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21 years ago

How to boot uClinux automatically

Hi, Please explain to me how to boot uClinux kernel and filesystem and Nios2 configuration, when power on the Altera Nios2 cyclone development board. I need to download the FPGA configuration t...
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21 years ago

I would do the following:

(1) Ensure that your hardware design's reset location is set to the beginning of flash

(2) Upload the hardware design into flash

(3) Build a kernel to match the hardware design

(4) Upload the kernel to flash

If you have an Altera board, you could use the "standard" example quartus project as a starting point. Build a kernel using the default configuration minus the IDE controller and upload both the quartus project and kernel to flash. The next time you restart the board, Linux should start up.