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Qsys doesn't program flash correctly

Altera_Forum
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‎04-09-2012 02:14 AM
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I am using the latest 11.1 sp2. I have a project that came from 10.1 with SOPC. It has been working in custom hardware for over 5 years. I compiled, debugged and programmed into the flash just fine using SOPC as the system generator using 11.1. It just works as it should. 

 

When I converted the project to use Qsys, it will debug and run fine under the debugger, but I can't get it to run with the EPCS flash. It took about a week to get all the many conversion issues sorted out, but I am at a loss to find why it won't boot from flash. It looks like the SOF won't even boot when I use the flash programmer. If I program just the pof into the flash using the normal programmer, the hardware at least boots just fine. 

 

What issue does QSYS make that won't let the flash programmer work?
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Altera_Forum
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‎08-13-2012 02:51 PM
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Did figure it out? I think, I am having the same issue... 

 

Thanks
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‎09-08-2012 05:01 AM
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i had the same problem with you ,in sopc builder it works well,but convert to qsys,it not boot correctly

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‎09-24-2012 05:24 PM
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You have to tell to qsys that your EPCS component is an epcs component. Don't laugh, please :-) : in qsys component editor, in "module assignments", you must add parameter "embeddedsw.memoryinfo.is_epcs" with value "1", see 13.publishing component information to embedded software (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2sw_nii52018.pdf)

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‎01-20-2013 05:42 PM
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Can you be more specific, how to add this parameter to QSYS?

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