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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

Problems with NIOS II Build

Has anyone noticed any problems with Nios II on Quartus 4.2?

Specifically I've upgraded to Quartus 4.2 and am running NIOS II sp 1

When doing a build at the final stages I get a

make -s all

Syntax error: "(" unexpected

make: *** [C:/altera/NIOS/blmcore2/full_1c20_sim/dummy_file] Error 2

Build completed

Now the elf seems to be built correctly as it can be downloaded and run

but this error stops the flash programmer running (since it always does a build).

It seems that the error is due to a problem in one of the auto generated make files

but it is pretty hard to find out where, any suggestions?

(To try and trace the problem I've tried it on a different OS boot and also tried re-installing

NIOS II sp1 back over top but the error persists)

...Regards

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    Altera_Forum
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    21 years ago

    Do you have access to Nios II 1.1? If so, I'd recommend using it.

    - slacker
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    Altera_Forum
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    21 years ago

    According to Altera,

    'Quartus 4.2, is not compatible with NIOS II SP1, and this fact will be added to the Quartus 4.2 pages in a promiment place'.

    Hey ho, and no i don&#39;t have access to it so will just have to wait for the 20% compilation speed increase when Nios 1.1 arrives. http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif
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    21 years ago

    Can you use the eval version available through the forum till the CD arrives?

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    21 years ago

    Hello cybdenw,

    I "solve" this problem by doing this :

    - run your project, it will compile and give the error you mentionned

    - delete the dummy_file

    - create a new text document

    - rename it as dummy_file

    - re-run your project, it will finish the interrupted compilation (actually rebuild the flash images), it should work.

    I know it is very annoying to have to do so, but it is the only way I found....

    Hope it helps,

    Yours