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13 years ago

CFI Flash software driver Support for 32-bits Flash

Hi, Does the CFI flash software driver support 32-bits flash? My QSYS system is having 32-bits ext flash. When I tried memory test from Eclipse template, it always fails to open the flash. It...
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13 years ago

I see. Can you please tell me what's the problem with the BUP? As I am currently doing a project targets on 32-bits flash (16bits x 2), I just want to confirm if Altera CFI HAL software drivers couldn't work for 32-bits flash while the nios2-flash-programmer is working OK for 32-bits CFI flash? Reason being I am always failed with opening the ext_flash by using the HAL API 'alt_flash_open_dev'. But if using nios2-flash-programmer for --debug, it is able to recognize the 32-bits flash with x16 | x16 mode.