eCos and Instruction Set Simulator

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originally posted by a_fischetti@Jun 9 2006, 06:43 AM

hi,

i also need to test ecos on nios and have no hardware. so i need to run it as simulation.

find below what i did so far.

i followed the tutorial which comes with ecos installation and

step 1

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i created the ecos library and then i built it successfully

step 2

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i built the application from sdk shell with

make install_dir=/cygdrive/e/altera/ecos/test00_install

it produces some warning related to some command line options valid for c++ only, not for c.

anyway it seems to work.

step 3

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run ide

file-> new->project

select: alera niosii->advanced c/c++ project, => next

name= ecos_hello

unselect 'usedefaultlocation' checkbox

location= e:\altera\ecos => next

select 'make builder' tab

unselect 'use default',

build command= make install_dir=/cygdrive/e/altera/ecos/test00_install

=> finish

i select 'ecos_hello' project

project->build project

console msg:

"make install_dir=/cygdrive/e/altera/ecos/prova00_install all

make: *** no rule to make target `all'. stop."

http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#emo_dir#>/mad.gif

or should i skip the build process?

thanx.

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originally posted by frd66@jun 6 2006, 10:28 pm

I investigate if eCos on Nios could answer my needs.

However, I do my tests at home, where I haven&#39;t any hardware.

Is it possible to make a small application and to run it on the Instruction Set Simulator ?

When I try "Run as...", I get :

| An internal error occurred during: "Launching".

| java.lang.NullPointerException

| ...

| org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:66)

Thanks,

-- Fred

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I&#39;m afraid you&#39;re skiing off piste, the eCos port was only ever run and tested on real hardware. I&#39;m afraid you&#39;re the first to try it in the simulator, so I won&#39;t at all be surprised if you run into problems. I suspect by far the path of least resistance would be to get a board.