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Thanks for your suggestions:
1. Open .ptf of the SOPC system and see if it has NIOS component. - Yes, its a II/e
2. Open components directory (this is inside your project) and see what components are available there. -
There is no components directory: perhaps that is specific to Q8? I'm trying to get Q7.1 & NiosII IDE 7.1 to work again, because installing Q8 broke my build environment on the old laptop.
3. Check in your project in IDE if HAL libraries of NIos are installed or not.
Lots of avalon drivers in the device driver folder. No mention of HAL libraries but I have created a syslib based upon my .ptf
Ken
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All this indicates that your NIOS installation is fine. The components directory that I was talking about is usually created when you add a new custom-component. Next I would like to know the following:
1. Did you regenerate your SOPC system again after shifting to QII8.0? If not, you should do so (when you do so can you check the files getting updated).
2. Did you recompile the project again in QII after regenerating SOPC system? If yes, you should do so after step 1.
3. Once all this is done, go to NIOS IDE and recompile NIOS s/w project.