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14 years ago

NIOS II HAL Device Driver example files couldn't build

Hey guys, Have you tried the NIOS II HAL Device Driver example on altera website which goes with application note 459? I simply followed the application note AN459 to build a NIOS II HAL ...
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14 years ago

What version of the tools are you using? In 10.1 the vector interrupt controller caused BSP problems when it was used in Qsys. The document says you need version 11.0 SP1 or higher which I'm guessing is the first version with the fix. In a nutshell the association of the interrupt number was not being propagated into the system.h file correctly causing the driver to think it was disconnected even though it was really connected.