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Hello everyone,
(using DE0-Nano-SoC w/ Cyclone V SoC) First of, I am relatively new to SoC design and to working with Altera products. I am trying to accomplish a project where I am moving data from the FPGA to the DDR3, and was thinking of using the fps-sdram bridge available. But I am a bit confused. In some places I read info on how it is very necessary to take the FPGA-SDRAM bridge out of reset (https://support.criticallink.com/redmine/projects/mityarm-5cs/wiki/important_note_about_fpgahps_sdra...) But in the posts and examples I find online, using the sdram bridge, there is almost no mention of taking the port out of reset. This leaves me a bit confused. Whats the deal when using the FPGA-SDRAM bridge? Does it require special attention when using it or can it be treated like a normal bridge (set everything up in Qsys and go) And if it is indeed necessary to initialize the port, is there sample code present, or a standard procedure to follow? Maybe a premade script somewhere (since taking the port out of reset should be a pretty standardised procedure?) (Because I found a lot of topics on this subject, I will link some projects demonstrating the use of the bridge. Making it easier for people in the future should they stumble across this topic: https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/design-examples/soc/fpga-to-hps-bridges-design-exam... https://support.criticallink.com/redmine/projects/mityarm-5cs/wiki/writing_to_hps_memory)Link Copied
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I stumbled across this explanation, https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/embedded/2016/how-and-when-can-i-ena...
adding "run bridge_enable_handoff" to the u-boot should take care of it when using SoCEDS13.1 or newer. EDIT: RUNNING ONLY THE BRIDGE_ENABLE_HANDOFF WILL NOT WORK IN SOME CASES. PLEASE REFER TO: http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51200 THIS WORKED FOR ME! a small remark on what is mentioned in this topic; I ran :setenv fpga2sdram_handoff 0x311
saveenv
run bridge_enable_handoff
After this i programmed the FPGA and booted linux. after this i was able to use the F2S port to write to SDRAM I also added these lines to my u-boot.scr

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