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Honored ContributorQuartus 9.1 SP2 WARNING!!!!!
I've opened up an SR for this, but in the meantime, don't install SP2 if you need to use the flash programmer to program an EPCS with or without NIOS. This was specifically on a cyclone II, but it pr...
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Honored ContributorI have similar problems. I want to switch to 9.1 (from 7.2) because I need support of EPCS128. I found out that (one of) the reason for malfunction is the sof2flash command. If I generate the flash-files with sof2flash from 7.2. then the Nios will boot correct. I can use the flash utility from 9.1 SP1 (nios2-flash-programmer).
My workaround is: use Altera 7.2 (or other except 9.1.) for sof2flash --epcs --input=project.sof --output=project.flash elf2flash --epcs --after=project.flash --input=firmware.elf --output=firmware.flash use Altera 9.1 for nios2-flash-programmer --cable='USB-Blaster [USB-0]' --epcs --base=0x3200000 project.flash nios2-flash-programmer --cable='USB-Blaster [USB-0]' --epcs --base=0x3200000 firmware.flash Jens
