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16 years ago

EPCS booting problem

Hi, I recently upgraded to 9.1 (today) for both Quartus and NIOS II EDS. Ever since then, whenever I try to program the EPCS, it states that it was successful, but when I power cycle, it never...
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15 years ago

I have installed the new version and it doesn't work also for my Stratix IV GX board using BUP.

Here are my steps:

1. Convert .sof to .flash:

sof2flash --input=<yourfile_hw>.sof --output=<yourfile>_hw.flash --offset=0xC20000 --pfl --optionbit=0x00018000

2. Convert .elf to .flash:

elf2flash --base=0x0A000000 --end=0x0BFFFFFF --reset=0x0A820000 --input=<yourfile_sw>.elf --output=<yourfile>_sw.flash --boot=$SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/components/altera_nios2/boot_loader_cfi.srec

3. Program hardware:

nios2-flash-programmer --base=0x08000000 <yourfile>_hw.flash

4. Program software:

nios2-flash-programmer --base=0x0A000000 <yourfile>_sw.flash

Do I also need to program in the <yourfile>_hw.map.flash file ?

Please let me know if my steps are correct.

Thanks.