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11 years ago

Two x NIOS II boot from EPCQ in Quartus 13.1

Hello, It seems that there are a bug in Quartus software for programming the EPCQ. The following workaround (http://www.altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd11192013_118.html) provided by Al...
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11 years ago

The two cpus cannot access the flash at the same time.

So something must ensure that the first nios completes its boot before the second one starts.

You could, for instance, arrange for the first cpu to load the code for both cpus, keeping the second cpu in soft-reset until the code (etc) has all been loaded.