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13 years ago

Can I upload Nios2 SMP system?

Hi, guys & Altera corp. I'm now making a Nios2 SMP system for my research purpose. It's still a little bit buggy and slow, but I succeeded to boot Linux kernel and execute bash. Linux ...
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13 years ago

Hi,

As we discussed it before, to make a clone cpu which has atomic instructions is 'one solution' to build the Nios2 SMP system.

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It would be great if a way could be found (maybe with Altera's help) to use the original NIOS implementation and add what's necassary.

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By this research, I understand how to make a SMP system from the view points of hardware and software sides, so I'm now seeking the way to make it by using original Nios2 processors.

Kazu