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grspbr
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4 years ago
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ip-make-simscript not generating script for Riviera

I'm using the following command line which appears to work but eventually fails - I see errors that it cannot find non-riviera simulator setup tcl files, which are not required anyway: /INTELFPGA...
  • RichardT_altera's avatar
    RichardT_altera
    3 years ago

    Can I check what is written in the spd_list.txt?

    I think your script is not direct to the .spd file.


    I try to create a simple project with PLL IP, generate HDL for Riviera only, run Analysis and synthesis.

    In GUI, Generate Simulator Setup Script for IP works.


    In command, it works with the rivierapro_setup.tcl generated.

    ip-make-simscript --spd=C:\quartus_project\quartus_pro\simulation_test\pll\pll.spd --output-directory=C:\quartus_project\quartus_pro\simulation_test\pll\simulation --simulator=RIVIERA


    You can try a simpler project to test the flow whether it works.


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grspbr
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4 years ago

Hi @RichardTanSY_Altera

I have no problem generating these files with Platform Designer or with the Quartus GUI. But I think I found the issue with the script...

It's failing because it can't find the setup tcl files for all the supported simulators even though I am only targeting Riviera.

So what I did was generate use:

quartus_ipgenerate mcd4 --rev top --simulation=verilog --simulator=modelsim,vcs,vcsmx,riviera,xcelium
then use:
/INTELFPGA_PRO_21.2/qsys/bin/ip-make-simscript --simulator=RIVIERA --spd=`cat spd_list.txt` --system-file=`cat qsys_list.txt`
This way all setup files should be generated and indeed the command succeeds except that it is also trying to find "ncsim_file.tcl" which are not supported, according to the quartus_ipgenerate command.
This looks like another script bug.
First, "ip-setup-simulation" did not work because of a bug - per
And now, ip-make-simscript seems to have a bug.
Is there a plan to fix these scripts? We need the simulation scripting to work for regression testing.