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11 years ago

uClinux using Nios II e-core

Hello Everyone, I wanted to see if anyone has tried uClinux on Nios II e-core.? I'm trying to run uClinux 2.6.30 on Nios II e-core. In the make menuconfig, I have turned off Hardware Mult...
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Reference: http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/uclinux

e core has no hardware multiplier, so it needs a hack (under hardware requirements section). But I am not sure what "hack" is it referring to.

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Hey Mike,

Hardware multiplier is not the problem. I have run s-core without hw_mul and it works fine. The issue is with icache. Need to tell the kernel there is no icache.

Tedy