DevCloud: Cannot compile Stratix 10 kernel (Tcl error)
Hello.
I used to be able to compile my OpenCL kernel targetting Stratix 10 PACs on the DevCloud without any problem. That was before you had to source init_env.sh or any other bash scripts at the beginning of a compilation job.
Now, however, whenever I try to compile the very same kernel for Stratix 10 PACs, the compilation process reports a Tcl error and aborts. It is specially annoying since this usually happens about 1 hour into compilation.
Here is the compilation script, built based on the documentation found here: https://devcloud.intel.com/oneapi/documentation/job-submission/
#/bin/bash source /glob/development-tools/versions/fpgasupportstack/d5005/2.0.1/inteldevstack/init_env.sh source /glob/development-tools/versions/fpgasupportstack/d5005/2.0.1/inteldevstack/hld/init_opencl.sh export FPGA_BBB_CCI_src=/usr/local/intel-fpga-bbb export PATH=/glob/intel-python/python2/bin:${PATH} aoc -v -report -march=emulator mykernel.cl -o mykernel_emu.aocx aoc -v -report -board-package=/glob/development-tools/versions/oneapi/2022.3.1/oneapi/intel_s10sx_pac mykernel.cl -o mykernel.aocx
To compile the kernel, I create the following job:
qsub -l nodes=1:fpga_compile:ppn=2 -d . compile.sh
Here is the stdout of the job:
# For the emulation compilation aoc: Environment checks are completed successfully. aoc: Cached files in /var/tmp/aocl/ may be used to reduce compilation time You are now compiling the full flow!! aoc: Selected default target board pac_s10_dc # For the FPGA binary compilation aoc: Environment checks are completed successfully. aoc: Cached files in /var/tmp/aocl/ may be used to reduce compilation time You are now compiling the full flow!! aoc: Selected default target board pac_s10 aoc: Running OpenCL parser.... aoc: OpenCL parser completed successfully. aoc: Linking Object files.... aoc: Optimizing and doing static analysis of code... aoc: Linking with IP library ... aoc: Checking if memory usage is larger than 100%... aoc: Memory usage is not above 100. # Trimmed for presentation purposes aoc: First stage compilation completed successfully. Compiling for FPGA. This process may take a long time, please be patient. Error (23035): Tcl error: Error (23031): Evaluation of Tcl script build/entry.tcl unsuccessful Error: Quartus Prime Shell was unsuccessful. 2 errors, 0 warnings
And here is the stderr:
# For the emulation compilation Error: OpenCL kernel compilation FAILED # For the FPGA binary compilation Error: Compiler Error, not able to generate hardware
As you can see, I am doing everything as it is said in the linked documentation. I am using the latest BSP I could find, and the default values for Quartus compilation. I don't even know what Tcl is, let alone how to edit the Tcl scripts.
Can somebody help me understand what is going on?
Thanks.
This issue was not solved.
However, there is another post discussing the same issue, which has been acknowledged and reproduced by Intel staff. A solutions is supposedly being worked on, and updates will be posted in that post.
Thus, discussion on this issue has been moved to that post:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-DevCloud/FPGA-Builds-Broken-on-DevCloud/m-p/1439447