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21 years ago

Microtronix / Nios version info.

I am currently using Nios version 3.2 with the Microtronix Linux distribution 1.3. When I compile the kernel to include Nios serial support, I get an Internal Compiler Error ... Fatal Error Sig...
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21 years ago

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The kernel will compile through with "Nios serial support" enabled under "Character Devices".

However, the compiler gives me the serial.h error and the Signal 11 failure when I include "Standard/generic (8250/16550)...." support. I need this since my board level design includes 2 quad UARTS (Exar 16c854) connected externally to the Nios / FPGA. If I copy a "serial.h" file over to asm/asm-niosnommu from another directory, I only get the Signal 11 failure.

Since I have a total of 9 (!) UARTS in my system (one Nios UART and 8 external hardware UARTS) I will also want to enable the "Support more than 4 serial ports" option in the kernel also.

Also, my system includes an SPI bus which I am using to interface with other components. When I enable "Nios SPI Device Support" in the kernel, I also get many compile errors for "spi.c" which cause the compiler to stop, but no Signal 11 failures. I MUST have SPI enabled for my system to work!!!