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corestar
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5 years ago
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Compile errors for Arria 10 SoC bootloader

I'm using Quartus 19.1 on Windows 7 Pro and attempting to compile a bootloader for Arria 10 SoC from QSPI as instructed on this page: Bootloader Instructions The bsp-editor makefile also directs...
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    EBERLAZARE_I_Intel
    5 years ago

    Hi,


    We apologize for the inconvenience, to build the latest bootloader you need to use Linux. The page is linked is the guide that you can follow in a Linux environment. Since the bootloader can boot to Linux and most embedded is using Linux, we recommend that you too build the bootloader using Linux.


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EBERLAZARE_I_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi,


We apologize for the inconvenience, to build the latest bootloader you need to use Linux. The page is linked is the guide that you can follow in a Linux environment. Since the bootloader can boot to Linux and most embedded is using Linux, we recommend that you too build the bootloader using Linux.


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corestar
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5 years ago

That's a shame. It really does make life difficult for Windows users for a tool flow that is already quite cumbersome. The EDS user guide says to download cygwin which is what led me to believe this would work.