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10 years ago

DE1-SoC MSEL [00000] or [01110] Unable to program FPGA from HPS

Hello together,

I'm just getting started with my DE1-SoC, and I seem to be unable to program the FPGA from Linux w/ frame buffer or LXDE/UBUNTU. I have set the correct MSEL[4:0].

root@socfpga:~# ERROR: Incompatible MSEL mode set. Cannot continue with FPGA programming.

If I program the FPGA from Linux w/o frame buffer (01010), it works fine just as configuring from EPCS (10010).

Am I missing anything, or is there a way to test where the problem is?

Thanks,

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

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    Hello together,

    I'm just getting started with my DE1-SoC, and I seem to be unable to program the FPGA from Linux w/ frame buffer or LXDE/UBUNTU. I have set the correct MSEL[4:0].

    root@socfpga:~# ERROR: Incompatible MSEL mode set. Cannot continue with FPGA programming.

    If I program the FPGA from Linux w/o frame buffer (01010), it works fine just as configuring from EPCS (10010).

    Am I missing anything, or is there a way to test where the problem is?

    Thanks,

    --- Quote End ---

    you may try with MSEL[0:4] is 01010.hope it will work.
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    8 years ago

    Hi!... There is a difference between generate rbf with compression or without. If you use compression MSEL need set MSEL[0:4] 01010 without MSEL[0:4] 00000 I test this with de1-soc and linux frame buffer with ubuntu in a sd. I need help with the tree. I have to generate manually my ip's created with qsys and I don't know how. Thanks!

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      JMuno5
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      7 years ago

      MSEL[0:4] = 00000 worked for me, thank you!

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    10 years ago

    Hi vinaysrivastava, thanks for having a look. MSEL[0:4] 01010 only works for Linux without frame buffer (the linux_SD image), not LXDE or Ubuntu. If I use the previously mentioned MSEL I don't have a framebuffer.