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15 years ago

unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'

After upgrading my Quartus and NIOS II EDS tools to version 9.1 SP2 i get the following error when running the Makefile for the Application code.

Prior to this I have run my create-this-app script.

[NiosII EDS]$ make

Info: Building ../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp

make --no-print-directory -C ../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp

[BSP build complete]

Info: Compiling Application/app.c to obj/Application/app.o

nios2-elf-gcc -xc -MP -MMD -c -I../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp/UCOSII/inc -I../../bsp/Ac

cuRangeBsp/iniche/inc -I../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp/iniche/src/h -I../../bsp/AccuRang

eBsp/iniche/src/h/nios2 -I../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp/iniche/src/nios2 -I../../bsp/Ac

cuRangeBsp -I../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp/drivers/inc -I../../bsp/AccuRangeBsp/HAL/inc

-IApplication -IBSP -IEthernet -Ifonts -IGUI -Ialt_eeprom -IFlash -I../bsp/Accu

RangeBsp/iniche/src/h -I../bsp/AccuRangeBsp/iniche/inc -I" -DSYSTEM_BUS_WIDTH=3

2 -D__hal__ -pipe -DALT_NO_INSTRUCTION_EMULATION -DALT_INICHE -D__ucosii__ -DTAR

GET_NIOSII -O0 -g -Wall -mno-hw-div -mhw-mul -mno-hw-mulx -o obj/Applicati

on/app.o Application/app.c

/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'

/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

make: *** [obj/Application/app.o] Error 2

/cygdrive/f/SIMRAD_Projects/NIOS/TASK02_AccuRange/Code/AccuRange_ADB/SW/app/Accu

Range

[NiosII EDS]$

While trying to pin down the cause of this error I have removed all my application source files save one and thats an empty app.c file, and run create-this-app again to get a new makefile. But still I get this error.

The BSP build was sucessful it seems though as the create-this-bsp script created all the expected files and directories.

Another case is that the FPGA design is also new here. That is, it was redesigned by another developer and new PTF, SOPCINFO and SOF files was created. But since these files was created with version 9.1 SP2 I thought it best to upgrade my tools as well.

My previous FPGA design ran well with version 9.0 tools and its the same application code. It all runs on an Altera Cyclone III Development Board.

Any help on this ?

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    I get this a lot after changing certain parts of my SOPC config. I don't know why and the only way I know of to get rid of this is to delete the bsp project (not the app project) and re-create it. Using the Generate BSP option does not resolve this issue neither does a Clean All - Build. One of these days I will dig deeper and see why that is. For now, re-creating the bsp project is not a big deal since none of my code resides there. I hope this helps.

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    15 years ago

    Thanks for the suggestion :) . I have tried to rebuild the BSP though, but its still the same error.

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    15 years ago

    By comparing the old (working) makefile with the new one, I noticed that the new makefile had an " at the end of the line at the APP_INCLUDE_DIRS :=

    By removing this " the error message unexpected EOF while looking for matching`"'disappears.

    The excessive " can not be removed in the create-this-app file. If you do you get a unexpected EOF error for create-this-app instead.

    So the solution is :

    1) First run create-this-app form the Nios II EDS 9.1 command shell

    2) Then edit the Makefile which is created by removing the last “ on the APP_INCLUDE_DIRS := line

    I hope this may help others that have experienced a similar problem and it seems to be some mismatch here when upgrading from NIOS II EDS 9.0 to 9.1