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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> | 2019-07-26 14:51:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-07-31 21:31:51 +0200 |
| commit | 47359e5734f1df0301ee3f0c46da9954f15b7bd9 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c09dbe6f3f9c175f403d53b927408ac221ab5d3 /Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst | |
| parent | docs: hwmon: pxe1610: convert to ReST format and add to the index (diff) | |
| download | linux-47359e5734f1df0301ee3f0c46da9954f15b7bd9.tar.xz linux-47359e5734f1df0301ee3f0c46da9954f15b7bd9.zip | |
docs: nios2: add it to the main Documentation body
Rename and add the nios2 documentation to the documentation
body.
The nios2 document is already on an ReST compatible format.
All it needs is that the title of the document to be promoted
one level.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst b/Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..43da3f7cee76 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +================================= +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. |