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21 years ago

ecos with Nios Version 1.1

I want to install ecos with the free evaluation Nios II Embedded Processor Evaluation Tools Version 1.1

Ecos complains at installation ' You have not got the Nios II 1.01 kit. '

Does Ecos only work with older or licensed versions ?

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    21 years ago

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    originally posted by niosiiuser@Jan 21 2005, 07:26 PM

    the problem is the same as with the pervious versions of stand-alone lwip.

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    I&#39;m sorry. It seems that this is not the soultion.

    But here is a working one:

    1. Open “version.ptf” in the root directory of your Nios II installation

    2. Change “number = "1.1" to “number = "1.01"

    3. Save the file

    4. Install eCos

    5. Reverse the changes in “version.ptf”

    6. Save it

    7. Finish

    Unfortunately when starting nios2configtool (configtool.exe) Windows shows an error message that there is a problem with the execution.
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    21 years ago

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    originally posted by zippo@Jan 24 2005, 09:56 AM

    thank&#39;s !!!

    with that change i could install ecos

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    And does it work?
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    21 years ago

    The bad news is that doing this won&#39;t work. There are a number of changes required to get eCos working with version 1.1 of the kit. However a version of eCos which will work with the 1.1 kit is due to be released soon. Watch this space...

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    21 years ago

    Hello monkeyboy,

    Many thanks for this news. I wonder how to uninstall a previous eCos version. Is it ok to overwrite it or do I have to delete the eCos directories by hand?

    Bye,

    niosIIuser
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    21 years ago

    There&#39;s no harm in leaving an old install lying around, but if you want to get rid of it then it&#39;s safe to delete it by hand.

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    21 years ago

    I could install Ecos but the nios2configtool dign&#39;t start, so it didn&#39;t work.

    Today I took the new Ecos &#39;nios2ecos.exe&#39; from 2005/01/27.

    Now I can start the configtool.