Nios II Embedded Design Suite Release Notes

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1. Nios® II Embedded Design Suite Release Notes
1. Nios® II Embedded Design Suite Release Notes x
1.1. Product Revision History 1.2. Nios II EDS v15.0 Updates 1.3. Nios II EDS v14.1 Updates 1.4. Nios II EDS v14.0 Updates 1.5. Nios II EDS v13.1 Updates 1.6. Known Issues and Errata
1.3. Nios II EDS v14.1 Updates x
1.3.1. Nios II Gen2 Processor Core 1.3.2. New Embedded IPs for 14.1 1.3.3. 64-Bit Host Support Enhanced 1.3.4. Upgrades to the Eclipse Environment 1.3.5. Upgrades to the Nios II GNU Toolchain 1.3.6. Additional Support for Max10 1.3.7. Upgrades to the EPCQ IP Peripheral
1.4. Nios II EDS v14.0 Updates x
1.4.1. 64-Bit Host Support 1.4.2. Run-time Stack Checking 1.4.3. Long Jump Support 1.4.4. Floating Point Hardware 2 Support 1.4.5. Qsys Bridge Support 1.4.6. Nios II Gen2 Processor Support
1.4.6. Nios II Gen2 Processor Support x
1.4.6.1. The Nios II Gen2 Processor Core 1.4.6.2. HAL Support for the Nios II Gen2 Processor 1.4.6.3. Nios II Gen2 Processor and MAX 10 FPGA Support 1.4.6.4. What's New in v14.0a10: the Nios II Gen2 Processor and Arria 10 FPGA Support
1.4.6.3. Nios II Gen2 Processor and MAX 10 FPGA Support x
1.4.6.3.1. Nios II Gen2 Processor Cores and MAX 10 FPGA Support 1.4.6.3.2. Tool Support for the MAX 10 FPGA
1.5. Nios II EDS v13.1 Updates x
1.5.1. GCC Upgraded to 4.7.3 1.5.2. Enhanced Floating Point Custom Instruction Support 1.5.3. ECC Support 1.5.4. Universal Boot Copier
1. Nios® II Embedded Design Suite Release Notes

1.2. Nios II EDS v15.0 Updates

The v15.0 Nios II EDS includes the following new and enhanced features:

  • New MAX 10 analog-to-digital converter (ADC) HAL driver
  • New Queued Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) HAL Driver
  • Enhancements to the MAX 10 ADC HAL Driver
  • Nios II GNU toolchain upgraded to v4.9.1
    • Improved support for link time optimization (-flto)
    • More control over global pointer optimization using -mgpopt=[none, local, global, data, all]
    • Null pointer check (new in GNU v4.9.1) can be disabled with --fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
  • Nios II Linux kernel and toolchain components have been accepted upstream

High-profile issues resolved:

  • EPCQ HAL driver issues corrected
  • Custom newlib generator fixed in Windows Nios II terminal
  • stdin now working correctly on Windows
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