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21 years ago

Problems launching Nios II ISS

Launching the Nios II ISS generates the following error message: Error! : Unable to load memory block at address 0x20 from ELF file Release/nios_program.elf Fatal Error! : Memory map is not c...
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21 years ago

I managed to find the solution for this problem.

In SOPC Builder, under the Nios II sub-menu ('More "cpu" Settings'):

Changing the Exception Address from using the flash memory to SDRAM made ISS run properly.

Apparently, using the flash memory for the exception address is illegal behaviour..