RTEMS on Altera NIOS processor

[cjohns at cybertec.com.au (Chris Johns)]

Eric Norum wrote:
> Has anyone out there looked into the possibility of running RTEMS 
> applications on a NIOS embedded (on a FPGA) processor?

I looked a while ago. The processors can run in 16bit and 32bit modes. 
The compiler is the GNU Pro thing from RedHat. I am not sure if the 
backend has been placed in the main GCC sources. It would be good if it had.

> If nothing else, it already has a good project code-name (ROACH - RTEMS 
> On A CHip)!

:-)

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  Chris Johns, cjohns at cybertec.com.au