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14 years ago

ELF is not getting flashed !

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Hi all,

I am getting my quartus code (.sof) flashed correctly using the NIOS II IDE 11.1 - Flash programmer. But the nios code is not getting flashed.

i am getting the following warning in problems tab -

"WARNING: The expected CPU name does not match the selected target CPU name."

and am getting the following messages in processing tab

Info: Info: ************************************************** *****************

Info: Info: Running Quartus II 32-bit Convert_programming_file

Info: Info: Command: quartus_cpf --no_banner --convert --device=EPCS128 --option=flash/rpctrl_epcs_flash_controller_0.opt G:/rp_ctrl/rpctrl_q101/rpctrl/rpctrl.sof flash/rpctrl_epcs_flash_controller_0.pof

Info: Info: Quartus II 32-bit Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings

Info: Info: Peak virtual memory: 150 megabytes

Info: Info: Processing ended: Fri Jan 20 10:53:36 2012

Info: Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:05

Info: Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:06

Info: Info: ************************************************** *****************

Info: Info: Running Quartus II 32-bit Convert_programming_file

Info: Info: Command: quartus_cpf --no_banner --convert flash/rpctrl_epcs_flash_controller_0.pof flash/rpctrl_epcs_flash_controller_0.rpd

Info: Info: Quartus II 32-bit Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings

Info: Info: Peak virtual memory: 144 megabytes

Info: Info: Processing ended: Fri Jan 20 10:53:40 2012

Info: Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:03

Info: Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:04

Info: Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00

Info: Resetting and pausing target processor: OK

Info: Reading System ID at address 0x000818E8: verified

Info:

Info: : Checksumming existing contents

Info:

Info: 00000000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00010000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00020000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00030000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00040000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00050000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00060000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00070000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00080000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00090000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 000A0000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 000B0000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 00000000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00010000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00020000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00030000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00040000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00050000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00060000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00070000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00080000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 00090000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 000A0000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 000B0000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: Checksummed/read 44kB in 1.6s

Info:

Info: 00000000 ( 0%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00010000 ( 8%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00020000 (16%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00030000 (25%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00040000 (33%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00050000 (41%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00060000 (50%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00070000 (58%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00080000 (66%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 00090000 (75%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 000A0000 (83%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 000B0000 (91%): Erasing

Info:

Info: Erased 768kB in 7.6s (101.0kB/s)

Info:

Info: 00000000 ( 0%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00010000 ( 8%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00020000 (16%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00030000 (25%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00040000 (33%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00050000 (41%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00060000 (50%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00070000 (58%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00080000 (66%): Programming

Info:

Info: 00090000 (75%): Programming

Info:

Info: 000A0000 (83%): Programming

Info:

Info: 000B0000 (91%): Programming

Info:

Info: Programmed 725KB +43KB in 18.7s (41.0KB/s)

Info: Did not attempt to verify device contents

Info: Leaving target processor paused

Info: Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00

Info: Resetting and pausing target processor: OK

Info: Reading System ID at address 0x000818E8: verified

Info:

Info: : Checksumming existing contents

Info:

Info: 000B0000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 000C0000 : Verifying existing contents

Info:

Info: 000B0000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: 000C0000 : Reading existing contents

Info:

Info: Checksummed/read 58kB in 1.7s

Info:

Info: 000B0000 ( 0%): Erasing

Info:

Info: 000C0000 (50%): Erasing

Info:

Info: Erased 128kB in 1.3s (98.4kB/s)

Info:

Info: 000B0000 ( 0%): Programming

Info:

Info: 000C0000 (50%): Programming

Info:

Info: Programmed 71KB +57KB in 2.1s (60.9KB/s)

Info: Did not attempt to verify device contents

Info: Leaving target processor paused

I am testing with a Char LCD code.. i am not getting the processor to start. I have tested the same code with SRAM and On-Chip memory for the program memory, same result

Please help.

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    Hello!

    How did you solve this issue? We are fighting the EXACT same thing.

    Appreciate your help,

    Thanks!