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13 years ago

One question about nios2_multiprocessor

tt_nios2_multiprocessor_tutorial provides an example design which builds a multiprocessor system containing three processors that all share a memory buffer.Using the Nios II Integrated Developmen...
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13 years ago

To do that you need a full multi-cpu aware operating system and hardware that supports locked 'read modify write' bus operations for locks (ok, you can use dekker's algorythm, but it isn't ideal for normal locks).

I don't know about microC/OS, but the nios cpu doesn't have the required locked bus ops.