NIOS only boots after nios2-terminal connects

[JanFranken]

I generate a .jic file and download it into the EPCS64 device.

However once the FPGA starts up, the NIOS does not boot.

Only when I start the nios2-terminal on the PC does the NIOS boot.

Any ideas why the NIOS does not boot by itself?

Thank you very much,

Jan.

[KellyJialin_Goh]

Hi Jan,

The nios2-terminal command allows you to monitor stdout, stderr or both and to provide input to a NIOS II processor subsystem through stdin.

The EPCS is not directly addressable. You will need to get a small boot loader program and load it into an embedded memory and set the embedded memory as the reset vector.

Here is also a link to check out on booting methods of the NIOS II processor.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683689/current/processor-booting-methods.html

Regards,

Kelly

[KellyJialin_Goh]

Hi Jan,

Is the feedback and link provided helpful to you ?

Regards,

Kelly

[KellyJialin_Goh]

Hi Jan,

Is the feedback and link provided helpful to you ?

Regards,

Kelly

[KellyJialin_Goh]

Hi,

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Kelly Jialin, GOH

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[JanFranken · Accepted solution]

Hi Kelly,

In our case the solution was to remove the JTAG Debug UART and move the stdout/stdin/stderr to a standard UART.

The NIOS now boots from startup without waiting for the nios-terminal to connect.

Thank you,

Jan.