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20 years ago

cat /proc/meminfo

I have a 2.6.16 uClinux kernel running on an Altera Cyclone II DSP Dev Board (finally!) but now I am confused about the information I get back from cat /proc/meminfo. The kernel is located on th...
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20 years ago

The Nios II instruction master won't support more than 256 MB of contiguous address space. SOPC Builder shouldn't even allow you to connect a 256 MB memory to a Nios II instruction master.

The CPU's data master does not have this limitation. Are you only connecting to the processor's data master, then? If so, then I'm not sure how Linux/uCLinux would handle this sort of situation.

Cheers,

- slacker