Article ID: 000073822 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 04/05/2023

Why does my Nios II fail to boot from QSPI flash in Intel® MAX® 10 designs?

Environment

  • Quartus® II Software
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    Description

    Due to a problem in the Quartus®  II software version 15.1 and earlier, byteswap must be enabled on QSPI programming for Max® 10 Nios® II designs to allow booting from QSPI flash.

     

     

    Resolution

    To workaround this problem in the Quartus® II software version 15.1 and earlier, please refer to Altera Application Note AN730 page 65/96, "Software Programmer Object File(.pof) Generation" section.

    This problem was fixed in Intel® Quartus® software version 16.0

    Related Products

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    Intel® MAX® 10 FPGAs