ALtera 14.0 drops support for Nios2 on Cyclone III and Stratix III !?

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

  I notice, based on 14.0 Altera IP release notes, that they appear to be dropping support for the Nios2 on Stratix III and Cyclone III starting with 14.0?!   We were hoping for a patch for rd1127772013_702, a fairly serious bug, but perhaps I shouldn't hold my breath.   Reference attached extract from the IP release notes, or the URLs below.   http://www.altera.com/literature/rn/rn_ip.pdf   (http://www.altera.com/literature/rn/rn_ip.pdf)http://www.altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd11272013_702.html  Jeff    Nios2 IP Release Notes 14.0, June 2014 ---------------------------------------------    Fixed issue concerning instruction cache operation with ECC  Added Nios II Gen2 core  Improved Nios II/f core.  ECC support for data cache and TCMs.  Optional 32-bit addressing.  Faster arithmetic instructions.  Optional uncached peripheral memory region.  More flexible debugging options.  Avalon streaming interface for trace.  Includes Nios II/f and Nios II/e. Nios II/s processor core not supported.  Simpler, more flexible parameter editor in Qsys.  Removed support for the following devices:  • Stratix III  • Cyclone III  • Cyclone III LS

[Altera_Forum]

"III" devices are dropped from Quartus 14.0 altogether, not just NIOS IP. 

 You will need to contact Altera directly with your specific concern.