NIOS II and ASMI

Hi Edward,

I'm not a big fan of the HAL ... so I don't use it ... especially when I see things in the

manuals like:

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Altera does not publish the usage of the control and data registers. To access the

EPCS device, you must use the HAL drivers provided by Altera.[/b]

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From a programming point-of-view, the ASMI peripheral is just an SPI interface with a

flash eeprom hanging off it. So the control/data register usage is, in reality, published.

Regardless, I use my own code and avoid any associated HAL compile/link-time issues

... and any artificial restrictions that may be present in the "secret" HAL implementation ;-)

Regards,

--Scott