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New ContributorTrying oneAPI on Arria® 10 GX FPGA
I want to utilize OpenCL or oneAPI to facilitate communication between the host and FPGA. The board I'm using is the Arria® 10 GX FPGA Development Kit (10AX115S2F45I1SG).
I have attempted this setup using Ubuntu 22.04 with oneAPI 2024.1 (and Quartus prime 23.2). During the process, I executed the command:
aocl install /opt/intel/oneapi/2024.1/opt/oclfpga/board/intel_a10gx_pac
It showed:
Do you want to setup the FCD at directory /opt/Intel/OpenCL/Boards [Y/n] y aocl install: Setting up the FPGA Client Driver (FCD) to the system. This process may require admin privilege Install the FCD file to /opt/Intel/OpenCL/Boards aocl install: Adding the board package /opt/intel/oneapi/2024.1/opt/oclfpga/board/intel_a10gx_pac to the list of installed packages Installing the board package driver to the system. aocl install: Running install from /opt/intel/oneapi/2024.1/opt/oclfpga/board/intel_a10gx_pac/linux64/libexec Error: unsupported OS: Ubuntu 22.04 kernel 6.5.0-28-generic aocl install: failed. aocl install: Removing FCD aocl install: Removing the board package /opt/intel/oneapi/2024.1/opt/oclfpga/board/intel_a10gx_pac from the list of installed packages
However, the setup did not work. I also attempted the same setup with Ubuntu 20.04, but encountered similar issues.
My assumption was that the BSP 'intel_a10gx_pac' would work for the Arria 10 GX, but I'm unsure if it is compatible with the a10gx? or if there is a BSP for the a10gx?
I have also considered using OpenCL, but it seems that the BSP for a10gx only supports OpenCL to 20.2, which is compatible with Ubuntu 18.04. I am uncertain whether I should proceed with this approach or if I need to develop a custom BSP. Is there a recommended method doing this?
Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks.
9 Replies
aikeuRegular Contributor
Hi CShih23,
OpenCL is already on deprecated notice, hence there would be limited support.
For the A10 GX BSP installation you can refer to the following link for the installation and prerequisite:
Referring to "For Systems Not Connected to a PAC Board" and only Ubuntu 18 supported.
Thanks.
Regards,
Aik Eu
CShih23Hi, Aik Eu
The document provided references version 2023-0. Is this also valid for version 2024-1? According to the https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/system-requirements/intel-oneapi-base-toolkit-system-requirements.html , the supported operating systems are 20.04 and 22.04. Should I install oneAPI version 2023-0?
Thanks.- CShih23
Hi, Aik Eu
So, I signed up for the oneAPI cloud, and found the OS version is indeed 18.04.
However, the folder structure under /opt/intel/oneapiu222498@login-2:~$ ls /opt/intel/oneapi/ 2024.1 compiler dnnl intelpython logs openpgl rkutil advisor dal dpcpp-ct intel_s10sx_pac mkl openvkl setvars.sh ai_reference_models de10_agilex dpl ipp modulefiles-setup.sh ospray support.txt basekit debugger embree ippcp mpi ospray_studio tbb ccl dev-utilities hpckit ispc oidn renderkit tcm common diagnostics intel_a10gx_pac licensing oneApi-samples rkcommon vtuneis a bit different from what I have downloaded
aaaaa@aaaaaa:~$ ls /opt/intel/oneapi/ 2024.1 ccl dal diagnostics dpl ippcp mkl setvars.sh tcm advisor common debugger dnnl installer licensing modulefiles-setup.sh support.txt vtune basekit compiler dev-utilities dpcpp-ct ipp logs mpi tbbThere's no intel_a10gx_pac/bringup/opae there.
Is the BSP downloadable from the website?
- CShih23
Hi, Aik Eu
The link you provided just describes what is BSP and flags when using icpx -fsycl targeting different boards. It does not link to any downloadable contents.
The note below says Intel® FPGA Add-On for oneAPI Base Toolkit provides full BSPs, which are necessary for generating the FPGA hardware image, which brought me to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/fpga.html#linklist.
However, I did not see a10gx BSP listed there.
Thanks.
whitepau_alteraContributor
arria10 gx PAC is a different card from the arria 10 gx devkit.
Assuming the Arria 10 GX Devkit you have is this one:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/fpga/development-kits/arria/10-gx.html
then the BSP you want to use is actually a10_ref.
You can get the a10_ref BSP from the 19.2 installer of the FPGA SDK for OpenCL:
https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/661712/661752?filename=AOCLProSetup-19.2.0.57-linux.run
If you run that installer, the BSP will be in
~/intelFPGA_pro/19.2/hld/board/a10_refI don't know if this BSP will work with 2024.2. You will need Quartus® Prime Pro 19.2 in order to use that BSP, and I think that oneAPI only guarantees compatibility with 3 years of previous Quartus® Prime releases. You might be stuck on like, oneAPI 2022.3 or something.
You can get older versions of oneAPI from the linux package manager with
sudo apt install intel-basekit-2023.2.0
When you install Quartus® Prime, you can either download the whole installer (~40 GB) or just the main compiler with Arria™ 10 support:
FYI that board, compiler and Quartus® Prime are all very very much out of support. You can use this setup to breathe some life into your old accelerator card and learn the ropes of oneAPI, but if you want to use a more recent version of the oneAPI tools, you will need to update the BSP and possibly do some other runtime changes that I am completely unqualified to help you with
- aikeu
Hi whitepau,
Thanks for helping in providing those information.
Hi CShih23,
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Thanks.
Regards,
Aik Eu
