Download image ok, but boot fail

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Hi Guys, 

 I need help... maybe someone have passed for this trouble.  I try to run Linux on Nios II, obviously. My project is based on DE2_NET.  Now I used a CYCLONE II EP2C8F256C8 in a custom board.  First, I build the project for uCLinux and ran with sucess. After that, I add the TCMs in the SOPC and uClinux ran with success.  So, after the system was validated, I went to LINUX with MMU. After some days, I can to program/download the image in a Flash with sucess. But the Linux don't boot.  The stdout is a jtag_uart. When I run the “nios2-terminal”, nothing happen.  Don't show error or some information... the terminal was blank, like this:  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-terminal nios2-terminal: connected to hardware target using JTAG UART on cable nios2-terminal: "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0 nios2-terminal: (Use the IDE stop button or Ctrl-C to terminate)   Well, the Address Map is this:  cpu.jtag_debug_module 0x08000000 - 0x080007ff timer_0 0x08400000 - 0x0840001f sysid 0x08004d40 - 0x08004d47 jtag_uart_0 0x08004d50 - 0x08004d57 timer1 0x08004d00 - 0x08004d1f  sdram_0 0x02000000 - 0x02ffffff  epcs_controller 0x00100000 - 0x001007ff tri_state_bridge_0 ext_flash 0x00000000 - 0x000fffff  onchip_memory2_0.s1 0x08000800 - 0x08000bff onchip_memory2_0.s2 0x08400400 - 0x084007ff  the sdram have 8mbyte (pn: is42s16800d). the flash memory have 8mbyte (pn: mp25p64). the pll on the sopc builder is 100mhz for all peripherals.   This is my script for download/program: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nios2-configure-sof mylinux_top.sof sof2flash --verbose --epcs --input=mylinux_top.sof --output=mylinux.flash nios2-flash-programmer --mmu --epcs --base=0x00100000 mylinux.flash  elf2flash --mmu --epcs --after=mylinux.flash --input=zimage.initramfs.gz --output=epcs_controller.flash --boot=$sopc_kit_nios2/components/altera_nios2/boot_loader_epcs.srec  nios2-flash-programmer --mmu --epcs --base=0x00100000 epcs_controller.flash -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  The result after run the “script” is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NiosII EDS]$ ./script Searching for SOF file: in .  myLinux_top.sof   Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus II Programmer Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag -o p; myLinux _top.sof Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]" Info: Started Programmer operation at Wed May 26 09:35:39 2010 Info: Configuring device index 1 Info: Device 1 contains JTAG ID code 0x020B20DD Info: Configuration succeeded -- 1 device(s) configured Info: Successfully performed operation(s) Info: Ended Programmer operation at Wed May 26 09:35:40 2010 Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings  Info: Peak virtual memory: 55 megabytes  Info: Processing ended: Wed May 26 09:35:40 2010  Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:05  Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:03 26/05/2010 09:35:41 - (FINE) sof2flash: Starting Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus II Convert_programming_file Info: Command: quartus_cpf --no_banner --convert --device=EPCS128 --option= myLinux.opt myLinux _top.sof myLinux.pof Info: Quartus II Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings  Info: Peak virtual memory: 69 megabytes  Info: Processing ended: Wed May 26 09:35:48 2010  Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:07  Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:05 Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus II Convert_programming_file Info: Command: quartus_cpf --no_banner --convert myLinux.pof myLinux.rpd Info: Quartus II Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings  Info: Peak virtual memory: 67 megabytes  Info: Processing ended: Wed May 26 09:35:54 2010  Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:06  Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:05 26/05/2010 09:35:55 - (FINE) sof2flash: Done --mmu option was set true, EPCS virtual address is base + offset of 0xC0000000 Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00 Resetting and pausing target processor: OK Checksummed/read 60kB in 1.7s Erased 192kB in 2.0s (96.0kB/s) programmed 133kb +59kb in 5.1s (37.6kb/s) Did not attempt to verify device contents Leaving target processor paused --mmu option was set true, EPCS virtual address is base + offset of 0xC0000000 Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00 Resetting and pausing target processor: OK Checksummed/read 58kB in 1.5s Erased 3712kB in 38.2s (97.1kB/s) programmed 3655kb +57kb in 128.4s (28.9kb/s) Did not attempt to verify device contents Leaving target processor paused ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   After power off/on custom board, I call the terminal:  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-terminal nios2-terminal: connected to hardware target using JTAG UART on cable nios2-terminal: "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0 nios2-terminal: (Use the IDE stop button or Ctrl-C to terminate)   Please, suggestions...  Thanks in advance.  Fernando Andrade

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More one question:  

Wich addresses should I put in Linux Kernel Configuration in these options: (0x????????) offset address for uimage.flash (0x????????) link address offset for booting  Thanks

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did you checked your cpu reset vector ? does it point on your EPCS at the correct address ?

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Normaly you have to boot on your SDRAM so you don't need to change your kernel configuration...

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--- Quote Start ---  did you checked your cpu reset vector ? does it point on your EPCS at the correct address ?  --- Quote End ---    The Reset Vector point to 0x00000000 (ext_flash + offset = 0x0)  When I download uCLinux in this SOPC (without MMU) the system ran perfectly. In this case, the Reset vector point to same address.  I'll try change for epcs...  Thanks

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If I download the Linux image via "nios2-download" command line, the result is: 

 [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-download -g zImage.initramfs.gz Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00 Pausing target processor: OK Initializing CPU cache (if present) OK Downloaded 3655KB in 2.2s (1661.3KB/s) Verified OK starting processor at address 0xc2500000 assertion "m_state == STATE_DEBUG" failed: file "nios2debug.cpp", line 538  5 [sig] nios2-gdb-server 3532 c:\altera\90\nios2eds\bin\nios2-gdb-server.e xe: *** fatal error - called with threadlist_ix -1 /cygdrive/c/altera/90/nios2eds/bin/nios2-download: line 594: 3532 Hangup  nios2-gdb-server --go --tcpport none --write-pid ./nios2-download.pid  ./zImage.initramfs.gz.srec

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I think you might be mixed up in the flash usage. You programmed the sof and zImage to epcs flash. So you should set reset vector to epcs controller in sopc builder. 

 ext_flash means cfi flash, in your address map , it is only 1MB? If you want reset vector to ext_flash, you should program the zImage to ext_flash.  - hippo

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Thanks Actris and Hippo!!! 

 I change the reset vector to epcs_controller.  I program the image into Flash memory and run the nios2-terminal.  Now, the boot freeze after some initializations...  This is a good new if we compare with old result. :cool:   This is the new Results for "zImage.initramfs.gz":  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-terminal nios2-terminal: connected to hardware target using JTAG UART on cable nios2-terminal: "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0 nios2-terminal: (Use the IDE stop button or Ctrl-C to terminate)  Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. Linux version 2.6.30-00514-ge7e25ac-dirty (tcb@vostromdv) (gcc version 4.1.2)# 4 0 Wed May 26 18:13:07 BRT 2010 console [early0] enabled Early printk initialized   Linux/Nios II-MMU init_bootmem_node(?,0x24db, 0x2000, 0x3000) free_bootmem(0x24db000, 0xb25000) reserve_bootmem(0x24db000, 0x200) Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping off. Total pages: 4064 Kernel command line: NR_IRQS:32 PID hash table entries: 64 (order: 6, 256 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) We have 12288 pages of RAM Memory available: 11256k/4969k RAM, 0k/0k ROM (1750k kernel code, 3218k data) Calibrating delay loop... 49.25 BogoMIPS (lpj=246272) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 net_namespace: 296 bytes NET: Registered protocol family 16  init_BSP(): registering device resou rces bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 512 bind 512) TCP reno registered NET: Registered protocol family 1    This is the new Results for "linux.initramfs.gz":  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-terminal nios2-terminal: connected to hardware target using JTAG UART on cable nios2-terminal: "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0 nios2-terminal: (Use the IDE stop button or Ctrl-C to terminate)  Linux version 2.6.30-00514-ge7e25ac-dirty (tcb@vostromdv) (gcc version 4.1.2)# 4 0 Wed May 26 18:13:07 BRT 2010 console [early0] enabled Early printk initialized   Linux/Nios II-MMU init_bootmem_node(?,0x24db, 0x2000, 0x3000) free_bootmem(0x24db000, 0xb25000) reserve_bootmem(0x24db000, 0x200)  Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping off. Total pages : 4064 Kernel command line: NR_IRQS:32 PID hash table entries: 64 (order: 6, 256 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) W²???????? have 12288 pages of RAM Memory available: 11256k/4969k RAM, 0k/0k ROM (1750k kernel code, 3218k data"??? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Calibrating delay loop... 49.25 BogoMIPS (lpj=246272) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 net_namespace: 296 bytes NET: Registered protocol family 16 init_BSP(): registering device resources bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 512 bind 512) TCP reno registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 kernel panic - not syncing: no cpio magic  Thanks

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I see you have 16MB, not 8MB. Please config "boot link offset" to 0xa00000. That means zImage will start from top 5MB, and won't collide with kernel. 

 - Hippo

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I change to 0x00a00000. The result was the same. 

 In the "niosii fpga configuration (custom_fpga)" screen, Wich the value should I put on "(0x______) offset address for uImage.flash"? Now the values are:  [*] hw mul support [ ] hw mulx support [ ] hw div support (0x1c80000) offset for uimage.flash  [*] passed kernel command line from u-boot (0x00a00000) link address offset for booting [ ] support for dma ... [ ] gpio interface <> enable niosii pio driver [*] activate early kernel debugging ...  Thanks a lot, Hippo!

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(0x00a00000) link address offset for booting is correct. 

 Please skip the flash programmer at the moment. Please use nios2-download during the test.  cd uClinux-dist make menuconfig make nios2-configure-sof your_system.sof nios2-download -g images/zImage  - Hippo

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Hi Hippo, 

 Sorry for my delay. See the results:   # linux.initramfs.gz  -----------------------  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-configure-sof myLinux_top.sof  Searching for SOF file:  in .   myLinux_top.sof     Info: *******************************************************************  Info: Running Quartus II Programmer  Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag -o p;myLinux_top.sof  Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]"  Info: Started Programmer operation at Mon May 31 23:18:01 2010  Info: Configuring device index 1  Info: Device 1 contains JTAG ID code 0x020B20DD  Info: Configuration succeeded -- 1 device(s) configured  Info: Successfully performed operation(s)  Info: Ended Programmer operation at Mon May 31 23:18:02 2010  Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings   Info: Peak virtual memory: 89 megabytes   Info: Processing ended: Mon May 31 23:18:02 2010   Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:02   Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:00  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-download -g linux.initramfs.gz  Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00  Pausing target processor: OK  Initializing CPU cache (if present)  OK  Downloaded 4845KB in 0.8s (6056.2KB/s)  Verified OK  Starting processor at address 0xC2000000  assertion "m_state == STATE_DEBUG" failed: file "nios2debug.cpp", line 562   2 [sig] nios2-gdb-server 4752 c:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\nios2-gdb-server.exe: *** fatal error - called with threadlist_ix -1  /cygdrive/c/altera/91/nios2eds/bin/nios2-download: line 595: 4752 Hangup nios2-gdb-server --go --tcpport none --write-pid ./nios2-download.pid ./linux.initramfs.gz.srec  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$     # zImage.initramfs.gz --------------------------   [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-configure-sof myLinux_top.sof  Searching for SOF file:  in .   myLinux_top.sof     Info: *******************************************************************  Info: Running Quartus II Programmer  Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag -o p;myLinux_top.sof  Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]"  Info: Started Programmer operation at Mon May 31 23:20:59 2010  Info: Configuring device index 1  Info: Device 1 contains JTAG ID code 0x020B20DD  Info: Configuration succeeded -- 1 device(s) configured  Info: Successfully performed operation(s)  Info: Ended Programmer operation at Mon May 31 23:21:00 2010  Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings   Info: Peak virtual memory: 89 megabytes   Info: Processing ended: Mon May 31 23:21:00 2010   Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:02   Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:00  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-download -g zImage.initramfs.gz  Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00  Pausing target processor: OK  Initializing CPU cache (if present)  OK  Downloaded 3643KB in 0.8s (4553.7KB/s)  Verified OK  Starting processor at address 0xC2500000  assertion "m_state == STATE_DEBUG" failed: file "nios2debug.cpp", line 562   171 [sig] nios2-gdb-server 5988 c:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\nios2-gdb-server.exe: *** fatal error - called with threadlist_ix -1  /cygdrive/c/altera/91/nios2eds/bin/nios2-download: line 595: 5988 Hangup nios2-gdb-server --go --tcpport none --write-pid ./nios2-download.pid ./zImage.initramfs.gz.srec  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ 

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I looked your address map again 

onchip_memory2_0.s1 0x08000800 - 0x08000bff onchip_memory2_0.s2 0x08400400 - 0x084007ffs1 and s2 should have the same address. - Hippo

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Hi Hippo, 

 Good tip...   Now, I changed the onchip_memory2_0.S1 and onchip_memory2_0.S2 to same address (0x08000800).  Well, I got two results because I ran with two USB-Blaster cable. One is a original ALTERA USB-Blaster cable (rev c) and other is a CUSTOM USB-Blaster cable (probably based on rev. A).  Bellow I print the results for each case.  Sorry for so much information.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  custom usb-blaster cable + linux.initramfs.gz     [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-configure-sof embraer_top.sof  Searching for SOF file:  in .   embraer_top.sof     Info: *******************************************************************  Info: Running Quartus II Programmer  Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag -o p;embraer_top.sof  Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]"  Info: Started Programmer operation at Tue Jun 01 20:47:24 2010  Info: Configuring device index 1  Info: Device 1 contains JTAG ID code 0x020B20DD  Info: Configuration succeeded -- 1 device(s) configured  Info: Successfully performed operation(s)  Info: Ended Programmer operation at Tue Jun 01 20:47:25 2010  Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings   Info: Peak virtual memory: 89 megabytes   Info: Processing ended: Tue Jun 01 20:47:25 2010   Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:02   Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:00  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-download -g linux.initramfs.gz  Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00  Pausing target processor: OK  Initializing CPU cache (if present)  OK  Downloaded 4845KB in 84.7s (57.2KB/s)  Verified OK  Starting processor at address 0xC2000000  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-terminal  nios2-terminal: connected to hardware target using JTAG UART on cable  nios2-terminal: "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0     nios2-terminal: Warning: The JTAG cable you are using is not supported for Nios  nios2-terminal: II systems. You may experience intermittent JTAG communication  nios2-terminal: failures with this cable. Please use a USB Blaster revision B  nios2-terminal: cable or another supported cable. Please refer to the file  nios2-terminal: errata.txt included in the Nios II development kit documents  nios2-terminal: directory for more information.     nios2-terminal: (Use the IDE stop button or Ctrl-C to terminate)     Linux version 2.6.30-00494-g84a224b-dirty (tcb@vostromdv) (gcc veLinux version 2.6.30-00514-ge7e25ac-dirty (tcb@vostromdv) (gcc version 4.1.2)# 4 Mon May 31 23:02:17 BRT 2010  console [early0] enabled  Early printk initialized        Linux/Nios II-MMU  init_bootmem_node(?,0x24d3, 0x2000, 0x3000)  free_bootmem(0x24d3000, 0xb2d000)  reserve_bootmem(0x24d3000, 0x200)  Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping off. Total pages: 4064  Kernel command line:  NR_IRQS:32  PID hash table entries: 64 (order: 6, 256 bytes)  Dentry cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)  Inode-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)  We have 12288 pages of RAM  Memory available: 11288k/4937k RAM, 0k/0k ROM (1728k kernel code, 3209k data)  Calibrating delay loop... 49.35 BogoMIPS (lpj=246784)  Mount-cache hash table entries: 512  net_namespace: 296 bytes  NET: Registered protocol family 16  init_BSP(): registering device resources  bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0  NET: Registered protocol family 2  IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)  TCP established hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)  TCP bind hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes)  TCP: Hash tables configured (established 512 bind 512)  TCP reno registered  NET: Registered protocol family 1  msgmni has been set to 22  io scheduler noop registered  io scheduler anticipatory registered  io scheduler deadline registered  io scheduler cfq registered (default)  ttyJ0 at MMIO 0x8004d50 (irq = 1) is a Altera JTAG UART  console handover: boot [early0] -> real [ttyJ0]  mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice  TCP cubic registered  NET: Registered protocol family 17  RPC: Registered udp transport module.  RPC: Registered tcp transport module.  sh invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0, order=1, oomkilladj=0  Stack from c293ce2c:<0>   <0> 000000d0<0> c2044da4<0> 00000000<0> c24c8e80<0> 000000d0<0> 00000001<0> c202beac<0> c2541c20<0>   <0> 00000000<0> c2209170<0> c2541c20<0> c2209170<0> c20451ac<0> 00000000<0> c21e2518<0> 00000007<0>   <0> 0baff100<0> 000000d0<0> 00000001<0> 000000d0<0> 00000001<0> c22155e4<0> 00000000<0> 00000000<0>   <0> c20452a0<0> 00000000<0> 00000000<0> c2541c20<0> c2048560<0> 00000001<0> 00000048<0> 00000000<0>   <0> 00000000<0> 00000000<0> 00000042<0> 00000000<0> 00000001<0> 00000010<0> 000200d0<0> 00000001<0>   <0> 00000000<0> 00000000<0> c24c308c<0> c2541c20<0> 01200011<0> c254b680<0> 00000000<0> 2ac06048<0>  Call Trace:<0>   <0> [<c20486ac>]<0> [<c200e1e4>]<0> [<c201f808>]<0> [<c200f1c0>]<0>   <0> [<c200afd0>]<0> [<c20023b4>]<0> [<c2000cf8>]<0> [<c2000888>]<0>  Mem-Info:  DMA per-cpu:  CPU 0: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0  Active_anon:12 active_file:0 inactive_anon:32   inactive_file:0 unevictable:1794 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0   free:657 slab:280 mapped:151 pagetables:8 bounce:0  DMA free:2628kB min:4096kB low:5120kB high:6144kB active_anon:48kB inactive_anon:128kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:7176kB present:16256kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no  lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0  DMA: 3*4kB 3*8kB 2*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 1*2048kB 0*4096kB = 2628kB  1794 total pagecache pages  4096 pages RAM  1274 pages reserved  226 pages shared  1972 pages non-shared  Out of memory: kill process 587 (sh) score 30 or a child  Killed process 587 (sh)  Kernel panic - not syncing: Out of memory and no killable processes... 

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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    altera usb-blaster + zimage.initramfs.gz     [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-configure-sof embraer_top.sof  Searching for SOF file:  in .   embraer_top.sof     Info: *******************************************************************  Info: Running Quartus II Programmer  Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag -o p;embraer_top.sof  Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]"  Info: Started Programmer operation at Tue Jun 01 20:46:05 2010  Info: Configuring device index 1  Info: Device 1 contains JTAG ID code 0x020B20DD  Info: Configuration succeeded -- 1 device(s) configured  Info: Successfully performed operation(s)  Info: Ended Programmer operation at Tue Jun 01 20:46:06 2010  Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings   Info: Peak virtual memory: 89 megabytes   Info: Processing ended: Tue Jun 01 20:46:06 2010   Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:02   Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:00  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-download -g zImage.initramfs.gz  Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00  Pausing target processor: OK  Initializing CPU cache (if present)  OK  Downloaded 3643KB in 0.7s (5204.2KB/s)  Verified OK  Starting processor at address 0xC2500000  assertion "m_state == STATE_DEBUG" failed: file "nios2debug.cpp", line 562   3 [sig] nios2-gdb-server 2516 c:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\nios2-gdb-server.exe: *** fatal error - called with threadlist_ix -1  /cygdrive/c/altera/91/nios2eds/bin/nios2-download: line 595: 2516 Hangup nios2-gdb-server --go --tcpport none --write-pid ./nios2-download.pid ./zImage.initramfs.gz.srec     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  altera usb-blaster + linux.initramfs.gz      [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-configure-sof embraer_top.sof  Searching for SOF file:  in .   embraer_top.sof     Info: *******************************************************************  Info: Running Quartus II Programmer  Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag -o p;embraer_top.sof  Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]"  Info: Started Programmer operation at Tue Jun 01 20:45:35 2010  Info: Configuring device index 1  Info: Device 1 contains JTAG ID code 0x020B20DD  Info: Configuration succeeded -- 1 device(s) configured  Info: Successfully performed operation(s)  Info: Ended Programmer operation at Tue Jun 01 20:45:36 2010  Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings   Info: Peak virtual memory: 89 megabytes   Info: Processing ended: Tue Jun 01 20:45:36 2010   Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:04   Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:00  ~/Downloads  [NiosII EDS]$ nios2-download -g linux.initramfs.gz  Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00  Pausing target processor: OK  Initializing CPU cache (if present)  OK  Downloaded 4845KB in 0.8s (6056.2KB/s)  Verified OK  Starting processor at address 0xC2000000  assertion "m_state == STATE_DEBUG" failed: file "nios2debug.cpp", line 562   3 [sig] nios2-gdb-server 4736 c:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\nios2-gdb-server.exe: *** fatal error - called with threadlist_ix -1  /cygdrive/c/altera/91/nios2eds/bin/nios2-download: line 595: 4736 Hangup nios2-gdb-server --go --tcpport none --write-pid ./nios2-download.pid ./linux.initramfs.gz.srec    

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Now we have two issues, 

 1. the usb blaster, please check if your jtag has proper termination.  2. shell in the image, please make clean, use default configuration and make again.  - Hippo