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| author |   Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com> | 2014-11-06 15:20:15 +0800 |
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| committer | Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com> | 2014-12-08 12:56:06 +0800 |
| commit | 9cce02ec7146248862ba63a41bf8eb32d9e4fb63 (patch) | |
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| parent | MAINTAINERS: Add nios2 maintainer (diff) | |
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Documentation: Add documentation for Nios2 architecture
Signed-off-by: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/nios2/README b/Documentation/nios2/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..054a67d55563 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nios2/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Linux on the Nios II architecture +================================= + +This is a port of Linux to Nios II (nios2) processor. + +In order to compile for Nios II, you need a version of GCC with support for the generic +system call ABI. Please see this link for more information on how compiling and booting +software for the Nios II platform: +http://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/NiosIILinuxUserManual + +For reference, please see the following link: +http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-nio2.jsp + +What is Nios II? +================ +Nios II is a 32-bit embedded-processor architecture designed specifically for the +Altera family of FPGAs. In order to support Linux, Nios II needs to be configured +with MMU and hardware multiplier enabled. + +Nios II ABI +=========== +Please refer to chapter "Application Binary Interface" in Nios II Processor Reference +Handbook. |