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VE000
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6 years ago

Problem when programming bitstream onto A10-F100

I am trying to program a bitstream onto Mustang A10-F100 device (IEI)

Have followed the steps given in https://docs.openvinotoolkit.org/2019_R3/_docs_install_guides_VisionAcceleratorFPGA_Configure_2019R1.html=

On trying to program the device with a particular bitstream,am getting the following error-

command -

aocl program acl0 /opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/2019R3_PV_PL1_FP16_SqueezeNet_VGG.aocx

Error -

How should I debug this error?

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  • JohnT_Altera's avatar
    JohnT_Altera
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    Could you provide the error message you observed? Could you confirm if you are using SG1 or SG2 board?

    • VE000's avatar
      VE000
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      6 years ago

      Hi

      Am using SG1 board

      Error message -

      aocl program: Running program from /opt/altera/aocl-pro-rte/aclrte-linux64/board/a10_1150_sg1/linux64/libexec

      FAILED to read auto-discovery string at byte 56: Expected version is 17, found 19

      Error: The currently programmed/flashed design is no longer supported in this release. Please recompile the design with the present version of the SDK and re-program/flash the board.

      acl_hal_mmd.c:1461:assert failure: Failed to initialize kernel interfaceprogram: acl_hal_mmd.c:1461: l_try_device: Assertion `0' failed.

      aocl program: Program failed.

    • VE000's avatar
      VE000
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      6 years ago

      Hi

      As per your suggestion I have downloaded the 2020.1 version of openvino and tried the steps as per the document provided above.

      However the problem persists

      Error message -

      aocl program: Running program from /opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/BSP/a10_1150_sg1/linux64/libexec

      Programming device: a10gx_2ddr : Intel Vision Accelerator Design with Intel Arria 10 FPGA (acla10_1150_sg10)

      OpenCL Notification Callback: Malformed program interface definition found in binary:

      OpenCL Notification Callback: FAILED to read auto-discovery string at byte 56: Expected version is 17, found 19

      Error: The currently programmed/flashed design is no longer supported in this release. Please recompile the design with the present version of the SDK and re-program/flash the board.

      OpenCL Notification Callback: Invalid binary

      Failed clCreateProgramWithBinary.

      Error code: -42

      aocl program: Program failed.

  • JohnT_Altera's avatar
    JohnT_Altera
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    The issue is that you are not updating the FPGA flash content. Please performed the step below.

    1. Connect USB-Blaster to the board.
    2. Run "jtagconfig" to ensure that your Intel FPGA Download Cable driver is ready to use:
    3. Go to "/opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/BSP/a10_1150_sg1/bringup"
    4. Program the new sof file to the board: "quartus_pgm -c 1 -m JTAG -o "p;sg1_boardtest_2ddr_base.sof""
    5. Soft reboot:
    6. Source the environment variable script you made.
    7. source /home/<user>/init_openvino.sh
    8. Run "aocl diagnose"
    9. Go to "/opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/BSP/a10_1150_sg1/bringup"
    10. Run "aocl flash acl0 sg1_boardtest_2ddr_top.aocx"
    11. Hard reboot the host system including powering off.
    • VE000's avatar
      VE000
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      6 years ago

      Hi

      Thank you for the reply.

      I had updated the FPGA flash content also before trying to program the bitstream. Still the problem persists.

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    JohnT_Altera
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    Do you have issue on JTAG programming? Could you provide me the step you performed before and after the CPU reboot?