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Hi, Following the hippo's buildroot, I got the zImage file. In the other side, I have u-boot working from flash memory. Now, I am wondering if that's possible to download the zImage di...
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--- Quote Start --- Why do you program the flash with u-boot? It is not the right way. Use the nios2-flash-programmer to program the flash.[/b] --- Quote End --- Cause I want to work only on linux and don't have the linux version for altera stuff (I'm not going to reboot linux -windows all the time). Besides, I want to through that usb-blaster http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- You should use u-boot to download program via tftp to sdram and run. That should be most people want u-boot to do.[/b] --- Quote End --- And if I can do all that things with u-boot only, why bothering myself with other tools !
