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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Slow Nios II Build and Download Times

Hi All, I just started using the Nios IDE, starting out with the hello world test program, and the entire build and download process seems very slow. I'm using Nios II IDE 9.0 SP2, and I'm...
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16 years ago

You can disable the build before run option in the IDE. Go to the Tool menu, Preferences, on the left open "Run/Debug" and select "Launching" and disable "Build (if required) before launch"

The IDE build process is very slow on my system. I don't know if it is because my project is on the network (gigabit) or because I have another cygwin installation for Mentor Graphics.