On Friday 12 March 2010 08:04:29 Wookey wrote:
> +++ Charles Manning [2010-03-11 12:47 +1300]:
> > Are we there yet?
>
> FPGA now shown to be working in novlio branch. I've copied the fix back
> to HEAD but not yet fought the Xilinx tools to generate corresponding
> fpga.bin and test it.
>
> Note that if upgrading existing boards it's very important to update
> the FPGA image first, then the bootloader. If you do it the other way
> round over this particular transition then the bootloader hangs
> looking for NAND forever, before you can upload anything new. That
> then becomes a 'JTAG moment'.
>
> So the correct code to use currently is the bootloader and fpga.bin
> from the novlio branch. Hopefully head will be shown to be working too
> imminently.
OK. I'll wait until trunk is working - assuming that's going to be within a
week or so. Hopefully that will iron out any kinks and make a smoother ride.
I do have a JTAGger but I really don't want to have to use it.
Thanks
Charles
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