From: Ley Foon Tan Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 07:20:15 +0000 (+0800) Subject: Documentation: Add documentation for Nios2 architecture X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~176^2~2774^2~12 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9cce02ec7146248862ba63a41bf8eb32d9e4fb63;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git Documentation: Add documentation for Nios2 architecture Signed-off-by: Ley Foon Tan --- 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.