Forum Discussion

dpeng's avatar
dpeng
Icon for New Contributor rankNew Contributor
3 months ago

Cyclone V: how to boot Linux from QSPI?

I am building a system with Buildroot and Barebox as the bootloader. I can generate a working SD card image. Now, I want to transpose this to a 64MiB NOR QSPI flash on the SoM. I read the HPS boot g...
Hps Boot
tehjingy_Altera's avatar
tehjingy_Altera
Icon for Regular Contributor rankRegular Contributor
2 months ago

Hi dpeng​ 

Please refer to our User Guide for the Cylcone V Boot from QSPI.

https://altera-fpga.github.io/rel-25.3/embedded-designs/cyclone-v/sx/soc/boot-examples/ug-linux-boot-cve-soc/#2-cyclone-v-soc-boot-from-qspi

In the steps there are 4 different binaries that was created u-boot-with-spl.sfp, socfpga_cyclone5_socdk.dtb, zImage and core-image-minimal-cyclone5-rootfs.jffs2. These files are required to boot into the linux environment.

These binaries are flashed into the QSPI Image separately into the address shown in table below:

 

 

 

 

 

Regards
tehjingy