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the flash programmer doesn't program/configure the fpga. to do so (if you think about it), would be rather difficult, if not impossible.[/b]
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that makes sense. i missed it the first time through, but it's stated clearly in the users guide:
<!--quotebegin-nios ii flash programmer user guide the target design must be running on the fpga before you can run the
nios ii flash programmer on the host. --- Quote End --- <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- if you can't use the QII programmer, you're not going to be able to use the flash programmer. There is a nios2-configure-sof command, but it is just a thin wrapper around the QII programmer.[/b] --- Quote End --- Bingo -- that's the program I was looking for. I'm going to try to get that running. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- You should, however, be able to install a subset of Quartus II only for programming the device.... ("basically" the jtag-related DLLs or SOs from a QII installation).[/b] --- Quote End --- I do have the jtag stuff and can run the nios2 gdb proxy. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- If you've used the flash programmer (at all), you already have this subset. Try typing "jtagconfig -n", when connected to a board with a configured FPGA and you should see some useful information.[/b] --- Quote End --- Here's what I get:
$ ./jtagconfig --enum
1) USB-Blaster
020B30DD EP2C20
020A10DD EPM240
