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15 years ago

Dowloading elf process failed

I have a simple Nios 2 program with a nios 2 cpu and off chip SRAM. I use the University program IP core SRAM controller with a de2 board. I can generate the system successfully but I get several ins...
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15 years ago

Two of those comments in the release notes were biting me..

Changing memory size isn't caught by the system..

I fixed it by deleting the bsp project and regenerating it every time I update the sopc design..

The other thing that bit me is that I had nowhere near enough ram for the project, and at first the tool didn't warn me, it just failed to download the elf file.

I started playing with the internal memory size I added, suddenly the Nios Eclipse tools warned me I didn't have enough ram...

Sigh...