User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Generic Nios II Booting Methods User Guide
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- Acronym
- Nios II Processor Boot Copier
- Nios II Processor Booting Methods
- Nios II Booting General Flow
- Summary of Nios II Processor Vector Configurations and BSP Settings
- Nios II Processor Application Execute-In-Place from CFI Flash
- Nios II Processor Application Copied from CFI Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier
- Nios II Processor Application Copied from EPCS Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier
- Nios II Booting Elements
- Nios II Programming Solutions
- Document Revision History for Generic Nios II Booting Methods
Figure 3: Memory Map for EPCS Flash with EPCS Controller-based Bootcopier
Note: Quartus Prime and Nios II Flash programming ow is briey described in the Nios II Booting
General Flow diagram.
Related Information
Nios II Booting General Flow on page 8
Nios II Processor Booting Methods
ere are a few methods to boot up Nios II processor in Altera devices. e methods to boot up Nios II
processor varies according to the ash memory selection.
e following is the supported ash memories with respective boot options:
Supported Flash Memories Nios II Booting Options Boot Copier
CFI Flash
Nios II processor application
execute-in-place from CFI
ash
Enable alt_load ()
Nios II processor application
copied from CFI ash to RAM
using boot copier
Memcpy-based
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Nios II Processor Booting Methods
UG-20001
2016.05.24
Altera Corporation
Generic Nios II Booting Methods User Guide
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