Custom kits

Hi all,

suppose that I developed a set of SOPC Builder components and software, and I want to distribute them together with examples and documentation.

I feel the best way to do that is to create somehow a sort of additional kit that is made of SOPCBuilder components, software, demos, ...

... In some sense similar to the "Nios-II kit"...

Is it possible?

I started in that direction on NiosII 5.0 beta, adding a "mykit" directory under c:\altera\kits. inside it, I put a "components" directory (with the SOPC Builder components), and an "example" directory. Then I added a .sopc_builder file in c:\altera\kits\mykit as following:

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kit_id = "mykit";

nios2_ide_project_name = "mykit";

kit_version = "1.0";[/b]

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the result is:

- I got Eclipse automatically inserting a dummy project that shows the components under c:\altera\kits\mykit\components

- but I did not get SOPCBuilder automatically find my components. To do that, I have to go in the SOPCBuilder properties and add "c:/altera/kits/mykit/components" to the list of the component directories

Is there a way to let SOPCBuilder automatically find that "mykit" exists, adding automatically the components to the list? I ask that because in the SOPCBuilder Manual, page 4-6, it is written that

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If a directory is recognized as a kit directory (indicated by the

presence of a file named .sopc_builder), then SOPC Builder further

searches in the components/ subdirectory.[/b]

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bye

Paolo