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19 years ago

A newbie needs help with ethernet in NiosII

Hi all!!!! I'm starting with NiosII processor and I need some help. I want to send/receive some data to/from a PC via ethernet. I was using NiosI with no problems, but I can not migrate my ...
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19 years ago

I'm not saying it will work, but have you tried changing 

generate_sdk = "0";

to 

generate_sdk = "1";
in your SOPC Builder project's PTF file?

I think this should generate a "Nios Classic" style SDK, where you'll, at least, have a shot at getting things to work. A quick "grepping" for plugs in the various components directory indicates that the source code is still there...as of 6.1.

Good luck!

- slacker

UPDATE:

Two more flags need to be set, as well: 

legacy_sdk_support = "1";
allow_legacy_sdk = "1";