Upgrading Cyclone Firmware ========================== (c) 2002 Simtec Electronics Author: Ben Dooks Version: $Id: cyclone.txt,v 1.1 2002/08/30 20:14:36 vince Exp $ The cyclone firmware is supplied in two formats, a tftp/cdrom bootable image that can be run from the existing firmware, or the raw data suitable for writing into the ROM with a suitable external programming system. Archives -------- The firmware is supplied in two different formats, as a zip file and as a gziped tar. The files will be in a sub-directory named after the version of the firmware itself. cyclone130/flash-x86.img - tftpboot/cdrom bootable flash cyclone130/rom-x86.img - raw rom image for direct writing TFTP Booting ------------ 1) Place a copy of the firmware on the tftp server that the CATS box normaly boots from. 2) boot the CATS box from the tftp server 3) the flash loader will ask to confirm the action, say `yes` to continue with the programming 4) the flash image will be written to the onboard flash, and the system will re-boot when the data is finished 5) Once the system has rebooted, the version of the firmware can be confirmed by looking at the console output. 6) Verify the CMOS settings are still correct CDROM Booting ------------- 1) Copy the flash image to a writable CDROM 2) boot the CATS box from the cdrom 3) follow item 3 from the `TFTP Booting` section