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Hello,
I have an altera cyclone (1c20) Nios-II dev board, and am attempting to get uclinux up and running. However, I'm running into an odd problem when trying to upload... I always get either <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- ------------------------------------------------ Microtronix Linux Extensions Version 1.3, Built December 30th, 2004 ------------------------------------------------ Feb 20, 2005 9:09:37 PM - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Launching Quartus Progr ammer to download: c:/altera/kits/nios2/components/altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20/system/a ltera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof Pre-Reading 1726KBytes of data from U5: |----.----+----.----| ******Read failed @00080000 Feb 20, 2005 9:10:20 PM - (SEVERE) nios2-flash-programmer: Error copying data to the flash target[/b] --- Quote End --- The progress bar and "Read failed" address are inconsistent, but I have yet to get past this step. OR I get something along the lines of... <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- ------------------------------------------------ Microtronix Linux Extensions Version 1.3, Built December 30th, 2004 ------------------------------------------------ Feb 20, 2005 9:04:09 PM - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Launching Quartus Progr ammer to download: c:/altera/kits/nios2/components/altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20/system/a ltera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof Feb 20, 2005 9:04:19 PM - (SEVERE) nios2-flash-programmer: Error opening target hardware Failed to get header for variable-payload packet. Feb 20, 2005 9:04:19 PM - (SEVERE) nios2-flash-programmer: Unable to open fla sh-device after successfully communicating with target. It is likely that you are using a flash-programming FPGA design which was not created for your target board. In order to program flash, you must first create a purpose-built flash-programming design (i.e. FPGA configuration) and associate it with your particular board. The Nios development kit is delivered with purpose-bui lt flash-programming designs pre-built for several development boards. If you wi sh to program flash on your own board, you must first create a flash-programming design. The process of creating a flash-programming design for your board is mostly automated. From a bash-shell, execute this script: mk_target_board --help The help-message includes references to other documentation on programming flash and targeting Nios systems to custom board designs. - exiting.[/b] --- Quote End --- With inconsistant "SEVERE" messages, but generally along the lines of what's above. The odd thing is that I can program this .sof just fine using the Quartus programmer, and, unfortunatly, when I do so, nios2-flash-programmer attempts to reprogram it. Any thoughts? Could this be a hardware issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I'm at a bit of a loss at this point. Thanks, --Nate
