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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

hi Mike:

Thanks for the info! I do have the SPI module included in my Nios core but will have to run core_update again to ensure that the header files are properly updated.

Concerning standard UART/serial support, I was thinking last night that I might have to do some work to port that module to the Nios platform from x86 land. Since I am just getting started with this particular port and distribution of Linux, I am unclear as to how much of this work was actually done vs. what needs to be done.

As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I seem to be missing a header file, serial.h, which is supposed to be found in the "asm/asm-niosnommu" directory. The "asm-*" directories for the other processors included in this package have this header file. The compiler only searches for this header when I have enabled the Standard / generic UART support option in the kernel configuration. Is this file generated by SOPC Builder and placed in another directory, to be copied over manually?

Nick