How can I migrate the Nios II processor /s core to an equivalent Nios II Gen 2 processor /f core ?

Description

The Nios® II Gen 2 processor is released in Quartus® II software version 14.0 with 2 core variations, /e core and /f core. As the Nios II Gen 2 processor does not offer the /s core, users need to configure the Nios II Gen 2 processor with the settings below in order to migrate the Nios II processor /s core to Nios II Gen 2 processor /f core.

Resolution

Nios II Gen 2 processor settings:

• Main ->
• Nios II Gen 2 /f
• Caches and Memory Interfaces ->
• Data Cache = none
• Tightly-coupled Memories = none
• MMU and MPU Settings ->
• MMU = disable
• MPU =  disable
• Advanced Features ->
• Interrupt controller = Internal
• Number of shadow register set (0-63) = 0
• Branch prediction = Static

You may also use the TCL script provided in the related solution below to automate the migration.

Related Articles

• How can I migrate my Nios II processor design to the Nios II Gen 2 processor?