lowRISC/lowrisc-chip

Binary Release Documentation Question

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johnduffymsc commented

Hi

I'm trying to install the lowRISC SoC on a Nexys 4 DDR board, and I'm a bit confused by the references to SD cards and USB cards in the Getting Started with the refresh-v0.6 prebuilt binaries documentation.

Does the make memstick USB=sdc command refer to the actual USB memory stick used to hold the bit stream, whereas all previous make commands, e.g. make USB=sdc cleandisk partition, refer to an SD card in a USB adaptor?

Kind regards

John

jrrk commented

make memstick is indeed for use with the USB bitstream config option. The RISCV itself cannot see this disk. It is not much used because it precludes the use of the keyboard.

johnduffymsc commented

Thanks, I've literally just figured it out. I have the root file system on the SD card, and the bit stream on the USB stick, and I can ping a booted lowrisc.