BSP Generation Error

[Altera_Forum]

I've tried to generate BSP using NIOS II 11.1 SBT for Eclipse (right click project ->NIOS II -> Generate BSP), but got the following error. 

 ====================================================  Error executing 'nios2-bsp-generate-files --bsp-dir . --settings settings.bsp', unexpected return code 1.  Error message:  SEVERE: Available BSP type values for the --type argument are: [hal, ucosii] SEVERE: Available BSP type values for the --type argument are: [hal, ucosii] SEVERE: nios2-bsp-generate-files failed.  =====================================================  Anyone who encountered this issue before? What's the cause of this error? How to fix it?     Thanks and Regards, Den

[Altera_Forum]

Have you specified --type to nios2-bsp-create-settings? Here is what documentation (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2sw_nii52016.pdf) for nios2-bsp-create-settings tool says: 

   --- Quote Start ---  --type <OS name>: BSP type. Use ? or types to list available BSP types for this option. Use names to list the display names of available BSP types. For a Nios II DPX system, always set this argument to lwhal.   --- Quote End ---    Types available in your setup seem to be either hal or ucosii. The first one stands for Altera's Hardware Abstraction Layer. The former is µc/os-ii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microc/os-ii).

[Altera_Forum]

Hi Yocto, 

 Thanks for the reply.  The thing is the operating system I'm using is FreeRTOS. The bsp type is "freertos".  Another issue I found is that when I tried to right-click the project, then go to "NIOS II" -> "BSP Editor". The following error message is displayed in the Problems tab of BSP Editor.  ==================== SEVERE: Available BSP type values for the --type argument are: [hal, ucosii] SEVERE: BSP type "freertos" unknown. SEVERE: NullPointerException =============================  I think I encountered this problem when I replaced my software libraries ("Copy and Replace" the project folder) with the latest one.  I already cleaned all the projects and rebuild, but I still encountered the problems indicated above. Note that no problems have been encountered whenever I build the project. It's just that I can't re-generate the BSP after compiling to a new system.

[Altera_Forum]

The error speaks for itself: 

   --- Quote Start ---  BSP type "freertos" unknown  --- Quote End ---    You have to use HAL. I am not sure if FreeRTOS supports HAL, you might need to port it.

[Altera_Forum]

Hi All, 

 I finally managed to Generate the BSP using NIOS II 11.1 SBT for Eclipse.  I just needed to copy the ff software packages to NIOS IDE: FreeRTOS, LWIP, HAL, as the software is based on Engineering Sprit'sFreertos-NIOS port.  Thanks Yocto for help.   Regards, Dennis

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  Hi All,  I finally managed to Generate the BSP using NIOS II 11.1 SBT for Eclipse.  I just needed to copy the ff software packages to NIOS IDE: FreeRTOS, LWIP, HAL, as the software is based on Engineering Sprit'sFreertos-NIOS port.  Thanks Yocto for help.   Regards, Dennis  --- Quote End ---    Hey dennis, how did you managed to Generate the BSP ?  i still don't see free_rtos in the operation system list when creating new BSP...  thank Mor