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20 years ago

uClinux boot from epcs ?

If someone like me wants to run uCLinux on a Nios2 but the fpga must not be a bga type then the biggest fpga available is EP2C20 with QFP 240 pins. That one can be handsoldered http://forum.niosforu...
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20 years ago

Related to this, what are the advantages of using U-boot? I mean, Altera seems to have included a nice little boot copier that copies code from either CFI or EPCS to RAM and then boots, along with their flash programming utility. So to boot a kernel from EPCS, it should be as simple as downloading it to the config device and pointing to the altera boot copier.

Are there any advantages of U boot?