Can the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software create a .rpd file for updating a single image without the start address block in remote system update in the Intel Arria® 10 devices?

Description

No.  When the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software creates a .rpd file in the Intel Arria® 10, the start address block is always included in the first 32-byte area. 

Resolution

Use one of the following two workarounds when updating a single image in a remote system update in the Intel® Arria® 10,

1. Skip data bytes from 0x00000000 to 0x0000001F to program a .rpd file
2. Modify a .rpd file and remove data bytes from 0x00000000 to 0x0000001F and program the modified .rpd file

Note that when updating a factory image, a .rpd file with a start address block is required.  This is because a start address block is erased together with the factory design image in the sector erase operation before the programming operation.