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Re: Uniphy Platform Designer Error: "Cannot find sequencer/sequencer.elf"
Sounds good that engineering will looks into this. Please note the probably related issue in https://community.intel.com/t5/Programmable-Devices/Quartus-18-1-Lite-Platform-Designer-DDR3-Controller-can-t-build/m-p/1339839#M82242Re: Quartus 18.1 Lite Platform Designer DDR3 Controller can't build when WSL is enabled
Any comments on this ? Please note the probably related issue in https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Quartus-Prime-Software/Uniphy-Platform-Designer-Error-quot-Cannot-find-sequencer/m-p/1341293/emcs_t/S2h8ZW1haWx8dG9waWNfc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ufEtXUU1CMkdZN1dKVUVZfDEzNDEyOTN8U1VCU0NSSVBUSU9OU3xoSw#M71624Quartus 18.1 Lite Platform Designer DDR3 Controller can't build when WSL is enabled
For a project with a DDR3 SDRAM Controller, I am using Quartus 18.1 Lite with Platform Designer on a Windows 10 PC. After installing WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), an error occurs when I try to generate code in Platform Designer., even trough Quartus 18.1 should not depend on WSL. The immediate error is "Cannot find sequencer/sequencer.elf", where it appears that a Makefile fails to generate the file sequencer.elf. When looking into the Quartus 18.1 scripts, is appears that the bash script: "c:/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/nios2eds/sdk2/bin/nios2-bsp" is not run from a generated temporary Makefile, which has the line: C:/intelfpga_lite/18.1/quartus/../nios2eds/sdk2/bin/nios2-bsp hal sequencer_bsp .. --default_sections_mapping sequencer_mem --use_bootloader DONT_CHANGE The Makefile is run through the script: c:/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/nios2eds/nios2_command_shell.sh with the line: exec $@ where the argument $@ is: make all 2>> stderr.txt So it appears, that somehow enable of WSL causes execution of the bash script "c:/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/nios2eds/sdk2/bin/nios2-bsp" to fail when it is called from the temporary Makefile. The error and some script arguments are shown in the picture below. Error in PD when building DDR3 Ctrl. code after installation of WSL If I disable WSL in Windows 10, then generation of code in Platform Designer works again. Since WSL is mandatory for e.g. Quartus 21.3 Pro, which I also have to use, it effectively requires me to enable and disable WSL and then reboot my PC each time I go between Quartus 18.1 Lite and Quartus 21.3 Pro. Note that another, and *maybe* related, problem with DDR3 controller and WSL has been reported in e.g. https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Quartus-Prime-Software/Uniphy-Platform-Designer-Error-quot-Cannot-find-sequencer/m-p/1329216#M71416Re: Uniphy Platform Designer Error: "Cannot find sequencer/sequencer.elf"
Installation of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) breaks the Quartus lite 18.1 Platform Designer so it is not possible to generate code with the DDR3 controller, even through WSL is not expected to be used for Quartus 18.1. The error messages are similar to those given in Quartus 21.1 shown above. When I disable WSL and restarts Windows, then the Quartus lite 18.1 Platform Designer can again generate code with the DDR3 controller.Re: Uniphy Platform Designer Error: "Cannot find sequencer/sequencer.elf"
Thanks for posting this thorough problem report. I am also running Quartus Prime Std 21.1.0.842, tries to generate a design with a DDR3 controller, and thereby get the exact same error. I have also tried the suggestions given in this topic, which unfortunately have not fixed the problem. A solution i greatly appreciated, since it blocks use of Quartus Prime Std 21.1 for the design.
