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N6000-PL MAX10 Build

Hi, I am currently building the N6000 MAX10 BMC provided in this guide, when running the script as mentioned in the guide "./build.sh" the script throws errors. I am not able to clear this error and...
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  • KianHinT_altera's avatar
    KianHinT_altera
    2 years ago

    Hi,

    I had a discussion with one of our OFS-BMC team on the build issue and the srec_cat command and they are aware of the issue and due to release a new build script enhancement to resolve it.

    Issue cause : new Quartus version added additional padding zeroes in .hex file compared to the older versions.

    As the new build script is undergoing corporate release process, we could try this first by manually changing the ./build.sh script first to solve the padding issue on the hex file.

    Change the command from this :

    elf2hex -v bmc_bootloader.elf 0x00000000 0x0001ffff --width=32 --record=4 --little-endian-mem --no-zero-fill --create-lanes=0 bmc_bootloader.hex

    To this in build.sh:

    elf2hex -v bmc_bootloader.elf 0x00000000 0x0001ffff --width=8 --little-endian-mem --no-zero-fill --create-lanes=0 mem_init/max10_onchip_flash.hex

    I haven't confirmed on the fix yet as I'm still currently building it on BMC v14 although they mentioned the new script is targeted for BMC v15 (max10_bmc_v3_15_0). Will let you know the result later as it will take take some time to build

    Thanks

    Regards

    Kian

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KianHinT_altera
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2 years ago

Hi,

Could you provide the commands (& arguments) that you use for programming using flash tools? I noticed in your TCL screenshot, the directory for Quartus looks like Quartus Pro 23.1 ? or just 23.1std?

OFS team will also try on their end to replicate the scenario as well and also check the critical warnings especially on the timing failure.

For those critical warnings on pin assignments too close , it is fine to disregard the warnings as those pin assignments are board dependent.

Thanks

Regards

Kian

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    2 years ago

    Hi @khtan

    I was actually using the GUI mode. Now that I used the commands I think I successfully got the board programmed with the binaries since both the status and alarms LEDs are lighting green on a warm bootup.

    But anyways below is the attached terminal windows of the programming of the board.

    I am yet to test it out with the OPAE software and check with fpgainfo and other commands but on lspci it shows up the below attached terminal window.

    If you notice in the Terminal even the E810 Ethernet Controller is yet to be programmed, once that is done I'll be checking with the OPAE software.

    Thank you,
    Best Regards

    • KianHinT_altera's avatar
      KianHinT_altera
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      2 years ago

      Hi ,

      Good to hear that , I will check with the OFS team on the GUI programming vs command line flash tool. Did you manage to program the rest and check with the OPAE software?

      Thanks

      Regards

      Kian

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        2 years ago

        Hi @khtan,

        No I haven't yet started programming the board with E810 image yet, as I was caught up with some other work. Will test it out with that and update you on the same. The only thing that is remaining to be resolved is the Timing Violations, since the BMC team is already working on that, the case can be closed.

        Thank you,
        Best Regards.