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16 years ago

Location of C2H in NIOS 9.1 tools?

Where did the C2H functions go in the 9.1 Software Build Tools for Eclipse?

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    16 years ago

    It's still in the IDE. It doesn't look like it made it into the SBT for Eclipse...sorry! :-(

    - slacker
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    16 years ago

    Ok, I see it there.

    Please verify my understanding:

    1. The NIOS II IDE is scheduled to be deprecated at some point in the future, and the Software Build Tools for Eclipse (SBTE) is the future of the software development offerings.

    2. For now, C2H functionality for SBTE is by using "nios2-c2h-generate-makefile" command-line tool, as documented at http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2sw_nii52016.pdf

    "Chapter 15: Nios II Software Build Tools Reference November 2009"

    3. At this time, the latest documentation for C2H is the "NIOS II C2H Compiler User Guide" version 8.1 dated November 2008, located at http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/ug_nios2_c2h_compiler.pdf

    Thanks!

    Mike
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    16 years ago

    For now you can either continue using the IDE or you can use the command line tools for generating a hardware accelerator. If you are new to C2H I recommend using the IDE since it'll give you a formatted report file explaining what has been generating for the accelerator and the scheduling information. Once you get the hang of it you'll probably want to use the command line tools like I do.

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    15 years ago

    In the command line tools, a report is generated in the ".prop" file,

    Does anybody knows which tool can open it to make any kind of sense? I understand that I could copy it in a fake IDE project in orde to use the IDE C2H view. However there must be something less complicated to use... I hope.
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    15 years ago

    Does anyone know when we can expect C2H in Nios II SBT (Eclipse)?

    Seems a little funny that they are depreciating the old IDE, but haven't included the GUI capabilities for C2H in the new software.
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    15 years ago

    hello, I have probleme in 10.0 SP1, the C2H option don't appear in the menue. I followed the user's guide but when I click on the function name, the right click on mouse don't make C2H option visible. Can somebody help me. Regards,