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14 years ago

error: no memory region specified for loadable section `.reset'

Hi, I met a error when I compile the example (in C) in the NiosII SBT. error: no memory region specified for loadable section `.reset' Do anybody know why this error appeared? I have specified ...
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12 years ago

There is a small bit of code that the NIOS2 jumps to when it is reset which might, for example, copy code from FLASH to RAM. Your reset vector needs to point at a properly tagged memory region where this code will reside.

You might have a look at the map file using the -Map mapfile option to nios2-elf-ld and or "nios2-elf-objdump -h <xxx.exe>", and or at your linker script.