Questions about SOC FPGA Preloader and device tree

Honored Contributor

8 years ago

problem solved:

In order to load an FPGA sof file, we need to generate an rbf file first (note this can be done from the GUI):

quartus_cpf -c <input file>.sof <output file>.rbf

Copy the .rbf file to the FAT partition of the SD card

Then, from u-boot:

set fpgaload "fatload mmc 0:1 0x2000000 fpga.rbf;fpga load 0 $""{fpgadata} $""{filesize}"

set bootcmd "run mmcload;run fpgaload;run mmcboot"

run bootcmd

You may automate this by doing an:

env save

If there is no message your fpga should be programmed, check the config LED.

If it fails with a -4 return code it has failed, most probably due to the data format.

Check the MSEL switch settings and make sure they match the rbf format (up-up-down-up-up-up = uncompressed rbf)

Enjoy!

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