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Broddo
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5 years ago

enable_alt_load_copy_rodata disabled in BSP Editor when using uC/OS-II

Hi, I'm using Quartus II standard 20.1. I have a simple system designed using Platform designer that incorporates standard stuff (Nios II, PLL, RAM, on-chip flash etc). I intend to execute code fro...
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Eliath_G_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi Barry!

Thanks for reaching us.

Is the operative System you're using Windows or Ubuntu to implement your design on Quartus and eclipse?

I did the test with Quartus 20.1 installed on Windows machine and the options aren't disabled after selecting Micrium MicroC/OS-II.

could you tell me which OS you are working with?

Regards,

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Broddo
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5 years ago

Thanks for the reply. I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 in a VM on MacOS. Everything else is working perfectly (including the USB blaster - I have completed a few projects using this set-up). I've tried configuring the BSP a few times with fresh projects and always get the same result.

It is interesting that the moment I remove OS2 from the BSP, those alt_load functions become available again.

It is also interesting Is there anything else I can try? A different configuration for example?

Just FYI, I do appear to be able to edit the settings.bsp file in a text editor and change the 'enabled' tags to true by hand. (see below) However, I can't tell as of yet whether this change has resulted in the correct bsp being generated. 

<Setting>
                <SettingName>hal.linker.enable_alt_load_copy_rodata</SettingName>
                <Identifier>none</Identifier>
                <Type>Boolean</Type>
                <Value>0</Value>
                <DefaultValue>0</DefaultValue>
                <DestinationFile>none</DestinationFile>
                <Description>Causes the alt_load() facility to copy the .rodata section. If true, this setting defines the macro ALT_LOAD_COPY_RODATA in linker.h.</Description>
                <Restrictions>none</Restrictions>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <Group xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
        </Setting>