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11 years ago

Running NIOS program from external SDRAM

Hi, How would one create or modify a linker script to get a Nios program to run from external SDRAM rather on on-chip RAM? I have created a Qsys system with a NIOS and SDRAM controller. The...
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11 years ago

Nios II reset vector must always point to the boot device.

Exception vector can point anywhere but I recommend to use a convenient on-chip memory for faster reaction.

In the linker settings, .reset and .exception MUST match Nios II settings you used in Qsys:

then, sdram is wrong; you should have epcs (or your specific flash device) at the .reset line.