Nios® II Software Developer Handbook

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Date 8/28/2023
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5.11.1.2. The Nios® II BSP Editor

You can create or modify a Nios® II BSP project with the Nios® II BSP Editor that has been integrated into Platform Designer and also works with the Nios® II SBT for Eclipse. You can launch the BSP Editor either of the following ways:
  • From the Nios® II menu in the Nios® II SBT for Eclipse
  • From the Nios® II Command Shell, by typing nios2-bsp-editor.

The Nios® II BSP Editor enables you to edit settings, linker regions, and section mappings, and to select software packages and device drivers.

The capabilities of the Nios® II BSP Editor constitute a large subset of the capabilities of the nios2-bsp-create-settings, nios2-bsp-update-settings, and nios2-bsp-generate-files utilities. Any project created in the BSP Editor can also be created using the command-line utilities.

For more information about the BSP Editor, refer to “Using the BSP Editor” in the Getting Started with the Graphical User Interface section.