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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

nios2-download capabilities

When I use this command without the -I option, does it check the system ID and timestamp? If so, is it getting that from the elf file? What does the -I option do specifically? If I put a...
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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

It worked the last time I used it. "-I" checks sysid and "-t" checks the timestamp. I assume you have a sysid component in your Qsys system, correct? You also need to specify the "-s" option: base address of sysid component.

[UPDATE] Also note that you have to monitor the return codes. See "nios2-download --help" for more information.

Good luck!

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