| Ley Foon Tan | 9cce02ec | 2014-11-06 15:20:15 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Linux on the Nios II architecture |
| 2 | ================================= |
| 3 | |
| 4 | This is a port of Linux to Nios II (nios2) processor. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | In order to compile for Nios II, you need a version of GCC with support for the generic |
| 7 | system call ABI. Please see this link for more information on how compiling and booting |
| 8 | software for the Nios II platform: |
| 9 | http://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/NiosIILinuxUserManual |
| 10 | |
| 11 | For reference, please see the following link: |
| 12 | http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-nio2.jsp |
| 13 | |
| 14 | What is Nios II? |
| 15 | ================ |
| 16 | Nios II is a 32-bit embedded-processor architecture designed specifically for the |
| 17 | Altera family of FPGAs. In order to support Linux, Nios II needs to be configured |
| 18 | with MMU and hardware multiplier enabled. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Nios II ABI |
| 21 | =========== |
| 22 | Please refer to chapter "Application Binary Interface" in Nios II Processor Reference |
| 23 | Handbook. |