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Oliver_I_Sedlacek
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3 years ago
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Fresh install build fails, no make

So I've installed the NIOS2 EDS with Quartus Lite 20.1 on Windows 10 Pro and I believe I've followed the instructions to the letter. I can fire up Eclipse from Quartus on an example project but the b...
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    Oliver_I_Sedlacek
    3 years ago

    Kelly, I've got "Hello World" to run on my second PC, some I think I'm sorted now. Getting a colleague to help decipher the instructions and check that every step is performed correctly seems to make all the difference. The instructions really are poor not least because they are not strictly in sequence.

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KellyJialin_Goh
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3 years ago

Hi,

I am glad you managed to get a workaround for this issue. However for the documents that you were referring to, which document specifically were you mentioning? Maybe you could post the link here and I could feedback it to the internal team on future enhancements.


Your feedback is highly appreciated and hope to hear from you.

Thank you.


Regards,

Kelly


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    Oliver_I_Sedlacek
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    3 years ago

    It may seem like nit picking, but here goes. Section 3.1.1 of the Nios II Software Developer Handbook says:

    The procedure for installing Eclipse IDE in Windows environment:
    1. Create a temporary folder for you to use as a repository to build the necessary component files before merging the files with the Intel Quartus Prime software.
    2. Download Eclipse C/C++ IDE for Mars.2 by clicking on Download CDT 8.8.1.
    • Locate and move the eclipse-cpp-mars-2-win32-x86_64.zip file to the temporary folder.
    • Extract eclipse-cpp-mars-2-win32-x86_64.zip to get the eclipse folder.
    Tip: Try the mirror links if the main source link does not work.
    3. Copy the eclipse_nios2_plugins.zip file from <Intel ® Quartus ® Prime installation directory>/nios2eds/bin to the temporary folder.
    • Extract eclipse_nios2_plugins.zip to get the eclipse_nios2 folder.
    4. Copy the content of eclipse_nios2 into eclipse folder. After you successfully copy the content, delete the eclipse_nios2 folder.
    5. Rename eclipse into eclipse_nios2 .
    6. Copy the new eclipse_nios2 folder and paste it in <Intel ® Quartus ® Prime installation directory>/nios2eds/bin . Delete the temporary folder.
    7. Allow the merging of eclipse_nios2 folders.
    8. Verify the extraction is done correctly by making sure you see the <Intel ®Quartus ® Prime installation directory>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugin_customization.ini file.
    9. You can now launch Nios ® II SBT for Eclipse using eclipse-nios2.exe
    1. "Tip: Try the mirrors" is just distracting and unhelpful as there's no hint of where the download will start from or where the mirrors are.
    2. When extracting contents from zips in Windows explorer, Explorer sensibly puts them in a fresh folder. It's then easy to get confused any time eclipse_nios2 is mentioned when asked to rename a folder.
    3. In general there's no guidance on whether any step has been performed correctly. When instructed to merge it would be useful to say how many files will be merged (even roughly).
    4. "Verify the extraction is done correctly by..." really does nothing of the sort.
    5. The instructions to delete temporary folders really should go at the end. We got into a surprisingly heated debate about whether deleting as you go along was mandatory.

    I appreciate the fact that Intel values feedback as I've been under some pressure to go to Xilinx. As a user with 25+ years of Quartus experience I really didn't fancy the change.