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20 years ago

EPCS can't be THIS slow

I used the CycloneII dev-kit from altera for a project with uCLinux and a NiosII. To save some $$ I'm trying to configure the FPGA from the EPCS64 and load the kernel from the same EPCS64 thus el...
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20 years ago

Hi wgoossens,

Sorry, forgot about this one:

> from the documentation I thought the bootloader I include when generating the

> vmlinux.flash file sits in the first 1K (which is directly accesable) and copies the

> vmlinux to ram and jumps to the start-address.

You shouldn't need the bootloader at all when you're booting from the epcs device.

The code in the epcs controller peripheral's on chip memory will search for the end

of your configuration data, then load each section to the appropriate address.

Regards,

--Scott