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1. About the Nios® V Embedded Processor
2. Nios® V Processor Hardware System Design with Intel® Quartus® Prime Software and Platform Designer
3. Nios® V Processor Software System Design
4. Nios® V Processor Configuration and Booting Solutions
5. Nios® V Processor - Using the MicroC/TCP-IP Stack
6. Nios® V Processor Debugging, Verifying, and Simulating
7. Nios® V Processor — Remote System Update
8. Nios® V Processor — Using Custom Instruction
9. Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook Archives
10. Document Revision History for the Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Linking Applications
4.3. Nios® V Processor Booting Methods
4.4. Introduction to Nios® V Processor Booting Methods
4.5. Nios® V Processor Booting from Configuration QSPI Flash
4.6. Nios® V Processor Booting from On-Chip Memory (OCRAM)
4.7. Nios® V Processor Booting from Tightly Coupled Memory (TCM)
4.8. Summary of Nios® V Processor Vector Configuration and BSP Settings
6.5.1. Prerequisites
6.5.2. Setting Up and Generating Your Simulation Environment in Platform Designer
6.5.3. Creating Nios V Processor Software
6.5.4. Generating Memory Initialization File
6.5.5. Generating System Simulation Files
6.5.6. Running Simulation in the QuestaSim Simulator Using Command Line
4.4.2. Nios® V Processor Application Copied from Boot Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier
The Nios® V processor and HAL include a boot copier that provides sufficient functionality for most Nios® V processor applications and is convenient to implement with the Nios® V software development flow.
When the application uses a boot copier, it sets all linker sections ( .text, .heap , .rwdata, .rodata , .bss, .stack) to an internal or external RAM. Using the boot copier to copy a Nios® V processor application from the boot flash to the internal or external RAM for execution helps to improve the execution performance.
For this boot option, the Nios® V processor starts executing the boot copier software upon system reset. The software copies the application from the boot flash to the internal or external RAM. Once the process is complete, the Nios® V processor transfers the program control over to the application.
Note: If the boot copier is in flash, then the alt_load() function does not need to be called because they both serve the same purpose.