How to configure SPI Flash from Linux userspace

Vicharak Vaaman contains a shared SPI flash between Processor and FPGA. The SPI Flash needs to be configured to use FPGA.

Make sure you are using Vicharak’s kernel and system image. Otherwise this guide will not follow for you.

Flashing to SPI Flash

For flashing to SPI flash, Vicharak has modified a utility called flashcp.

sudo flashcp <hexfile>.hex

For configuring FPGA to use SPI Flash use the following command:

sudo read_from_flash