download -g zImage_std_1s10

    Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00

    pausing target processor: OK

    Downloaded 1196KB in 16.8s (71.1KB/s)

    Verified OK

    Starting processor at address 0x11500000
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    18 years ago

    That seems good. It looks like the sdram works.

    I have already reinstalled the Quartus and Nios IDE, but uClinux can not be booted

    where is the problem?