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21 years ago

Flash programmer via ethernet

Now that I have ethernet working on my custom board, I'd like to use it to update the board, or at least the flash memory. It is mentioned in the existing board kit docs that board updates via ht...
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21 years ago

> The symptom is that the u-boot banner and prompt show up, blinking

> cursor and all

...

> If I simply change the timer irq assignment in the mybd.h file to any

> other irq (even unassigned ones), then everything works except for the

> timer dependant function

Sounds like your system is interrupt bound ... try reducing the the

frequency of the timer interrupt. If you're using a full-featured timer,

you can set CFG_NIOS_TMRCNT as needed.

Regards,

--Scott