Nios® V Processor Software Developer Handbook

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Date 7/08/2024
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8.8.4. File Names and Locations

The Nios® V processor software build tools find a device driver or software package by locating a Tcl script with the file name ending in _sw.tcl, and sourcing it.

Each peripheral in a Nios® V processor system is associated with a specific component directory. This directory contains a file defining the software interface to the peripheral. For more information, refer to the Accessing Hardware chapter.

The file hierarchy that is suitable for the Nios® V processor tools is located in the <Intel Quartus Prime installation>/ip/altera/sopc_builder_ip directory. This example assumes a device driver supporting a hardware component named custom_component.