The following table shows the revision history for the Nios® II EDS.
Table 1. Nios II Embedded Design Suite Revision History
| Version |
Date |
Description |
| 15.0 |
June 2015 |
- New MAX® 10 analog-to-digital converter (ADC) HAL driver
- New Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) HAL Driver
- Enhancements to the MAX® 10 ADC HAL Driver
- HAL drivers for MAX® 10 remote update IP core
- Nios II GNU toolchain upgraded to v4.9.1, including support for new compiler options
- Nios II Linux kernel and toolchain components have been accepted upstream
|
| 14.1 |
December 2014 |
- Introduces Nios II Gen2
- The original Nios II processor is now called the Nios II Classic processor.
- Upgrade to Eclipse® 4.3
- New embedded IP support
- Nios II toolchain improvements:
- Link Time Optimization enabled [-flto]
- Upgrades: GCC v4.8.3, Newlib v1.18, GDB v7.7
- Windows host compile/build time performance improvements
- 64-bit support for all host tools
- Nios II Gen2 support for MAX® 10
- alt-file-convert (BETA) tool added
- Quad serial configuration (EPCQ) BootLoader and EPCQ HAL Support
- Upgraded EPCQ Controller IP (x4, L support)
|
| 14.0 |
July 2014 |
- Verified with Quartus II v14.0 software
- 32-bit host support removed
- Added support for Nios II Gen2 processor cores
- Resolved runtime stack checking issues
- Resolved compiler long jump support issue
- Resolved linking issue with newlib for Floating Point Hardware 2
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For more information about Nios II EDS features, refer to the Nios II handbooks.