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9 years agoQuery FPGA device ID from Linux
We have a board that accepts both an Cyclone V SX or ST part, and also one with more or less logic. Given device availability varies considerably, we have some boards built with one part and some wi...
Altera_Forum
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9 years agoSince SX has slower xcvrs, my guess is that the transceiver portion will/may not work when you program it with the ST image....
If unique code for each chip is your choice, perhaps you can consider this: https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/altchipid.pdf But it will be really hard to maintain.... I don't think there is any Linux driver for scan manager... you can try to look in the uboot code but I doubt there is anything useful from there. Reason being, once the HPS I/Os are set up during the initial booting, there is no reason to go back and change them anymore.