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9 years ago

Methods of Halting/Stalling Nios II/f CPU, WAITREQUEST Scope and Access

Other than stopping the clock, is there a guaranteed way of halting or stalling the Nios II/f CPU without it losing its place (i.e., maintain PC, pipelines, and register values)? I see the W...
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9 years ago

The Nios II uses the Avalon bus. You should check the Avalon bus documentation for more info. The details on how the Avalon bus works aren't described in the Nios documentation, but in a separate manual.