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14 years ago

Software Driver for Qsys Subsystem

Does anyone know a way to include software into a BSP for a QSys subsystem? I frequently have SOPC systems which contain multiple components which serve a single function (for example, a chai...
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14 years ago

Or just define the hardware register layout in a .h file of your own - exactly the same way as you would if writing a driver for a physical device.

The only thing you really need from the SOPC system is the base address - and if your projects are reasonably similar you can probably use a common(ish) base address. The 'automatic' base address assigments I've seen failed to partition the devices into sane groupings - much easier for debug (etc).