In the Quartus® II software version 13.0 SP1 and earlier, the ALTASMI_PARALLEL megafunction does not provide a way to issue the 4BYTEADDREX instruction to an EPCQ256 configuration device. This instruction is required to exit 4-byte addressing mode once it has been entered via the 4BYTEADDREN instruction.
This is important only if using an Altera® device family older than the 28-nm generation (like Stratix® IV devices) to configure from an EPCQ256 configuration device. Device families older than 28-nm require the EPCQ256 configuration device to be in 3-Byte addressing mode to configure successfully.
The following patch for the Quartus II software version 13.0 adds a port to the ALTASMI_PARALLEL megafunction that facilitates execution of the 4BYTEADDREX instruction.
- Download the version 13.0 patch 0.37 for Windows (.exe)
- Download the version 13.0 patch 0.37 for Linux (.run)
- Download the Readme for the Quartus II software version 13.0 patch 0.37 (.txt)
This function is scheduled to be incorporated in a future verison of the Quartus II software.
