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14 years ago

Combining .elf and .sof files

How can I put a large .elf Nios program into a .sof file? When I convert to .hex using elf2hex, it tells me it is too large for a hex file. I need to have a way for production computers to prog...
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14 years ago

FYI I did this by modifying the make_flash_image_script.sh that comes with the advanced boot loader. I changed the nios2-elf-objcopy command so that the output was ihex, then loaded that into the Quartus convert programming files tool.