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16 years ago

Trouble with creating multiprocessor Nios II system with shared memory

Hello, I have created a multiprocessor Nios II system with two cpus sharing on-chip memory to print to the console (JTAG UART). I used the Altera "Creating Multiprocessor Nios II Systems Tutor...
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16 years ago

Thanks for your replies, everyone. I went to SOPC builder 'View' menu --> 'Show Arbitration' and increased the Arbitration share for the starved CPU. That is working for now. But it appears like I need to acquire more knowledge about arbitration on the Avalon Bus.

Are the 'Avalon Bus' and 'Avalon Interconnect for Avalon MM components' essentially the same? I did not find any specification manual for the 'Avalon Bus' on the Altera website. The SOPC builder 'Help' also talks about 'Avalon Interconnect' rather than the 'Avalon bus'.

Thanks.