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20 years ago

two cpus, uClinux on cpu1

I've got a design with two nios2 cpus. The idea is that cpu1 runs uClinux to provide a webserver front end, whilst cpu2 is working with some custom on-chip hardware. I 've been able to get ...
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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

Here is the correct syntax. I did not understand that --device is not the cpu.

(Background, design with two nios2 cpus. cpu1 to run uClinux, zImage file made using Linux toolchain, cpu2 to run stand alone C application, image is (say) cpu2code.elf made using nios2 IDE under Windows. )

In Windows launch nios2 shell.

[SOPC Builder]$ nios2-download --device 1 --instance 2 -g cpu2code.elf

cpu2 application starts to run

[SOPC Builder]$ nios2-download --device 1 --instance 1 -g zImage

[SOPC Builder]$ nios2-terminal

/> (prompt from uClinux running on cpu1)