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15 years ago

SMP support in the Linux System with Nios2

Hello all! I'm studying a multicore Nios2 system for my thesis. After trying with several applications to understand the function of mutex and mailbox, I decided to use also an operative sys...
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How to manage the other cpus in the linux on one of the Nios cpu?

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As they share the avalon bus, the CPUs can communicate via same, e.g using a memory region (beware of cache issues !!) and/or via dedicated hardware (FiFos, Mutex, ...).

-Michael