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JET60200
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6 years ago
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Why Arria10 doesn't support "incremental compiling" in Quartus Pro 19.2

Hello expert,

I have a Arria10 Project, and it needs 2+ hours to compile it completely. The project debugging is very very slow , becasue we need to wait the project compiling completiob each time when we modify a bit code for further debugging.

In Quartus Pro menu list, I found that "rapid compile" is grey, so I just wonder How can I enable "rapid compimling" to quicken the project compiling, to ease the debugging. Is there any method to enable "the incremental compiling" in my Arria10 Project ? Thanks

  • KennyT_altera's avatar
    KennyT_altera
    6 years ago

    We are doing some migration work, so the subscription might not ready. I will check internally.


    Can you upgrade to latest release 20.2? If no, you will have to use command line to run the rapid recompile.


    Put this to test.tcl and run it with quartus_sh -t test.tcl


    load_package design

    load_package flow

    project_open Test

    execute_flow -compile

    #execute_flow -recompile

    #execute_module -tool fit

    #execute_module -tool sta

    project_close




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  • KennyT_altera's avatar
    KennyT_altera
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    6 years ago

    Rapid recompile is should be supported in Arria 10 device. May I know which version that you were using? I tested it in Q20.2pro edition and it is working. Also, you need to turn on enable intermediate fitter snapshots to use this feature.

    To reduce the compilation time, you can refer to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/documentation/zpr1513988353912.html#mwh1410471192919 -> 2. Reducing Compilation Time

    If you were using signal probe for debugging, you can refer to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/documentation/cxt1478215337364.html

    • JET60200's avatar
      JET60200
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      6 years ago

      I had "subscribe to board" in top-right down menu, but I didn't receive the reply in my registered email ? It's strange ~

      Hi @KennyTan_Altera , I use "Quartus Prime Pro 18.1" .

  • KennyT_altera's avatar
    KennyT_altera
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    6 years ago

    We are doing some migration work, so the subscription might not ready. I will check internally.


    Can you upgrade to latest release 20.2? If no, you will have to use command line to run the rapid recompile.


    Put this to test.tcl and run it with quartus_sh -t test.tcl


    load_package design

    load_package flow

    project_open Test

    execute_flow -compile

    #execute_flow -recompile

    #execute_module -tool fit

    #execute_module -tool sta

    project_close




    • JET60200's avatar
      JET60200
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      6 years ago

      Hello Kenny,

      regarding of "email notification" problem, I had followed your suggested link to raise a ticket in IT case, but they told me to request here in FPGA community Forum, and re-direct me to here again 。 I'm not sure where to find guys to help on this "subscriotion issue". Could you help on it ?

      Thanks a lot

    • JET60200's avatar
      JET60200
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      6 years ago

      Thanks for help

      Please close this ticket

  • KennyT_altera's avatar
    KennyT_altera
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    6 years ago

    Closing the ticket.


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