new to NIOS II. Need help for my requirement.

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I am using Altera Arria V GX FPGA, 5AGXMA5G4F35C5N. I would like to run NIOS soft core in this FPGA. 

I would like to have Ethernet 100MB and M.2 PCIe x 4 interfaces. I am hardware engineer hence I have no knowledge of NIOS, hence your inputs highly appreciated.    Does NIOS II support Ethernet 100MB and M.2 PCIe x 4 interfaces? What is the maximum ethernet speed I can achieve? Is it possible to implement both MAC & PHY inside FPGA using NIOS?

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See Altera's "triple-speed ethernet megacore function user guide (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_ethernet.pdf)". This supports 10/100/1000-Mbps Ethernet. Note - this IP requires a license. This will give you the MAC but not the Phy. You'll need an external device to implement the Phy. 

 M.2 PCIe x 4? Arria V FPGAs support PCIe Gen2 x4 if that's what you mean. Refer to the "arria v avalon-mm interface for pcie solutions user guide (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_a5_pcie_avmm.pdf)" for full details.  Cheers, Alex

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Perhaps the design example here can be helpful to you: 

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/design-examples/intellectual-property/embedded/nios-ii/exm-net-std-de.html

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Hi,  

can any body help me. i'm working with altera university program DE4 board, i'm using NIOS II to commande the transfer of data from FPGA to My SD_Card. While building my projet within Eclipse this error appear. need your help!!  Info: Linking TestSD.elf nios2-elf-g++ -T'../TestSD_bsp//linker.x' -msys-crt0='../TestSD_bsp//obj/HAL/src/crt0.o' -msys-lib=hal_bsp -L../TestSD_bsp/ -Wl,-Map=TestSD.map -O0 -g -Wall -mno-hw-div -mhw-mul -mhw-mulx -mgpopt=global -o TestSD.elf obj/default/hello_world.o -lm -msys-lib=m c:/intelfpga/17.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/h-x86_64-mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/nios2-elf/5.3.0/../../../../../H-x86_64-mingw32/nios2-elf/bin/ld.exe: TestSD.elf section `.text' will not fit in region `onchip_memory2_0' c:/intelfpga/17.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/h-x86_64-mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/nios2-elf/5.3.0/../../../../../H-x86_64-mingw32/nios2-elf/bin/ld.exe: address 0x1d92c of TestSD.elf section `.rwdata' is not within region `onchip_memory2_0' c:/intelfpga/17.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/h-x86_64-mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/nios2-elf/5.3.0/../../../../../H-x86_64-mingw32/nios2-elf/bin/ld.exe: address 0x1fd48 of TestSD.elf section `.bss' is not within region `onchip_memory2_0' c:/intelfpga/17.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/h-x86_64-mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/nios2-elf/5.3.0/../../../../../H-x86_64-mingw32/nios2-elf/bin/ld.exe: address 0x1d92c of TestSD.elf section `.rwdata' is not within region `onchip_memory2_0' c:/intelfpga/17.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/h-x86_64-mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/nios2-elf/5.3.0/../../../../../H-x86_64-mingw32/nios2-elf/bin/ld.exe: address 0x1fd48 of TestSD.elf section `.bss' is not within region `onchip_memory2_0' c:/intelfpga/17.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/h-x86_64-mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/nios2-elf/5.3.0/../../../../../H-x86_64-mingw32/nios2-elf/bin/ld.exe: region `onchip_memory2_0' overflowed by 93512 bytes collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [TestSD.elf] Error 1