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13 years ago

BSP Generation Error

I've tried to generate BSP using NIOS II 11.1 SBT for Eclipse (right click project ->NIOS II -> Generate BSP), but got the following error.

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Error executing 'nios2-bsp-generate-files --bsp-dir . --settings settings.bsp', unexpected return code 1.

Error message:

SEVERE: Available BSP type values for the --type argument are: [hal, ucosii]

SEVERE: Available BSP type values for the --type argument are: [hal, ucosii]

SEVERE: nios2-bsp-generate-files failed.

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Anyone who encountered this issue before? What's the cause of this error? How to fix it?

Thanks and Regards,

Den

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    13 years ago

    Have you specified --type to nios2-bsp-create-settings? Here is what documentation (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2sw_nii52016.pdf) for nios2-bsp-create-settings tool says:

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    --type <OS name>: BSP type. Use ? or types to list available BSP types for this option. Use names to list the display names of available BSP types. For a Nios II DPX system, always set this argument to lwhal.

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    Types available in your setup seem to be either hal or ucosii. The first one stands for Altera's Hardware Abstraction Layer. The former is µc/os-ii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microc/os-ii).
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    13 years ago

    Hi Yocto,

    Thanks for the reply.

    The thing is the operating system I'm using is FreeRTOS. The bsp type is "freertos".

    Another issue I found is that when I tried to right-click the project, then go to "NIOS II" -> "BSP Editor". The following error message is displayed in the Problems tab of BSP Editor.

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    SEVERE: Available BSP type values for the --type argument are: [hal, ucosii]

    SEVERE: BSP type "freertos" unknown.

    SEVERE: NullPointerException

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    I think I encountered this problem when I replaced my software libraries ("Copy and Replace" the project folder) with the latest one.

    I already cleaned all the projects and rebuild, but I still encountered the problems indicated above. Note that no problems have been encountered whenever I build the project. It's just that I can't re-generate the BSP after compiling to a new system.
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    13 years ago

    The error speaks for itself:

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    BSP type "freertos" unknown

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    You have to use HAL. I am not sure if FreeRTOS supports HAL, you might need to port it.
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    13 years ago

    Hi All,

    I finally managed to Generate the BSP using NIOS II 11.1 SBT for Eclipse.

    I just needed to copy the ff software packages to NIOS IDE: FreeRTOS, LWIP, HAL, as the software is based on Engineering Sprit'sFreertos-NIOS port.

    Thanks Yocto for help.

    Regards,

    Dennis
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    7 years ago

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    Hi All,

    I finally managed to Generate the BSP using NIOS II 11.1 SBT for Eclipse.

    I just needed to copy the ff software packages to NIOS IDE: FreeRTOS, LWIP, HAL, as the software is based on Engineering Sprit'sFreertos-NIOS port.

    Thanks Yocto for help.

    Regards,

    Dennis

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    Hey dennis, how did you managed to Generate the BSP ?

    i still don't see free_rtos in the operation system list when creating new BSP...

    thank

    Mor